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The Ultimate Guide to Squirrel Hunting: Everything You Need to Know to Hunt This Popular Game Animal

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This book is mostly for those that still hunt squirrels. It gives a broad prespective into hunting squirrels in different states with an State by State breakdown of squirrel activity. How when and where to hunt squirrels and different methods of taking these little tree rats.

It touches on hunting squirrels with dogs but just briefly and mentions a using terrier or Jack Russel to hunt squirrel with. (which rates far behind the use of an Original Mountain Cur)

Overall I enjoyed the book, it is a good read and does not get slow or boring for me throughout the book. It's well put together in a hardback color glossy cover. The pictures in the book are also good quality.

I give it a 4 out of 5 stars, I do not regret buying the book and it has earned it's space on my bookshelf to be thumbed through again if I ever needed insight into squirrel hunting any other state than my own.

Bob Gooch has done a nice job of updating his previous book, "Squirrels and Squirrel Hunting". This new book should be on every tree squirrel hunter's shelf. Especially helpful to beginners is how to field dress the squirrel. Most have a difficult time with that part of the hunt and his method is quick and easy.

With big game hunting becoming increasingly expensive, more hunters are turning to squirrel hunting as a relatively inexpensive pastime. Squirrel hunting remains a real challenge for a .22 (or .17) caliber rimfire hunter.

I hope Bob will update his book, "Spinning for Trout" as well.

This is a great book. It covers every aspect of hunting this popular and common game animal. The recipe section is a nice bonus as well as the sections that focus on habitat management and conservation. If you hunt squirrels or are considering doing so in the future get this book, you will be glad you did.

At 40 years old, I've decided to learn how to hunt and to share the experience with my kids. I figured that we'd start small, and it doesn't get much smaller (or tastier, from what I hear) than squirrels. So this book looked like an attractive starting guide at a good price.

I found the book to be highly informative, a pleasant read, and I'd recommend it to anyone. Bob Gooch uses what I'd call a "codger" style -- the old woodsman teaches us young whippersnappers how to outfox the bushy-tailed tree rat. I've read and reread this book several times, and plan to use it as a guide when I take the kids out for our first squirrel hunt this coming October.

Over the years I have grown rather fond of the squirrel. Usually around August I start to get squirrel hunting fever really bad, and this is a enjoyable read during those hard times.

This is the revised version of the original book. You can tell that most of the photos throughout the book are a little dated, but they still server there purpose. Most of the photos are from what looks like family/informal hunts, but there is a few more professional looking photos.

The book mostly refers to hunting squirrels with 22LR. There is one sentence that talks 17's and a brief chapter on shotguns. The book even covers hunting squirrels with bow/arrows and muzzle loaders.

The book goes into detail about different types of squirrels and what each state has to offer as far as squirrel hunting goes. This takes up about 1/4 of the book. I reviewed a few states, but it was not the type of information I sat down and looked at every page in this section.

If you are a squirrel hunter you will enjoy this book. It only covers hunting with dogs for a few pages, so if you are looking for a book on Squirrel Dogs, this is really not the book.

this is a great book for new hunters. Some of the information is dated. But overall it is a great book on Squirrel Hunting.

This book is clearly for someone who has never seen a squirrel , much less attempted to hunt one!!!!!