![]() ![]() Unless you hit it in the head you are probably going to need to finish it off, which can be pretty tricky if you don't have something to inflict some blunt force trauma, or a. ![]() Ideal situation would probably to be in full camo in a blind of some sort. Camp nearby, be ready wherever your going to hunt pre dawn. If I were going to embark on the challenge of hunting squirrel with a sling shot I would try to find a large area of oak trees. 22 or 410 would do the trick, as would an air rifle. A slingshots projectile is quite slow, so unless your are very close and the squirrel is still for quite a while, you'll have a hard time getting one. Squirrels are nervous and move around a lot. Now if it's that you see them but can't get them with a slingshot, I'm not surprised. As your partner walks past a tree with a squirrel in it, the little critter will wind around the tree, hopefully in your sight line. Squirrels always go to other side of the tree to where the noise is coming from. One person walks ahead 20-30 yards or so as the other watches the trees. Keep your eyes peeled and if you don't see anything, walk another 20 yards, sit and repeat. Also, if you are alone, try walking about 20 yards then stop and sit for a while, like 10-15 minutes. If you're not seeing them, try looking around the base of hardwoods for cuttings (the bits and pieces of nuts and cones from squirrels eating overhead). Is it that you are not seeing them or you do see them but aren't able to connect? ![]()
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