Saturday, January 31, 2015

January 31, 2015 Squirrel/rabbit hunt

The second squirrel / rabbit hunt of the season took place January 31st. It was a very cold day with about four inches of fresh snow on top of the 5-6 inches of snow on the ground. The temperature ranged from 3 to 18 degrees.
  There were 27 people signed up for squirrel and four for rabbit.
  Eleven people weighed in 50 squirrels with five of them bagging their limit.
  One person weighed in 4 rabbits. Here are the results:

Heaviest bag     1st place   Ron Darling          6 squirrels  8.75 pounds
                        2nd place  Brad Aman          6 squirrels  8.68 pounds
                        3rd place  Shane Farr            6 squirrels  8.13 pounds

Lunker squirrel   Tom Grasek   1.70 pounds

Rabbit heaviest bag     Brad Aman  4 rabbits  10.66 pounds
Lunker rabbit             Brad Aman    2.85 pounds

The club provided squirrel stew, and chili for all those who showed up at the weigh in.
There is one more hunt scheduled.  It will be held on the last day of the season Saturday February 28th. So mark your calenders and see you then.

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