A little off topic but I'm curious.
As we don't have a squirrel season here during the summer months, how are they in terms of parasites at this time of year?
Our season opens September 1st but they always seem to have their fair share of fleas, ticks or warbles prior to the first frost.
Do you find any issues where you're hunting in that regard?
Thanks.
John
A lot of folks on other hunting sites talk about warbbles, wolves or bot fly larva in squirrels, in 50 years of hunting them here in Missouri I have never seen them. I have however seen them literally covered in fleas in some of the hotter years, to the point that I was doing them a favor by taking them. I usually dont hunt them much this time of the year because of the heat but for the last few weeks we have had some great weather, lows in the upper fifties and low 60's in the morning.
