Flying squirrels - The Firearms Forum

22WRF · 08-09-2009, 08:48 AM

I have a family of them in my blue bird house

Pistolenschutze · 08-09-2009, 08:59 AM

Maybe you should transport a few to England, 22. I understand Tranter has a nice backyard for raising squirrels.

FTK87 · 08-09-2009, 09:01 AM

If you want them gone, just wait until all are in side, I think a blast of #6 from the 12 ga. oughta do it.

Crpdeth · 08-09-2009, 09:27 AM

YUM!

TranterUK · 08-09-2009, 10:14 AM

Looks like a good shot right there in the photo. We could fix up the bird box later if it were, er damaged.

Tom Militano · 08-09-2009, 10:19 AM

I have been shooting squirrels everyday for the last couple of years. Flying tree rats would be great. I'd could break out my Winchester 101 skeet gun and give it a workout. Don't send any though. If it's a squirrel, it will find it's way to our property.

Suwannee Tim · 08-09-2009, 08:20 PM

Flying squirrels are rare and seldom seen. They are not legal to hunt in Florida. I have killed trainloads of gray squirrels but never a flying squirrel. Same with fox squirrels. And I wouldn't kill one given the chance.

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Originally Posted by 22WRF

I have a family of them in my blue bird house

The bird house is not blue, 22, it is kind of yellow.

kingchip · 08-09-2009, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom Militano

I have been shooting squirrels everyday for the last couple of years. Flying tree rats would be great. I'd could break out my Winchester 101 skeet gun and give it a workout. Don't send any though. If it's a squirrel, it will find it's way to our property.

Ditto, Tom. If there's a tree rat around, it will find my house.

Rocket J Squirl · 08-09-2009, 10:36 PM

Im going to have to take exception to this thread.

Brothers and sisters take flight!!

For fight is not an option.

jacksonco · 08-09-2009, 10:48 PM

We were camping one night several years ago at Holly River State Park in WV. We were sitting out after dark around a fire we had built and I noticed from the corner of mt eye things going through the air off of and into an old tree. At first I thought these were bats I was seeing but after watching for a while it dawned upon me that I was seeing flying squirrels. It was the first and only time that I have seen them in the wild.

Maximilian II · 08-10-2009, 12:12 AM

I've never seen one but would love to. I'd shoot the other tasty rodents but those are just too cool.

TranterUK · 08-10-2009, 02:11 AM

It's a point, I would also never shoot an endangered or rare animal. It's either pests, in the case of grey squirrels or rabbits, or controlled game in season.

Pistolenschutze · 08-10-2009, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by TranterUK

It's either pests, in the case of grey squirrels or rabbits . . .

Cambridge man shoots cute little bunnies and squirrels!!!! Parliament to take action immediately to protect these poor creatures from further depredations by the cruel Tories!

TranterUK · 08-10-2009, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Pistolenschutze

Cambridge man shoots cute little bunnies and squirrels!!!! Parliament to take action immediately to protect these poor creatures from further depredations by the cruel Tories!

Indeed, and I propose myself as the ideal candidate to protect these poor little animals. Given politics today, it makes perfect sense.

big steve · 08-10-2009, 12:16 PM

Wow those things are pretty cool!!!!!

Claude Clay · 08-10-2009, 12:33 PM

.........any Bullwinkle sightings?

Pistolenschutze · 08-10-2009, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Claude Clay

.........any Bullwinkle sightings?

If 22 finds a moose in his back yard, he should do one of two things:

1) Change brands, or

2) If it's not pink, shoot it!

Tom Militano · 08-10-2009, 03:15 PM

No, I don't think I would shoot a flying squirrel, or a red one either, but the grays are another story

artabr · 08-10-2009, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Rocket J Squirl

Im going to have to take exception to this thread.

Brothers and sisters take flight!!

For fight is not an option.

I had flying squirrels as pets when I was a kid. Super cool little critters.
I love them.

Art

kutaho · 08-10-2009, 07:42 PM

Flying squirrels in these parts are few and far between, and there little.
Take a mess of them for just a small stew.
There nocturnal, and the local's here protect them.
Silver greys on the other hand....

(I'm telling ya we need a yummy/drooling smily)

Lotsdragon · 08-10-2009, 10:20 PM

I remember as a young fellow we had a large? nest of them in a hollow tree next to our house, we could watch them late in the evening in the summer busy on their little squirrel errands. A summer storm came up and broke the tree off one year we were lucky it didnt hit the house. From that date to this I have never seen another in the wild, been over 30 years.Didnt know what a blessing it was to be able to watch them until they were gone(like to many other things). Enjoy them while you can!

gdmoody · 08-10-2009, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by artabr

I had flying squirrels as pets when I was a kid. Super cool little critters.
I love them.

I also had one as a pet when I was a teenager back in Kentucky. I haven't seen one since then. They are kinda cute!

08-09-2009, 08:48 AM	#1
22WRF Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pea Ridge, FL Contributor Posts: 4,270	Flying squirrels I have a family of them in my blue bird house __________________ NRA GOA CCRKBA Happiness is a warm barrel -->

08-09-2009, 08:59 AM	#2
Pistolenschutze Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 13,094	Re: Flying squirrels Maybe you should transport a few to England, 22. I understand Tranter has a nice backyard for raising squirrels. __________________ --Pistolenschutze (Pistol Shooter)

08-09-2009, 09:01 AM	#3
FTK87 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chouteau, Oklahoma Posts: 481	Re: Flying squirrels If you want them gone, just wait until all are in side, I think a blast of #6 from the 12 ga. oughta do it. __________________ I NEED .22-250 BRASS!!! http://www.OklahomaSportsmen.com

08-09-2009, 09:27 AM	#4
Crpdeth Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Location: Location Contributor Posts: 8,247	Re: Flying squirrels YUM! __________________ Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there. ~Eric Hoffer

08-09-2009, 10:14 AM	#5
TranterUK Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cambridge UK Posts: 5,103	Re: Flying squirrels Looks like a good shot right there in the photo. We could fix up the bird box later if it were, er damaged. __________________ DVC - Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas - Accuracy, Power, Speed. The light at the end of the recession tunnel IS a train coming the other way!

08-09-2009, 10:19 AM	#6
Tom Militano Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Jacksonville, AL Posts: 1,255	Re: Flying squirrels I have been shooting squirrels everyday for the last couple of years. Flying tree rats would be great. I'd could break out my Winchester 101 skeet gun and give it a workout. Don't send any though. If it's a squirrel, it will find it's way to our property.

08-09-2009, 10:36 PM	#9
Rocket J Squirl Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 418	Re: Flying squirrels Im going to have to take exception to this thread. Brothers and sisters take flight!! For fight is not an option. Last edited by Rocket J Squirl; 08-10-2009 at 01:56 PM..

08-09-2009, 10:48 PM	#10
jacksonco Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Jackson County West Virginia Posts: 2,237	Re: Flying squirrels We were camping one night several years ago at Holly River State Park in WV. We were sitting out after dark around a fire we had built and I noticed from the corner of mt eye things going through the air off of and into an old tree. At first I thought these were bats I was seeing but after watching for a while it dawned upon me that I was seeing flying squirrels. It was the first and only time that I have seen them in the wild.

08-10-2009, 12:12 AM	#11
Maximilian II Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Northwest GA Posts: 1,385	Re: Flying squirrels I've never seen one but would love to. I'd shoot the other tasty rodents but those are just too cool. __________________ Karma is just justice, without the satisfaction. And I don't believe in justice. -Joe Sarno, bagman.

08-10-2009, 02:11 AM	#12
TranterUK Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cambridge UK Posts: 5,103	Re: Flying squirrels It's a point, I would also never shoot an endangered or rare animal. It's either pests, in the case of grey squirrels or rabbits, or controlled game in season. __________________ DVC - Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas - Accuracy, Power, Speed. The light at the end of the recession tunnel IS a train coming the other way!

08-10-2009, 12:16 PM	#15
big steve Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 622	Re: Flying squirrels Wow those things are pretty cool!!!!!

08-10-2009, 12:33 PM	#16
Claude Clay V.I.P. Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Central CT Posts: 451	Re: Flying squirrels .........any Bullwinkle sightings? __________________ teachers may learn you the rules; experience will teach you the exceptions. NRA Instructor

08-10-2009, 03:15 PM	#18
Tom Militano Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Jacksonville, AL Posts: 1,255	Re: Flying squirrels No, I don't think I would shoot a flying squirrel, or a red one either, but the grays are another story

08-10-2009, 07:42 PM	#20
kutaho Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Peoples Republic of the Pacific Northwest Posts: 1,852	Re: Flying squirrels Flying squirrels in these parts are few and far between, and there little. Take a mess of them for just a small stew. There nocturnal, and the local's here protect them. Silver greys on the other hand.... (I'm telling ya we need a yummy/drooling smily) __________________ No man stands in the same river twice If all else fails grab a rock Mi Taku oyasin

08-10-2009, 10:20 PM	#21
Lotsdragon Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Potosi, Mo Posts: 813	Re: Flying squirrels I remember as a young fellow we had a large? nest of them in a hollow tree next to our house, we could watch them late in the evening in the summer busy on their little squirrel errands. A summer storm came up and broke the tree off one year we were lucky it didnt hit the house. From that date to this I have never seen another in the wild, been over 30 years.Didnt know what a blessing it was to be able to watch them until they were gone(like to many other things). Enjoy them while you can! __________________ "First comes smiles,then lies.Last is gunfire" Roland Deschain