This little booger moved into the yard a couple weeks ago and has been driving us nuts ever since. He really enjoyed sitting on a branch on the big oak tree not 20 feet from the front glass door thoroughly enjoying taunting the dog. Poor Rio would get beside himself. I feared he might go through the glass door. I'd try to ease out with the Wildcat but Mr. Treerat was way too smart.
I bet 20 times I went out and walked around and around that tree trying to get a shot at him but he was too good. I could once in a while just see an ear or a bit of tail as he eased around whatever limb he was on, slowly going up into the top and then hiding in the ball moss. Or he would scamper and jump to the other two trees in my yard, cross the roof and be gone.
On days I was just hanging at the house this would happen several times per day. I saw him enough to know where his hole was and it was a good shot from one of my windows. Well today he finally effed up. Three times we went after him but finally he paused right outside his hole and he got a .25 cal pellet right through both of his shoulders. Never been so happy to kill such a rotten little pest.
And Rio has never savored fresh squirrel so much.
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I bet 20 times I went out and walked around and around that tree trying to get a shot at him but he was too good. I could once in a while just see an ear or a bit of tail as he eased around whatever limb he was on, slowly going up into the top and then hiding in the ball moss. Or he would scamper and jump to the other two trees in my yard, cross the roof and be gone.
On days I was just hanging at the house this would happen several times per day. I saw him enough to know where his hole was and it was a good shot from one of my windows. Well today he finally effed up. Three times we went after him but finally he paused right outside his hole and he got a .25 cal pellet right through both of his shoulders. Never been so happy to kill such a rotten little pest.
And Rio has never savored fresh squirrel so much.
( image safe like to rotate my pics 90 degrees CCW )