While my friendship with the squirrels is well documented, I also love some delicious s'mores now and again, and since squirrel is one of the three ingredients in s'mores, along with graham crackers and chocolate, this can cause a few conflicts in our relationship during squirrel season. If the photo of chocolatey campfired squirreliciousness that I posted yesterday has piqued your curiousity and you live in New York state, the season runs through Feb. 28th and there are many squirrel calls available here. My recommendations are either the Knight & Hale Squirrel Magic Calling Kit for the beginner or if you already have sufficient skills not to need the instructional video you can't go wrong with the Johnny Stewart Crit'r Getter Coaxer (when the host of The Daily Show isn't helping get Tucker Carlson fired from CNN he is dedicated to helping you attract more delicious squirrels) . Once you've got yourself a good call and a good rifle (remember, "Cheap guns ain't good for shooting squirrels") you just need to get yourself a good dog and you'll be ready for action. But here you run into the age-old question: cur or feist? While there are some good-looking curs out there, like the touchingly humble Kovac's Amazing Shamrock (He is not a “super dog” and has bad days like the rest of us) and the disturbingly named Konan Woodsraper (He is fur crazy), I consider myself more of a feist man, and they do not come any feistier than Britches (Britches has treed so many squirrels in a morning hunt that one man could not carry all the squirrels, plus his grandfather is Spuds McKenzie). I've just noticed that the images on those pages are not working at the moment, though they were just a while ago, so if that is still the case when you check them out there are some feist fotos here and here are some curs to help you in making your decision. Then get out there and start treeing! To quote Ralph Waldo Emerson, "It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. Mmmm, s'mores."