What is the most important skill involved in squirrel hunting?
I consider the ability to move without being heard or seen by a squirrel the most important facet of squirrel hunting. Still, if one cant hit the squirrel when he gets within shooting range the stalk becomes moot. Movement over dry leaves, twigs and other noisemaking elements of a wooded area (this includes underbrush) is the key. This starts with being able to put your feet down very gently on the forest floor. My dad, known to folks in our town as a hunter who could kill his limit of squirrels in a woods where there were no squirrels, taught me that placement of the feet as you move into position to shoot is very important. He could cross a forest floor covered with tinder dry leaves without making a sound. He would wear shoes with thin soles and place the heel of the moving foot down slowly and gently, before allowing the rest of that foot to compress the leaves gently. He also taught me to move when the squirrel being stalked is moving. A squirrel sitting still while cutting throug
