Tree Rats

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Re: Tree Rats

Post by Rafe Hollister » July 30th, 2004, 10:11 am

I'm up to 6 for the year. They've become a pestilence at the Tick Farm. They ate parts off the deer feeders to get to the corn and have ruined them. So I'll have to head up there as often as I can to plink a few at a time.
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Re: Tree Rats

Post by BornBad » August 3rd, 2004, 1:50 pm

Read somptin interesting. According to MDC, almost 2 Millions pounds of squirrel meat is harvested annually in Missouri.
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Re: Tree Rats

Post by Rafe Hollister » August 3rd, 2004, 2:26 pm

Does that count road kill?
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Re: Tree Rats

Post by hobiecat » August 3rd, 2004, 3:26 pm

Only if you skin'em after you hit'em.
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Post by Rafe Hollister » August 3rd, 2004, 3:36 pm

Yeah, it said "harvested", so I figgered that it didn't matter how you got it, as long as you ate it.
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Re: Tree Rats

Post by BornBad » August 3rd, 2004, 3:57 pm

that is about 3.51 squirrels per hunter if I do my math right.

2003 Missouri Estimated Population: 5,704,484
A generous estimate of (legal) hunters in Missouri: 570,448 or 10%
A dressed squirrel is about 1 lb.
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Re: Tree Rats

Post by bigdogjr71 » September 12th, 2004, 1:54 pm

well i started huntting the tree rat up here in st joe mo. and i got a a few i have noticed that there are alot of reds up here compaired to southern mo.
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Post by Hunter91 » October 8th, 2004, 3:31 pm

I try to pass on them Red uns. They usually are to tough. Ony take them when I need a couple for the mulligan pot. I like the greys though. I think them squirrels can tell a bow from a.22 as I saw tons of them last weekend bowhunting.
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Re: Tree Rats

Post by bigdogjr71 » October 11th, 2004, 10:17 pm

i hear you but up here the grey is alittle hard to find but the reds i got the other day was good eatting
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