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SMall Game Hunting
Rabbit, Raccoon, Squirrel, Opossum,
and More by Tom Carpenter
SMall Game e
Guid
uirrel
Gray Sq about 1 pound
igh
sts
irrels we
wling fore
Gray squ
both spra
in
l
e
v
re
li
ir
u
y
e
ray sq
rams). Th
ook for g
L
.
s
d
(0.5 kilog
o
o
.
rks
dw
ll, isolate
ed tree fo
and sma
in V-shap
s
e
v
where
a
le
d
n
f
to
the grou
n
o
nests buil
s
ll
e
nutsh
g calls.
’ cacklin
r cracked
ls
fo
re
h
ir
tc
u
a
q
W
ten for s
feed. Lis
squirrels
Fox Squi
r
rel
Fox squirre
ls weigh a
b
o
ut 2 pound
(0.9 kg). T
s
hey make
th
eir homes
in open w
oods and
small gro
trees. Loo
ups of
k for nests
a
n
d
tr
e
e holes
with entra
nces worn
white and
smooth by
squirrels.
Check stu
for nutshe
mps
lls. Look fo
r corncob
s
dragged in
to the woo
ds.
Cott
onta
Cotto
ntails
il Ra
usua
(1.3 k
bbit
lly w
g). Th
e
igh a
br ush
ey liv
b
o
u
t 3 po
y thic
e in o
unds
kets,
vergr
hedg
berr y
own
erow
areas
patch
s, an
,
d gra
Look
es, b
ush p
ssy, a
for ra
iles,
band
bbit t
oned
racks
rabbi
fields
in the
t trai
.
s
ls in
now
and
the g
rass.
Snowsho
e H
are
hare weig
h about 4
live in the
pounds (1
.7 kg). The
far north a
y
nd in high
Snowshoe
mountain
s are brow
a
re
a
s.
n in summ
white in w
er, but the
inter! Goo
y turn
d snowsho
brushy thic
e
hare habit
kets, swam
ats are
ps, and fo
and dense
rests that
with small
a
re
young
trees. Loo
the snow o
k for hare
r gnawed
tr
a
c
ks in
bark where
hare have
fed.
Snowshoe
n
Raccoo
usually
Raccoons
nd
tween 4 a
weigh be
d
n
a
s (1.7
23 pound
e in
th
can riv
accoons
cluding
in
10 kg). R
habitat,
f
o
d
in
k
ny
nd,
almost a
s, far mla
, wetland
s
d
n
la
accoons
d
R
o
.
wo
ountains
m
r
o
,
s
raccoon
citie
Look for
prairies,
r.
te
a
w
r
a
creeks.
g ne
like bein
ud along
m
e
th
in
tracks
ssum h
Opo
weig
sums
Opos
and
een 3
.9
betw
nd 5
1.3 a
(
ly.
s
d
slow
un
o
y
p
r
e
3
v
1
move
ums
poss
They
o
.
)
,
g
s
k
k for
oon
. Loo
racc
e
e
r
e
k
i
L
-foot
ywh
back
st an
s
’
o
m
m
su
ive
opos
can l
d. An
u
e
k
m
e
s li
in th
look
s
.
t
s
k
c
o
print
tra
alm
hand
sum
n
track
a
opos
um
all h
a sm
™
LB ISBN: 978–1–4677–0224–9
Photo acknowledgements: © Brian Lasenby/Shutterstock Images (gray squirrel); © James M Phelps, Jr/Shutterstock Images (fox squirrel); © Frank Doyle/USFWSm (cottontail rabbit); © nialat/Shutterstock Images (snowshoe hair); © Ultrashock/Shutterstock Images (raccoon); © Adam Larsen/iStockphoto (opossum).
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