How to get started hunting squirrels?

Get a .22 and look for squirrels...

Whatchou gonna do with 'em?

Sure, that's one use. I wanna see a pelt hat once you really get going with it.

Find you a nearby refuge or private land you have access too and even better if it has native pecans on it. Sit

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any community park.

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Or my backyard

Memories, two guys I knew in Ellick got busted for hunting squirrels back in the eighties. One was hunting from a moving vehicle in city park and the other was tearing them up in the south traffic circle.
Find some hardwoods Baw.

Any public land around near St Francisville anyone can recommend?

Google is your friend. Tunica Hills WMA.

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would like to start hunting squirrels again in the fall.

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I’d get a thermacell, off and look into public land near you - there’s a bit within an hour’s drive.

There is a spring squirrel season, I believe in May as well.

Squirrel hunting is a load of fun and not hard to get into…I don’t know why I don’t do it more often.

All you have to do is find some mixed forest…pines on the ridges and hardwoods in the bottoms. Hunt the bottoms where the hardwoods are. Walk very quietly and slowly through the woods (not more than a couple of steps every 15 seconds. When you are walking, look at the ground so you see anyplace they have been feeding and also so you don’t step on a snake.

On your pause between steps, be looking up at the trees (near and far). When you see sign of feeding, sit down near that tree for a bit. Squirrels have a short attention span and will move within 10 minutes or so.

Kent 3” #6 shot (12g). I use a Winchester SX4.

When creeping on a squirrel, move when it moves. Stop when it stops. Listen/watch for moving branches in the trees to spot their location (early season). Those tree rats are very alert and will see/hear you if you’re not moving quietly.

Late season, they’ll be lower in the trees and on the ground chasing each other.