Long tail squirrel competition

Freezing Hot · 09-14-2009, 12:00 AM

Aaaaaaaaand, here it is:

I just went with tinypic
http://i30.tinypic.com/2lsurdx.jpg

Edit: When I tilt the top of my (LCD) screen up, I can see that hairs hit 12 1/4"

But it's not my call.

Edit: 12 1/8.

Cross Hair · 09-14-2009, 09:06 PM

Hey guys,

The USB cord to the camera magically re-appeard by the side of the speaker on the little womans computer... Oddly conicidental that it was after the third or fourth time I annoyingly asked our teenager!

anyway, the competition is heating up

Theres a big un' in those pictures, I will let you guys make the call on length. I'm a fisherman ya' all know and I may be inclined to stretch it! LOL

Freezing Hot · 09-15-2009, 01:05 AM

13 5/8" looks right to me.

NHmsj · 09-15-2009, 11:02 AM

Nice Entry! One of these days I'm going to hunt in a locale that harbors Fox Squirrel. Yep! One of these days.

msj

WLew · 09-15-2009, 01:42 PM

Looks like 13 3/4" to me! That's a good un Cross Hair. He'll be hard to beat.

bshytailbuster · 09-15-2009, 03:27 PM

I'd give that one 13 3/4 thats a big ol boy guess i'm going to my fox squirrel hole tomorrow!!
I had to look twice didn't realize there was two different tails there

Cross Hair · 09-15-2009, 10:39 PM

Got out of the college today with enough time to head back to the timber and bag another bushy tail red. This one is (was) a female... big girl, must be kin to the one from the other day...

Looks like an even bigger tail guys... I know there are some bruisers still all over down there... used the 20ga old JC Higgins bolt action deer gun with #6 high brass to cut through the limbs and leafs today! Cant wait till the leaves are down and I can actually see the buggers ... through my scope!

Lets get em' comin' in... I KNOW there are some bigger squirrels out there!

AH... you still cant enter anything from little old lady down the roads corn squirrel feeder though... sorry, rules are rules LMAO

wcassidy · 09-15-2009, 11:14 PM

I got a not so hot photo here but being around the 10" mark i don't even make the running yet, gonna have to see what i can do next week.

tamalpias · 09-16-2009, 01:29 AM

damn cross hair, if I paypal you the money you might as well just keep it at this rate!

Cross Hair · 09-16-2009, 02:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wcassidy

I got a not so hot photo here but being around the 10" mark i don't even make the running yet, gonna have to see what i can do next week.

Keep posting them anyway, we outta have a running tally of who also collects the most tails! The photo counts as 1 tail and so on and we can tally them up from the site later in the competition... its only getting started guys! Keep your eyes on the trees guys!

Tamalpias, gotta get out in the woods to win this one! Heck theres way bigger squirrels out there all over this country.... unless in Hawaii.. but they can have a longest mongoose tail competition... plus they live in Hawaii and shouldnt gripe about much LOL

Oxford · 09-16-2009, 11:33 AM

I saw a squirelly person the other day with a tail that must have been at least a foot long. However, no pictures were taken...in fact I was laughing to much I couldn't have taken a picture of them if I'd wanted to.

bshytailbuster · 09-16-2009, 12:19 PM

Cross Hair if you keep enterin red fox tails i'm gonna enter that ringtail squirrel Ha!Ha!

Cross Hair · 09-16-2009, 05:18 PM

We dont get too many greys in this area. LOL ringtails however we got alot of! LOL

Ox, that tail would've automatically WON the competition LOL!

Its heating up guys! I heard of a sweet spot for squirrels not far from my current spot. If it's all I was told, I should be entering a few more!

Best of Luck...

Keep that trigger finger warmed up!~

NHmsj · 09-17-2009, 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bshytailbuster

Cross Hair if you keep enterin red fox tails i'm gonna enter that ringtail squirrel Ha!Ha!

We don't have Fox squirrel up here in NH. In fact, we are even suffering a great lack of Grays as of late. No one seems to be able to explain why at present, but not a few hunters are coming home empty handed day after day. It's been over two weeks since our Gray Squirrel season opened, and I've only bagged ONE Gray. We aren't even seeing any roadkill to speak of either, nor is my bird feeder being raided any longer. On the other hand, however, we have Reds in abundance. (Again, the true Red Squirrel.) Looks like I might have to start entering some Red Squirrel tails before too much longer. I could feed a small African nation with all the Reds I am seeing

msj

Cross Hair · 09-17-2009, 05:27 PM

Gray squirrels have their own catagory! So it is fair to compete. So big grey tail may be considerably shorter than say a Red squirrel, but you could still win the grey competition.

jerry · 09-20-2009, 07:08 PM

Not quite in the running but a respectable 12". this is my first of the season, taken with the RWS 34 .177

iflylow74 · 09-20-2009, 07:53 PM

Do the squirrels you guys kill ever have what we call "wolves"? I think they are technically bot fly larvae. They get in the skin and make terrible sores. They seem to be bad down here until after the first frost.

jerry · 09-20-2009, 07:55 PM

Not that I know of in IL. I stay away from rabbits untill frost comes. First time I seen meat crawl did it for me (in AZ)

iflylow74 · 09-20-2009, 07:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jerry

Not that I know of in IL. I stay away from rabbits untill frost comes. First time I seen meat crawl did it for me (in AZ)

They get into rabbits here too. Pretty much turns me off small game hunting until the first frost. The only problem is, that usually doesn't come until late October to early November. That's a lot of wasted season.

jerry · 09-20-2009, 08:02 PM

Well, sounds like you use what you take in the field. Good on ya. Just enjoy the game when the weather is cool.

09-14-2009, 12:00 AM	#21
Freezing Hot Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 49	Aaaaaaaaand, here it is: I just went with tinypic http://i30.tinypic.com/2lsurdx.jpg Edit: When I tilt the top of my (LCD) screen up, I can see that hairs hit 12 1/4" But it's not my call. Edit: 12 1/8. Last edited by Freezing Hot; 09-15-2009 at 01:03 AM.

09-14-2009, 09:06 PM	#22
Cross Hair Long Tail Squirrel Hunter Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Central Illinois... Middle of Nowhere Posts: 1,305	My OFFICIAL ENTRY Hey guys, The USB cord to the camera magically re-appeard by the side of the speaker on the little womans computer... Oddly conicidental that it was after the third or fourth time I annoyingly asked our teenager! anyway, the competition is heating up Theres a big un' in those pictures, I will let you guys make the call on length. I'm a fisherman ya' all know and I may be inclined to stretch it! LOL Attached Thumbnails __________________ *Most of my life I've spent hunting,... the rest of it I've just wasted*

09-15-2009, 11:02 AM	#24
NHmsj Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 187	Nice Entry Nice Entry! One of these days I'm going to hunt in a locale that harbors Fox Squirrel. Yep! One of these days. msj __________________ "I yam what I yam, and that's all that I yam!" (Popeye the Sailor)

09-15-2009, 01:42 PM	#25
WLew Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: North Arkansas Posts: 194	Looks like 13 3/4" to me! That's a good un Cross Hair. He'll be hard to beat. __________________ NRA Life Member

09-15-2009, 03:27 PM	#26
bshytailbuster Trophy Squirrel Assassin Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: SE Ohio Posts: 11	I'd give that one 13 3/4 thats a big ol boy guess i'm going to my fox squirrel hole tomorrow!! I had to look twice didn't realize there was two different tails there __________________ Squirrel - Its whats for dinner Last edited by bshytailbuster; 09-15-2009 at 03:29 PM.

09-15-2009, 01:05 AM	#23
Freezing Hot Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 49	13 5/8" looks right to me.

09-15-2009, 10:39 PM	#27
Cross Hair Long Tail Squirrel Hunter Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Central Illinois... Middle of Nowhere Posts: 1,305	My 3rd entry! Got out of the college today with enough time to head back to the timber and bag another bushy tail red. This one is (was) a female... big girl, must be kin to the one from the other day... Looks like an even bigger tail guys... I know there are some bruisers still all over down there... used the 20ga old JC Higgins bolt action deer gun with #6 high brass to cut through the limbs and leafs today! Cant wait till the leaves are down and I can actually see the buggers ... through my scope! Lets get em' comin' in... I KNOW there are some bigger squirrels out there! AH... you still cant enter anything from little old lady down the roads corn squirrel feeder though... sorry, rules are rules LMAO Attached Thumbnails __________________ *Most of my life I've spent hunting,... the rest of it I've just wasted*

09-15-2009, 11:14 PM	#28
wcassidy Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Connecticut Posts: 285	Not really in the running I got a not so hot photo here but being around the 10" mark i don't even make the running yet, gonna have to see what i can do next week. Attached Thumbnails

09-16-2009, 01:29 AM	#29
tamalpias Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 525	damn cross hair, if I paypal you the money you might as well just keep it at this rate!

09-16-2009, 11:33 AM	#31
Oxford Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gladstone, Missouri Posts: 14,098 Images: 18 Blog Entries: 4	I saw a squirelly person the other day with a tail that must have been at least a foot long. However, no pictures were taken...in fact I was laughing to much I couldn't have taken a picture of them if I'd wanted to. __________________ "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right".

09-16-2009, 12:19 PM	#32
bshytailbuster Trophy Squirrel Assassin Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: SE Ohio Posts: 11	Cross Hair if you keep enterin red fox tails i'm gonna enter that ringtail squirrel Ha!Ha! __________________ Squirrel - Its whats for dinner

09-16-2009, 05:18 PM	#33
Cross Hair Long Tail Squirrel Hunter Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Central Illinois... Middle of Nowhere Posts: 1,305	We dont get too many greys in this area. LOL ringtails however we got alot of! LOL Ox, that tail would've automatically WON the competition LOL! Its heating up guys! I heard of a sweet spot for squirrels not far from my current spot. If it's all I was told, I should be entering a few more! Best of Luck... Keep that trigger finger warmed up!~ __________________ *Most of my life I've spent hunting,... the rest of it I've just wasted*

09-17-2009, 05:27 PM	#35
Cross Hair Long Tail Squirrel Hunter Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Central Illinois... Middle of Nowhere Posts: 1,305	Gray squirrels have their own catagory! So it is fair to compete. So big grey tail may be considerably shorter than say a Red squirrel, but you could still win the grey competition. __________________ *Most of my life I've spent hunting,... the rest of it I've just wasted*

09-20-2009, 07:08 PM	#36
jerry Short Time Shirt Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 13,229 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 1	Not quite in the running but a respectable 12". this is my first of the season, taken with the RWS 34 .177 Attached Thumbnails

09-20-2009, 07:53 PM	#37
iflylow74 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Arkansaw Posts: 1,439 Blog Entries: 11	Do the squirrels you guys kill ever have what we call "wolves"? I think they are technically bot fly larvae. They get in the skin and make terrible sores. They seem to be bad down here until after the first frost. __________________ Regnant Populi, Nemo me impune lacessit

09-20-2009, 07:55 PM	#38
jerry Short Time Shirt Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 13,229 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 1	Not that I know of in IL. I stay away from rabbits untill frost comes. First time I seen meat crawl did it for me (in AZ)

09-20-2009, 08:02 PM	#40
jerry Short Time Shirt Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 13,229 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 1	Well, sounds like you use what you take in the field. Good on ya. Just enjoy the game when the weather is cool.