Squirrel Shots

[Bishop]

Sat down for a break whilst having a bimble around the reservoir and ended up sharing lunch with a squirrel.
No hide, no camo clothing just sat quietly chewing a sandwich in the scrub off the path and the little fella appeared on the branch ten feet away.

 

[Robson Valley]

Sit or stand with your arms quietly at your sides (eating lunch).
To most forest animals, you look like the front end of a deer/moose/elk/etc.
Raising your arms is lifting your front legs and that's a threat.

That's how you got away with your encounter.

Many bow hunters here stalk out in the open. They hold their bow on top of their head = antlers.
Laugh all you want, it works.

 

[mikehill]

I generally sit on the ground leaning against a tree trunk. Had vixens with their cubs milling around my feet several times

 

[Tony]

ha ha, they're great shots...

I wish I had a camera with me the other day when I watched a squirrel fall out of a tree and then manage to catch himself on a branch of the tree next to it...