Fantastic! I didn't pick up squirrel hunting until I was an adult, but am looking forward to passing on the tradition to my boys and making memories. In some ways, particularly the shot angles, hasty rests and target size/movement, I think squirrel hunting is prob a bigger learning curve than deer hunting from a tree stand.
I'm in north central Indiana, so not as much contiguous woods for the grey's, but when we've hunted the Hoosier NF down southern part of the state, they are pretty predominant there. I like both species and enjoy watching them from the deer stand, until one busts me and won't stop barking!
As far as the rifle, it is a Steyr-Mannlicher Zephyr II in 22LR with a Leupold fixed 4 power (fixed focus set for rimfire distances). I have several other CZ rimfires, telescoped and open sighted, that have served very well as squirrel rifles before this one, and I think this rifle is slightly more accurate. It has a fantastic trigger out of the box and the length of pull, palm swell and general fit when I throw it up to my shoulder is superb-for me. A lefty def could not shoot this rifle though because of the palm swell. The narrow, V-shaped, Schnabel forend is perfect for some of the field positions when using hands in awkward positions to get a rest alongside a tree for shots up into tree tops or otherwise. The scope is growing on me. The reticle is very fine and I typically like a low, fixed power scope with a coarser cross hair, even for big game when distances get a little further. I didn't get to do as much early season squirrel hunting this year, but I have a feeling I will lose the reticle somewhat in tree tops.
