Hunting & Fishing 462yrd shot on ground squirrel

[GUNNER75]

Was out shooting this evening testing some new 243 loads at 300yrds. This little guy stepped out beyond the target and gave me a couple shots. He should have skinned out before #4.
Pretty sure he would have lived another day if it wasn't for my spotter.

115gr DTAC running 3010fps. Entry=size of bullet, exit=Nada (he hides it well in the pic).

462yrd kiss.

 

[dksd39]

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I bet that was fun

 

[dcal]

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that's good stuff. Much more fun than metal! Well done.

 

[FARGO]

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Nice shot!

 

[LS6TT]

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wow, good shooting

 

[jroberts]

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nice shot.. but how did you even spot that little critter at that range?

 

[GUNNER75]

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Employee of mine was firing as I was watching through 45 power spotter. Thought I noticed a something or other moving around beyond the target a ways. When he finished the group, I took a better look at him.

Pulled up the .243 supporting a 8.5-25 and went to work.

 

[HawkeyeEngineer]

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Haha, very nice. Getting it mounted?

 

[GUNNER75]

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No, but my employee and his dad run a hide tanning operation. They also bleach skulls. I have had them do many bobcat, coyote, etc for me. Told him we were bringing it back and he needed to do it. He just laughed and said yeah whatever.

 

[GCMxVeGeTa]

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Nice, might have took me a few shots more than that with my 223. Interesting design on it's back.

 

[Nocalphoenix]

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Exellent shooting. I have kind of given up going long range on squirrels. Im in a lead free zone, those varmint grenades get extremely erratic past 300 and it is not worth buring up the ammo trying to connect.

 

[OldLeatherneck]

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If my eyes are not decieving me that is a chipmonk. I hope that wasnt Chip or Dale. How in the hell did you even see him at that range.

 

[gopherslayer]

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No chipmunk. Striped gopher where I'm from.

 

[Greg Langelius *]

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Striped Gopher.

 

[john4jackson]

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damn good shooting..