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The Compound

Squirrel Hunting with a bow

Uploaded on February 20, 2009

Have you ever went squirrel hunting with a Compound Bow I have and it aint easy but its not hard if you, know how to use a bow.

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from bowhunter352 wrote 3 years 13 weeks ago

I think its really fun, I just started doing it this year. I bought two small game points. Its fun and alot more challenging. Its also good for the enviroment. Example a .22, You could just mop 'em up, A bow, its harder/funner, and you could be hunting for a few hours and only have a few. So your not just slaughtering squirrels. I like to shoot a few cottontails before a family BBQ. Great off-season sport and keeps you in shape for shooting! =]

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from Christian Emter wrote 3 years 12 weeks ago

DON'T SHOOT THEM IN THE TREES. You have a great chance of loosing arrows. Use a Judo point. If you hit the ground the aroow will bounce up so you can find it.

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from steve182 wrote 3 years 12 weeks ago

I've shishkabobbed a few from my tree stand deer hunting, but i don't advise it. Shot one 30 at yds. Ruins your broadhead, scares the deer off. I've since let the squirrels go no matter how much they taunt me.

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from bowhunter352 wrote 3 years 12 weeks ago

no steve, don't shoot them with your broadheads, especially your good ones. Google small game ppoints for bows or look on cabelas/basspro whatever your preferred dealer and look for the small game points. These things are fairly cheap and they usually stop as soon as they hit something. Its great fun!

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from bailor 09 wrote 3 years 12 weeks ago

back up to bowhunter .22's now are so revolutionary, it's easy to shoot squirrels but a bow is much more of a challenge

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from mdhager115 wrote 3 years 12 weeks ago

Only shoot squirrels with a bow if its the off seasaon and you justy want to practice with your sighted in bow. But make sure your not using nice arrows or broadheads. Overrall its probably a bad idea unless your really bored.

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from buckhunter wrote 3 years 11 weeks ago

I shoot a ton of squirrels from my treestand. It saves arrows if your shooting down into the ground.

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from steve182 wrote 3 years 11 weeks ago

Buckhunter i agree, have done the same. Still dulls your broadheads though. Fieldpoints dont always kill'm and I've spooked a few deer i didn't know were there shooting squirrels.

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from peter wrote 3 years 11 weeks ago

i've done it with a recurve bow. but oonkly twice. But next year i plan to do it much more. not that hard

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from hunting4life6987 wrote 3 years 8 weeks ago

i took a shot at an albino squirrel during last bow season with my broadhead. I missed it though, but my dad got it with the .22. We are getting it mounted

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from upnorthson wrote 3 years 8 weeks ago

yea squirrel hunting is really fun with a bow but just make sure you are using a field tip and not a broadhead. I pretty much cut one in half last year because i used a broadhead from my deer strand.

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from shane wrote 3 years 3 weeks ago

The G5 small game heads are awesome for this. They aren't terribly sharp in the first place and they don't need to be, so you never have to worry about beating them up. They're pretty indestructible. I think I've only shot one squirrel with a bow, but I used to hunt rabbits (not running ones - I wish I was that good) with my recurve. I should probably get back into that.

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from libertyfirst wrote 3 years 2 weeks ago

Use a very rugged arrow and dedicated heads for this type of hunting. The G5, Judo,screw on plastic blunts and large rubber blunts all work well, but with the newer narrow shafts you will have to do some spacer work with the rubber blunts. The PSE black shafts (I can't remember the proper name for them) are very tough and will take a tremendous amount of abuse. Never attempt this type of hunting with broadheads or field points. If you are on a tight budget, there is a small stamped sharp edged piece of metal (sold in 5 packs)That attaches behind a field point and these simple things work quite well.

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from jfose140 wrote 3 years 1 week ago

I always take one field point into my stand when I deer hunt incase the deer don't show and the squirrels get too close. One morning I was walking back from my stand and this gray squirrel jumped out in front of me. I had a broadhead knocked but I couldn't pass up the shot. Luckily I put it right throught the rib cage and didnt ruin any of the meat. It also didn't hurt my arrow or broadhead.

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from GiantWhitetails wrote 2 years 46 weeks ago

this sounds real fun. im going to try it. maybe rabbits too.

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from Quinton Jensen wrote 2 years 46 weeks ago

I started using rubber blunt tips and it is a really good time. I have lost a lot of arrows though from shooting into trees.

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from NYhunter wrote 2 years 44 weeks ago

I dont like the idea of shooting up in to trees but I think it would be fun.

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from BioGuy wrote 2 years 36 weeks ago

I tried squirrel hunting with my bow last year. I came home with too many broken arrows and too little meat to justify trying it again.

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from buckhunter wrote 2 years 36 weeks ago

I busted an $11 flu flu tonight shooting square into a tree. Darn squirrel.

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from beers123 wrote 2 years 21 weeks ago

I hate squirrels I have shot at 20+ a year. I had 1 this year that the arrow stuck thru it ran into a hollow log when my buddy grabbed the arrow and pulled it out for me to get the dang squirrel ran up a 60 foot Oak and set there with the arrow sticking thru it 40 feet up on a limb.

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from TheDrDeer wrote 2 years 21 weeks ago

they deserive to die
idk about u guys but we have r annual squirrel hunt after bow season up here in oklahoma. i hate them so much cause when u sit down the point u out and chattttttterrrrrr on and on and on and dont stop and the deer kno whats up so they run and dont come near u. BUT it is a good thing because if a deer is walking and a squirrel get run up a tree or evan se's a deer they will chatter and lets u kno that a deer is close to there. it has worked 4 me many times

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from TheDrDeer wrote 2 years 21 weeks ago

what u do is go to ur local bow shop and say i wont the cheapest arrow u have and i wont it to be strong and such. take a feild point and or a practice type of ur broadhead if u have 1(muzzy mx-3 or rage) 4 me and take that arrow and shoot anything to everything. cats to coy everything that doesnt belong in the woods... i takeum out!dnag cats scare game.. so do dogs

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from MDwhitetail wrote 35 weeks 1 day ago

i do more bowhunting squirrel then i do whitetail mainly because cleanin a squirrel is less work for just about as much fun i just hate losin cf arrows

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from bowhunter352 wrote 3 years 13 weeks ago

I think its really fun, I just started doing it this year. I bought two small game points. Its fun and alot more challenging. Its also good for the enviroment. Example a .22, You could just mop 'em up, A bow, its harder/funner, and you could be hunting for a few hours and only have a few. So your not just slaughtering squirrels. I like to shoot a few cottontails before a family BBQ. Great off-season sport and keeps you in shape for shooting! =]

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from hunting4life6987 wrote 3 years 8 weeks ago

i took a shot at an albino squirrel during last bow season with my broadhead. I missed it though, but my dad got it with the .22. We are getting it mounted

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from bowhunter352 wrote 3 years 12 weeks ago

no steve, don't shoot them with your broadheads, especially your good ones. Google small game ppoints for bows or look on cabelas/basspro whatever your preferred dealer and look for the small game points. These things are fairly cheap and they usually stop as soon as they hit something. Its great fun!

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from buckhunter wrote 3 years 11 weeks ago

I shoot a ton of squirrels from my treestand. It saves arrows if your shooting down into the ground.

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from jfose140 wrote 3 years 1 week ago

I always take one field point into my stand when I deer hunt incase the deer don't show and the squirrels get too close. One morning I was walking back from my stand and this gray squirrel jumped out in front of me. I had a broadhead knocked but I couldn't pass up the shot. Luckily I put it right throught the rib cage and didnt ruin any of the meat. It also didn't hurt my arrow or broadhead.

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from buckhunter wrote 2 years 36 weeks ago

I busted an $11 flu flu tonight shooting square into a tree. Darn squirrel.

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from TheDrDeer wrote 2 years 21 weeks ago

what u do is go to ur local bow shop and say i wont the cheapest arrow u have and i wont it to be strong and such. take a feild point and or a practice type of ur broadhead if u have 1(muzzy mx-3 or rage) 4 me and take that arrow and shoot anything to everything. cats to coy everything that doesnt belong in the woods... i takeum out!dnag cats scare game.. so do dogs

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from Christian Emter wrote 3 years 12 weeks ago

DON'T SHOOT THEM IN THE TREES. You have a great chance of loosing arrows. Use a Judo point. If you hit the ground the aroow will bounce up so you can find it.

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from steve182 wrote 3 years 12 weeks ago

I've shishkabobbed a few from my tree stand deer hunting, but i don't advise it. Shot one 30 at yds. Ruins your broadhead, scares the deer off. I've since let the squirrels go no matter how much they taunt me.

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from bailor 09 wrote 3 years 12 weeks ago

back up to bowhunter .22's now are so revolutionary, it's easy to shoot squirrels but a bow is much more of a challenge

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from mdhager115 wrote 3 years 12 weeks ago

Only shoot squirrels with a bow if its the off seasaon and you justy want to practice with your sighted in bow. But make sure your not using nice arrows or broadheads. Overrall its probably a bad idea unless your really bored.

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from steve182 wrote 3 years 11 weeks ago

Buckhunter i agree, have done the same. Still dulls your broadheads though. Fieldpoints dont always kill'm and I've spooked a few deer i didn't know were there shooting squirrels.

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from peter wrote 3 years 11 weeks ago

i've done it with a recurve bow. but oonkly twice. But next year i plan to do it much more. not that hard

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from upnorthson wrote 3 years 8 weeks ago

yea squirrel hunting is really fun with a bow but just make sure you are using a field tip and not a broadhead. I pretty much cut one in half last year because i used a broadhead from my deer strand.

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from shane wrote 3 years 3 weeks ago

The G5 small game heads are awesome for this. They aren't terribly sharp in the first place and they don't need to be, so you never have to worry about beating them up. They're pretty indestructible. I think I've only shot one squirrel with a bow, but I used to hunt rabbits (not running ones - I wish I was that good) with my recurve. I should probably get back into that.

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from libertyfirst wrote 3 years 2 weeks ago

Use a very rugged arrow and dedicated heads for this type of hunting. The G5, Judo,screw on plastic blunts and large rubber blunts all work well, but with the newer narrow shafts you will have to do some spacer work with the rubber blunts. The PSE black shafts (I can't remember the proper name for them) are very tough and will take a tremendous amount of abuse. Never attempt this type of hunting with broadheads or field points. If you are on a tight budget, there is a small stamped sharp edged piece of metal (sold in 5 packs)That attaches behind a field point and these simple things work quite well.

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from GiantWhitetails wrote 2 years 46 weeks ago

this sounds real fun. im going to try it. maybe rabbits too.

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from Quinton Jensen wrote 2 years 46 weeks ago

I started using rubber blunt tips and it is a really good time. I have lost a lot of arrows though from shooting into trees.

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from NYhunter wrote 2 years 44 weeks ago

I dont like the idea of shooting up in to trees but I think it would be fun.

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from BioGuy wrote 2 years 36 weeks ago

I tried squirrel hunting with my bow last year. I came home with too many broken arrows and too little meat to justify trying it again.

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from beers123 wrote 2 years 21 weeks ago

I hate squirrels I have shot at 20+ a year. I had 1 this year that the arrow stuck thru it ran into a hollow log when my buddy grabbed the arrow and pulled it out for me to get the dang squirrel ran up a 60 foot Oak and set there with the arrow sticking thru it 40 feet up on a limb.

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from TheDrDeer wrote 2 years 21 weeks ago

they deserive to die
idk about u guys but we have r annual squirrel hunt after bow season up here in oklahoma. i hate them so much cause when u sit down the point u out and chattttttterrrrrr on and on and on and dont stop and the deer kno whats up so they run and dont come near u. BUT it is a good thing because if a deer is walking and a squirrel get run up a tree or evan se's a deer they will chatter and lets u kno that a deer is close to there. it has worked 4 me many times

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from MDwhitetail wrote 35 weeks 1 day ago

i do more bowhunting squirrel then i do whitetail mainly because cleanin a squirrel is less work for just about as much fun i just hate losin cf arrows

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