Two funny stories.

1. My only semi-steady fishing partner swears that he and his buddies used to play deer tag in the Eastern KY hills. They supposedly would take shipping labels that are used in mfg. They would camo up and stand behind trees near deer trails. When the deer came by, they'd SLAP the label on its *** and run like hell. He is a lying SOB though.

2. There was an older guy arrested at a lake south of Louisville a few years ago. If I remember correctly he was accused of animal cruelty. He was using a heavy action spinning rod and reel, mono with a leader, a small treble hook. He would smear crunchy peanut butter on the hook and catch the squirrels in that park. Now, I don't condone animal cruelty but the thought of a fox squirrel stripping a drag still makes me laugh to this day.

J

Two funny stories.

1. My only semi-steady fishing partner swears that he and his buddies used to play deer tag in the Eastern KY hills. They supposedly would take shipping labels that are used in mfg. They would camo up and stand behind trees near deer trails. When the deer came by, they'd SLAP the label on its *** and run like hell. He is a lying SOB though.

2. There was an older guy arrested at a lake south of Louisville a few years ago. If I remember correctly he was accused of animal cruelty. He was using a heavy action spinning rod and reel, mono with a leader, a small treble hook. He would smear crunchy peanut butter on the hook and catch the squirrels in that park. Now, I don't condone animal cruelty but the thought of a fox squirrel stripping a drag still makes me laugh to this day.

J

I knew a guy who once told me that he would hide up in a tree and jump down on the deer with 2 hunting knives and kill it :......he's a lying SOB as well

The venison is the best part! lol

I love sneaking up on animals just to see how close I can get to them.

You need to try sneaking up on a Brown Bear with a ball bat, now this would be fun and sportsman like. ;D

ok chew on this ... why not get a paint ball gun ... do a little work to it ... if you hit the deer with a paint ball you will know you got him ... and he can go on about his biz ...  :-?

;D Mike Bat ! Paint ball on deer... you would end up with a colorfull forest  and Hippie looking deers.

You guys wanna C&R a deer .... How 'bout a Taser ? ;D

And for real C&R hunting, you guys named it .... a camera.

2. There was an older guy arrested at a lake south of Louisville a few years ago. If I remember correctly he was accused of animal cruelty. He was using a heavy action spinning rod and reel, mono with a leader, a small treble hook. He would smear crunchy peanut butter on the hook and catch the squirrels in that park. Now, I don't condone animal cruelty but the thought of a fox squirrel stripping a drag still makes me laugh to this day.

J

Is anyone else thinking of giving this a try ;D

Squirrels might be cuddly little plaything to some people, but their demon possessed baby Satans to me. :'(

2. There was an older guy arrested at a lake south of Louisville a few years ago. If I remember correctly he was accused of animal cruelty. He was using a heavy action spinning rod and reel, mono with a leader, a small treble hook. He would smear crunchy peanut butter on the hook and catch the squirrels in that park. Now, I don't condone animal cruelty but the thought of a fox squirrel stripping a drag still makes me laugh to this day.

J

Is anyone else thinking of giving this a try ;D

Squirrels might be cuddly little plaything to some people, but their demon possessed baby Satans to me. :'(

LOL ;D

Why not just sit out in the woods and sing Kumbaya while holding hands with some peta people.    

Whack them there overpopulated anyway or atleast here they are.   Almost hit one on the expressway yesterday within 5ft of hitting it had to lock up the brakes at 70 isn't fun.    You can bet I'm going to kill as many as I can this fall and winter.  

2. There was an older guy arrested at a lake south of Louisville a few years ago. If I remember correctly he was accused of animal cruelty. He was using a heavy action spinning rod and reel, mono with a leader, a small treble hook. He would smear crunchy peanut butter on the hook and catch the squirrels in that park. Now, I don't condone animal cruelty but the thought of a fox squirrel stripping a drag still makes me laugh to this day.

J

Is anyone else thinking of giving this a try ;D

Squirrels might be cuddly little plaything to some people, but their demon possessed baby Satans to me. :'(

LOL ;D

Here's the story to that one:

When I was 12, I was deer hunting in a box stand ---this was only the second or third time I had been alone in a stand--- and a squirrel decided to pay me a visit.  It hopped into my stand and (get this) attacked me.  I guess it panicked. I had to get shots afterword.

Squirrel season has been personal ever since..

2. There was an older guy arrested at a lake south of Louisville a few years ago. If I remember correctly he was accused of animal cruelty. He was using a heavy action spinning rod and reel, mono with a leader, a small treble hook. He would smear crunchy peanut butter on the hook and catch the squirrels in that park. Now, I don't condone animal cruelty but the thought of a fox squirrel stripping a drag still makes me laugh to this day.

J

Is anyone else thinking of giving this a try ;D

Squirrels might be cuddly little plaything to some people, but their demon possessed baby Satans to me. :'(

LOL ;D

Here's the story to that one:

When I was 12, I was deer hunting in a box stand ---this was only the second or third time I had been alone in a stand--- and a squirrel decided to pay me a visit. It hopped into my stand and (get this) attacked me. I guess it panicked. I had to get shots afterword.

Squirrel season has been personal ever since..

When me and my buddies were in boyscouts there was a chipmunk under our floorboards of our tent and we decided to try and catch it with a fishing rod. We baited a regular #10 hook (I think I'm not positive on the size anymore) with a kernel of popcorn and we caught it.

We weren't really expecting to catch it because we were standing on the floorboards it was under and it made a huge ruckus. In the end we took it to the scoutmaster and he cut the line and the chipmunk ran off. Last time I'll ever do that though, we had latrine duty for the next couple days

Ooooh, I've come up with some crazy ideas for catching squrriels (and some of them where doozies, let me tell you)

But I never gave a rod and reel idea a try.  

lol

just tie on a chunk of something covered with penut butter, and see if some chipmonks hold on. Im sure they would for a little bit, and you can drag them in to you. Not as cruel as a hook, but still really funny. I know this works with frogs, you dont need hooks, they hold onto anything and you can just lift them up to you.

this thread is great lol

this thread is great lol

.................................NOT!

this thread is great lol

.................................NOT!

This is NOT a good idea. The process of hunting and taking a animal is not somthing to be made into a paintball game. This is the type of thing the antis love to here, people just out there to feel like they "killed" something. We are better then that and need to respect the animals/fish we harvest. Just my 2 cents.

Why not just sit out in the woods and sing Kumbaya while holding hands with some peta people.

Whack them there overpopulated anyway or atleast here they are. Almost hit one on the expressway yesterday within 5ft of hitting it had to lock up the brakes at 70 isn't fun. You can bet I'm going to kill as many as I can this fall and winter.

x2

The deer population in West Virginia is outrageous, especially in our eastern mountain counties.  We spot at least 2-3 deer standing broad in the middle of the road at night when we go there, and at dusk, you can look in fields and literally see hundreds and hundreds of them.

TF, My uncle went to Virginia a few years ago for a management deer hunt.  I believe he personally harvested 20+ deer during a  week.  The large group as a whole killed hundreds.  He said that the number of deer he seen over there was just ridiculous.

Also, all of the meat went to the local food bank.