SQUIRRELS. 



Almost every one who has ever used a gun has gone out sometime 

 m his Hfe after squirrels. If the hunter goes out in June he will find 

 the young fellows, but in the fall he will get fully grown ones, and 

 have little trouble in finding them. All he will have to do will be to 

 hunt for nut trees, hickory especially, and the squirrels will surely be 

 there getting their winter supply of nuts and they will get the best ones 

 too every time. They can be found near berry patches as well, for they 

 are great berry eaters. 



The best time to kill the squirrels is early in the morning or late 

 in the evening. Then they are doing their feeding. Through the 

 middle of the day they stretch themselves out on a broad limb of a 

 tree and go to sleep. Many a squirrel is killed while asleep, being 

 found by the sun shining on his tail or the wind blowing it back and 

 forth. 



A good squirrel dog is a great dog to have. He can trail the squirrel 

 through the- woods and to the tree he has gone up, and if properly 

 broken, will bark for you to come as a signal that he has a squirrel 



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