Squirrel Hunting - Discover Nature (KRCG)

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THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION ENCOURAGES YOU TO GET OUTSIDE AND DISCOVER NATURE ON A FALL SQUIRREL HUNT.

SQUIRRELS HAVE SPARKED THE HUNTING SPIRIT OF MANY YOUNG HUNTERS.

THOUGH THEY DON'T RECEIVE A LOT OF ATTENTION FROM TODAY'S HUNTERS, SQUIRREL HUNTING HAS A DEEP TRADITION IN MISSOURI. MANY YOUNGSTERS GET THEIR START HUNTING BUSHY-TAILS IN LATE SUMMER AND EARLY FALL.

SQUIRREL HUNTING CAN BE JUST AS EXCITING AS BIGGER GAME HUNTING, AND IT IS A SUPERB WAY TO SHARPEN OUTDOOR SKILLS.
(Lonnie Hansen, Missouri Dept. of Conservation) "You know it teaches stealth in the woods, it teaches a person or a youth to become very observant of what is happening in the woods, it takes very good marksmanship."

SQUIRRELS ARE ABUNDANT IN MISSOURI. THE TWO HUNTABLE SPECIES IN THE SHOW-ME-STATE ARE GRAY SQUIRRELS AND FOX SQUIRRELS.

SQUIRREL SEASON IS LONG, LASTING FROM MAY TO FEBRUARY AND DAILY LIMITS ARE LIBERAL.

PRACTICALLY ANY STAND OF MIXED HARDWOOD TIMBER WILL SUPPORT HUNTABLE SQUIRREL POPULATIONS. AND WHEN TAKEN WITH A RIFLE, SHOOTING SQUIRRELS REQUIRES PIN-POINT ACCURACY, A CHALLENGE FOR ANY MARKSMAN.