This hunter is typically found with a field chair, water bottle and a small bore rifle. For these hunters it is the difficulty of the shot, not the squirrels in the bag that is the real reward of hunting. This chart is provided as a gauge for the small bore squirrel hunter to measure his experience. The Fox Squirrel is the predominate squirrel with a few grays found in isolated areas of Missouri and some blacks found in central and western Kansas. The Fox Squirrel is the largest of the three species and will be found in abundant numbers in most areas have medium to large wood patches.
Populations greatly increase around oak stands.
Hunting is by still, dog or walking. Association squirrel hunting is closed during the week before and during the spring turkey season, Missouri rifle and Iowa's shotgun deer seasons as well as on any property with deer hunting scheduled. Hunters may hunt Kansas during Missouri's and Iowa's gun deer seasons. While some state squirrel hunting seasons open earlier Association squirrel season starts the first of September and runs through to the end of March allowing seven months of squirrel hunting. See more on our hunting at the links below.