The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-27
HUNTING WARY SQUIRRELS.
IItTt RTS 90 4 N'oHT /" M
INIOIED ar rms ~ ,>0>
sunniuE 90 the tnimals turts-iit mat
san,rtimr, Prev - ta,ai ouirA Hand
uUs af ne ,.Wn >e~si~d To hill fhs'1
uard Nark IN the weeds in snn"nef'

DIV .r any month - the year. u - legal q"
tr,pI D. - D.. Irg.I 20 poison Tho squirrel
80. a good portion II tho growing corn
a. .-. iatm~f wau's al uhr protection hs
g. 80,
lr Ito south hi, vrlr- crop ~ squirrels
va long agp fully grown. People ~ The
lower region, q the south have been .ho"'-
inc hem for two months and eating tten
freed ~ butte, In he Northern states
'Nr Young ou... are Just nov ia TIE prime
q condition =.
they have rrach~d their growth and
have no, had titn. To become tough They
AZ fat. nrocrnt and 'oothsome A bag
Il them nov Is worth more than In autumn
49,. -. reason tha, they are not My better
TODD, lat alsn nuch harder to 60
When most ~ the leaves have fallen
10. .uuirr-l d-prrd- FOR conc'dlmer' upon
hiding hchind the 'r-' trunks or staying
In holes. hit ~ this sca-on IA" leaves are
80 thick Ina, " may dnd a refuge In any
trr :, j. safe from pryinS eyes 81 long ~
u STAYS ~tHl
The trouble with the squirrel il that u l.
cnns,ttt { on div unabL, to .iay still Tho
man out hunting now for squirrels docs not
look Tor squirrels. he looks for motion
Generally the wind keeps the branches
moving. but thew 10 a difference between
their ,wav and the quick. sharp jerks given
10 \ branch hv the squirrels lears and gam
bnl- The hunter watches for this STR
AID when D." -.,, n knows that the game
h. ~c,k- j. IN that particulA Tree
The recognised weapon for squirrel
shooting - the email calibre rife preferably
o. . hnr". hut u Is almos, impossible To
u-r this gun with succss- m July and
August To. squirrel could b" killed ~
wi A. If any other time II y could y"
sarr when ugie-c~ut. but his II almost
Impossible
4 man End. most squirrels by their nova
ments aud ". gets most 81 them by keep
Ing them In motion. When the stir In the
branches Is seen or the slight crash II a
lump j. heard tho man with ID" shoi gun
runs toward IL openly III" wants 10 get
he squirrel on the run
n hc can force il to jump To another tree
80 much the batter He pursu~s With chin
upllf'rd. head bent back stumbling over
iog-. topping into holes. and the moment
be- get. e sight II hi, quarry he bets driv"
This shooting docs not sem - L. DIM
cult until n il trird. hiu the gunner vii
end that he n.-.ds all hIs skill 1t II often
not 30 easy 10 Kill d Ieaping squirrel among
thick leaves ~ TO hill a fyius quail IN the
,pon
The Obstacles stop MANY 81 the shot. the
animal Is going a. a rapid raj" IN" shooting
T. straight up 81 nearly - a 'I-ar sIght l.
not frequently had and What with running
and stumbling m the close woods th" gun
ner himself l. not IN the I-~t u condition
To make a clean ~'or"
often tho man shoots a. tho shaking
branches, trusting Co luck that some of the
pellets will nnd their billet 4 small grey
squirrel. community called the cat squirrel
csn when alarmed. get from tr.. To tree
and t-hind hrauchr, ami 'runNs with
rrmark1bi- ,.lerI'v
Hunting squirrels ~ o. : season N he
middle hour - thr dsv = q good deal like
work Thu oulv 'hing the hunter eau 10
~ To- e. 20 a stretch - wood- be knows 10
- fr.dueui-d hy thcm and keep walking.
looking and listening
Ne must IT, alert, he must keep his ewes
or thetop Of the trres and he " I'll get aorirk
On his neck Their - no other vav II find
ing the squirrels On windy DAYS ,hcv arr
AL 10 their nests ~ holes. the r'ason isiug
tlai squirrels dislike 70 risk Jumps when
tie branches arr swayiug violently
iu July. however. a. iU other months.
tha squirrels como out To- fed shout an
hour h-fure sunset and theu the wood
a.. full uf them They will 10 found 20
H.. 'hickcs' in tres urar q corn field. They
a., ford ~ The roasting ears. or n u 10
600 ,I''v Tor ruasiiag ears they lii" the
YOU & bl ,d-> - the stalk
h. .t, hi ~ woods ~frepuen,ed hy them
II - necessary only for the man 20 take
q s.a, upon a log with the gun between
he khes.s AMI keep sill Not i've minutes
will pass hof1r" no will hear the uoisc -
n iump. ct scc some apparently Tntenantei
limb shaking up and down He 'hsn goes
softly and SLOWLY toward IA" point and
vnen he g-'s q gi.mp-no e gray h.d., throws
VI the gun aud l't- go. returning tu
fr sat Immediately after h" has pickei
up hi. game
The gun makc- q good deal ~ noise In
the woods, and o,cry squirrel within sound
Of u will stop instantly and fait"n himself
uuun a nnb. ~ dodge behind a trunk
Thy will remain perfectly still for a min
ute ~ ro. but Their" being no recurrence
oi w" sound. will h"gin 10 move about
gu.ug To- OF returning from IA" corn. -
playing
Ta~sTi sunset. trp. ~" squirrels are mos,
often on tho ground They do a good
deal uf travelling ~ that hour and the
lf'I- lea u, contrary 30 popular impre.-
.unn. goes from place to place mostly by
the ground rou'"
l. i~~~ands from a tree, casting its wee
T.. all directions a. u Com"- down. then
h.lng sslrNd that tho coast l. clear. runs
rayidiv 20 another tree and rIshes up the
trunk Tor n few feet Here II surveys
the goods IN every direction. goss half
around TIE tree. descend- On the far sid.
snd makes another rush
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