Got a couple pests this morning

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Smaug

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First was this chipmunk. I've been eliminating them one by one for the last month or so. This one was eating bird seed on the ground. When I quietly opened the back door, she fled. I waited several minutes and scanned the tree she fled to, but couldn't find her. Finally, I discharged the pellet that was loaded into my HW30s into the ground, getting ready to go back in. Lo and behold! She popped up in a low crotch in the tree to have a look-see. I took aim at her head offhand at 10 yards and got her:



entry wound was just below her right eye:



exit wound was out her left side:


I'm a bit surprised it didn't pop the eye out.


Do you remember a week or two ago, I posted about a bad morning pesting I had, where I took an offhand head shot on a squirrel at 10 yards and it got away? Then, I found it was hitting low at 10 yards, because I had zeroed at 14 yards? Well, that squirrel came back this morning. Turns out I broke her jaws. She was really skinny, and not moving with a lot of energy. I think she was going to eat the small bird seed that didn't need any chewing.

Entry wound last week was in her right jaw; you can see the healed-up wound. Just 1/8 to 1/4" higher would have done it:



You can see her jaw was out of alignment; no way to chew anything. :(



Today, I put her down with a solid brain shot. No exit wound. Just enough power:



Here's the original pellet, which was recovered just under the skin adjacent to the left cheek. It's a JSB Exact RS, 7.33 gr.:
 
Ted did an interesting video a while back on the difference between a .22 and .25 He spoke of the added margin that was available with the .25 I'm by no means anti hunting, I tip my hat to air gunners across the pond, they make do with what's allowed them by law. I tried shooting .177 only to witness similar situations, be it shooter error, wind or miscalculations. I did the same thing to a woodchuck with a .22 The jaw separated at the hinge and the pellet exited the opposite side thru the lower teeth. I discovered this 4 days later when the chuck came staggering down a trail I was posted on. I did a well placed shot with the .25 and dropped it there. For me it made me take a look real hard at the options the animal has with a poorly placed shot. Bleeding out, infections, lead poisoning, or making it back to a hole to die of dehydration. Light tackle fishing is great and if you can get on fish without having to contend with abrasive structure and snags, a great time can be had. Light tackle hunting when all the stars have to line up, a lot of times they don't. 
 
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"guod123"Ted did an interesting video a while back on the difference between a .22 and .25 He spoke of the added margin that was available with the .25 I'm by no means anti hunting, I tip my hat to air gunners across the pond, they make do with what's allowed them by law. I tried shooting .177 only to witness similar situations, be it shooter error, wind or miscalculations. I did the same thing to a woodchuck with a .22 The jaw separated at the hinge and the pellet exited the opposite side thru the lower teeth. I discovered this 4 days later when the chuck came staggering down a trail I was posted on. I did a well placed shot with the .25 and dropped it there. For me it made me take a look real hard at the options the animal has with a poorly placed shot. Bleeding out, infections, lead poisoning, or making it back to a hole to die of dehydration. Light tackle fishing is great and if you can get on fish without having to contend with abrasive structure and snags, a great time can be had. Light tackle hunting when all the stars have to line up, a lot of times they don't.
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Agreed.
 
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