2023 Squirrel Season

[Filnez]

Season opener here in Alabama today. I didn't get out early as I was still worn out from yard work yesterday. Mid day was hot and I was sweating rivers while not finding any squirrels and I was getting worried that it was going to be a sucky opener for me but afternoon turned out to be better. I managed to get two, a fat female and a smaller male, using the Weihrauch HW100S and JSB 18's.

 

[Nutcracker]

Nice. Squirrel hunting is my favorite. Our season came on the 8. Hope to get out next week. Nice shooting headshots.

 

[TC724]

Nice gun and set up, what speed you shooting the 18s?

 

[Ranchibi]

Nice hunt and shooting! Beautiful HW100s!

 

[Filnez]

Nice gun and set up, what speed you shooting the 18s?

980 fps

 

[TC724]

980 fps

I always thought they didn’t like that speed or anything over like 920, however I’ve never tried it either

 

[Joedirt199]

Headed out this morning. Will be my maiden voyage for my Dreamline Tactical Compact .22. Shooting JTS 18s at 750 fps. Temps in the mid 50s and wind under 5 mph. Should be a good morning in the woods.

 

[starlingassn]

I always thought they didn’t like that speed or anything over like 920, however I’ve never tried it either

no,pellets dont like to go that fast,
groups will open up and youll get spiraling.

i find 850 -to- 900fps gives me the best groups with any gun.

 

[Vetmx]

You would be surprised how fast you can send a pellet accurately. But a sizzler won’t win a 100 BR competition. For squirrels in a forest, 50 yards or so is a poke. So if your gun will still shoot nickel size groups at 50 with a smoking pellet, you’re golden. What happens when that pellet gets drunk at 70 80 or 90 yards is irrelevant because you’re not shooting that far.

 

[Joedirt199]

Got three this morning but saw a bunch. They would not sit still for long and took advantage of all the leaf cover.

 

[SteveV]

Ya'll have wanting to hit the woods somethin' fierce!

Stay tuned....

 

[Moog]

Squirrel season here in Missouri opened in May. I like to wait until around October when it cools down a little. I know what you mean about getting tuckered out from that yard work. Glad you got a couple.
I'm looking forward to getting out there too.

 

[Filnez]

Good luck to everyone squirrel hunting. The JSB 18 can be driven to a little in excess of 1000 fps and still maintain good accuracy. I'm sure that there are some pellets that can't go that fast with good stability.

 

[IRBent]

no,pellets dont like to go that fast,
groups will open up and youll get spiraling.

i find 850 -to- 900fps gives me the best groups with any gun.

I say it might be gun, tune or barrel that dictates the speed and accuracy. I have a BRK Ghost that can shoot sub MOA at 50 yards with JSB 18gr pellets flying close to 1000fps. It actually shoots them better than the 25 gr MRDs when they're being shot @ 880-900fps. Maybe those 18gr JSBs are all just spiraling perfectly to the right spot? It

 

[IRBent]

Good luck to everyone squirrel hunting. The JSB 18 can be driven to a little in excess of 1000 fps and still maintain good accuracy. I'm sure that there are some pellets that can't go that fast with good stability.

I'm just north or B'ham and right now there's too many leaves still on the trees for my liking.

 

[SteveV]

I'm just north or B'ham and right now there's too many leaves still on the trees for my liking.

Ye,p but gotta hope there's still some nuts on the trees when the leaves do drop.

 

[Filnez]

If the wind isn't blowing watching for movement in the leaves helps locating them. Then you have to very patient while waiting for a shot to present.

 

[Harv24]

Starts next Saturday in WI... Yee Ha!

 

[Filnez]

I got a tin of those to try out too, haven't gotten to it yet. They should do around 910 fps from the HW100

 

[Filnez]

Got two more this afternoon with the HW100S, first one was in a pecan and the second caught me in the open and I had to do an offhand shot but I nailed it at 32 paces. The superb trigger on the HW100 helps a lot on those offhand shots.