The reds will drive the grays out. Shoot as many of those lil bastages as you can and perhaps you'll get more grays moving in
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Having coffee on the deck this morning and saw him hanging from the bird feeder. Went and grabbed the CZ and he learned a hard lesson.
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Is that a bullet hole I see not in the 10 RING ?
It is not. He was swinging pretty good on the squirrel proof (my ass!) bird feeder. Smacked him the right shoulder so might be a pass thru. Definitely NOT a headshot but the back meat is intact. If I have to sacrifice a “ham” so be it. Who am I kidding? I was born in 1971. If the leaded gas didn’t get me then (maybe it did 
) a little lead laced squirrel ain’t gonna get me now. It all goes in the cooker!Well then under the guidelines set for by the UAATSAOFUSA will give you a waiver! R u a member of the United Animal and Target Shooters Association of the United States of America ? I dropped my membership they said my Grammer didnt correlate with their mannerism.
I am… not. My grammar is pretty bad to.
Hukd on Foniks really works!!! Plus I didn’t like their stipulations listed in the Section on squirrels in the subsection “Chewing of Wiring and Defiling of Bird Feeders” so I passed on membership. Last edited:
Yea that really sucks I had an old blind woman file charges on me for shooting squirrels off her feeder. I escaped prosecution , my attorney declared a mistrial cause the States lead witness was blind.I am… not. My grammar is pretty bad to.
I prefer my hits precise if possible, sometimes it comes together.
I like the Ole school sling man !
Nice! That one's a chunk too! Mine have gotten wise to me. I creep up on the hill and they are little gray flashes getting the hell outta there!
Well after getting skunked Sunday and Monday this boy decided to play. It’s been raining hard all day but I figured that would muffle my footsteps. He ran up a tree and just laid down flat. All I could see was his tail. Guesstimated where the vitals were, let one fly, and he landed with a thud. I think that’s the 10-ring
P.S. The SK Flatnose Match is some good stuff. It hits with authority!
P.S. The SK Flatnose Match is some good stuff. It hits with authority!
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Man if squirrels were that fat down here they'd all be dead the house cats'id eat'im all there wouldnt be notin to chase!Well after getting skunked this boy decided to play. It’s been raining hard all day but I figured that would muffle my footsteps. He ran up a tree and just laid down flat. All I could see was his tail. Guesstimated where the vitals were, let one fly, and he landed with a thud. I think that’s the 10-ring
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P.S. The SK Flatnose Match is some good stuff. It hits with authority!
I don't know... Being as 5 of their 6 ends are sharp they might give a cat a run for its money!Man if squirrels were that fat down here they'd all be dead the house cats'id eat'im all there wouldnt be notin to chase!
What mounts are you using for the 3-9x? Curious as that mount fits most of the earlier non-drilled mounts on many semi-auto 22LR rifles.Antique Model 60, from 1976, 17 shot tube fed, 21 inch barrel.
Cheap 3x9-32 on top for myself.
The wife has a more recent stainless version, 18 inch barrel, 15 shot tube fed.
She could have any optics she wants, but insisted on a CenterPoint red dot.
She doesn't want to worry about parallax or focus.
1x no adjustment needed....put the dot on the head and squeeze.
Last time she adjusted the red dot at 20 yards
Cheap ammo and no problem for the brush we wander around in.
Rarely is a shot taken at more than 25 yards.
Thx.
Cheap set of UTG-Leaper rings on the stainless model.
Unknown make on my antique, thinking inexpensive Weavers from Western Auto.
Western Auto....does that give you an idea of my age?
Unknown make on my antique, thinking inexpensive Weavers from Western Auto.
Western Auto....does that give you an idea of my age?
I remember Western Auto. We had one in an old brick building and then they moved out to the "new" shopping center. Had bicycles on top floor. Pretty sure we bought ammo there too. So yeah, I get the age thingCheap set of UTG-Leaper rings on the stainless model.
Unknown make on my antique, thinking inexpensive Weavers from Western Auto.
Western Auto....does that give you an idea of my age?
. I think I bought my first gun from the Western Auto in Mount Ida. The Otasco was too expensive!Cheap set of UTG-Leaper rings on the stainless model.
Unknown make on my antique, thinking inexpensive Weavers from Western Auto.
Western Auto....does that give you an idea of my age?
Wow. Where was the Western Auto in Mount Ida? I remember OTASCO too. Maybe I'm getting the OTASCO and Western Auto in the old brick building confused. yes...yes I think I am. But we had both. Bikes in OTASCO, not western auto. I think maybe western auto acquired the OTASCO building at some point. hmmmm....not only am I old...I'm suffering memory loss!I think I bought my first gun from the Western Auto in Mount Ida. The Otasco was too expensive!
So the Western Auto was right next to Whitiington’s City Drug across the street from the courthouse and was run by Mr. Carlton (I graduated with his oldest boy Van) and Tally’s OTASCO was below Gibson’s Grocery in that “strip” center for lack of a better term. This was 1988-ish...
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The steel squirrel's better watch out. Lol
94yds off a pack.
This squirrel lives in a rough neighborhood.
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@nikonNUT I've been reviewing your kills and others , there doesn't seem to be enough carnage ! Perhaps a lil boost might help I reccomend a small platform in a 14 or 17 cal. Squirrel you can run between 3400-4000 fps with these 2 modified Hornet Wildcats save you for dulling your blade cutting neckbones?
Dull the blade? Say What?
Been carrying the same set of pruning shears for a couple decades.
Snip the tail, wrists, neck....nip the skin at the back...peel off the pelt.
Run the rib cage to belly...drop the innards for the raccoons and possums.
Cut into quarters, all with the shears.
Been carrying the same set of pruning shears for a couple decades.
Snip the tail, wrists, neck....nip the skin at the back...peel off the pelt.
Run the rib cage to belly...drop the innards for the raccoons and possums.
Cut into quarters, all with the shears.
I am all about carnage BUT... I'm also hunting in a fairly populated neighborhood (outside the city limits so I'm good there) and all those kills came from my yard.. In my case the .22LR is a perfect platform because the Dead Air mask makes the CZ whisper quiet (Seriously, the bullet hitting a tree or whatever is louder than the gun and I can hear the firing pin hit) which keeps the neighbors happy and I'm "not" as worried about the bullet continuing on its path for a long distance. If I was on my place in Mount Ida I would be rocking something stouter.
Carnivore? Yep.
Barbarian? According to the wife, I'm barely housebroke.
No knife needed to clean a squirrel.
A good set of garden shears is all I use.
Barbarian? According to the wife, I'm barely housebroke.
No knife needed to clean a squirrel.
A good set of garden shears is all I use.
Shears? I LIKE IT!!!
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The challenge of shooting a .22 LR standard velocity target round accurately under field conditions is the joy of squirrel hunting.
When you recommend loud, destructive cartridges you are missing the point. You fire one shot from a super loud round and the woods go quiet for 15-30 minutes.
I often shoot a lot of squirrels from the same position. As many as a full limit of 5 or 10. I don’t like disturbing the critters any more than needed.
When you recommend loud, destructive cartridges you are missing the point. You fire one shot from a super loud round and the woods go quiet for 15-30 minutes.
I often shoot a lot of squirrels from the same position. As many as a full limit of 5 or 10. I don’t like disturbing the critters any more than needed.
Tonight was good. 9 in an hour of walking a buddy's property. Farm cats are eating well tonight.
I wish ruger still made t
I wish Ruger still made that 22lr ss that you shot those rabbits with they are nice little rifles.
I've got one with a paddle stock just like that I'll have to post later, it was my first rifle.
Try using CCI 45 grain suppressor rounds with a bang-stick muffler attached to the end of the barrel. A mouse fart is louder.
Carnivore? Yep.
Barbarian? According to the wife, I'm barely housebroke.
No knife needed to clean a squirrel.
A good set of garden shears is all I use.
Try making squirrel-balloons. I've been using this trick for a few years now. It really loosens up the skin around the meat. Combined with soaking the tree-rat in a bucket of cold water the inflation trick makes skinning faster and easier.
It’s equally entertaining to evaporate a rodent with a batch of 00 buck at 15’. But yeah, to quietly sit and pick off a limit near a hickory tree is really something.
My 28” 52 shooting Eley Tenex is much quieter than my 20” KIDD Supergrade suppressed. Odd but true. At 28” I suppose it has simply ran out of powder.
