Hybrid red squirrels!

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ChuckHunter

ChuckHunter

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Took a little walk in my squirrel woods this afternoon and stopped for a rest sitting on a log when I saw the first red menace....ranged him at 65 yards and took the shot dropping him like a rock! Just after that two more popped out and started chattering at him laying dead on the ground. So you know what happened next! Hybrids hit with a very loud pop...more so than any other slugs I hunt with....I'm very impressed with them so far....bumped the Veteran power up to 920 fps today for 41 fpe and still spot on accurate!

James from Michigan 

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@Bob_O - do they hibernate? We have had just one hitting the bird feeders that my wife keeps out on the deck. S/He (?) is actually kind of fun to watch - uber twitchy little thing - FAST moving - darting about. I've been giving it a pass as it's the only one. I've told her (wife) that if / when I see this one has invited 3 or 4 (or more) of his buddies to start partying on our deck then . . . I'm going to have to thin that little "herd" some. <grin> I've been kind of wondering why only just this one . . . . which leads to another question then. If they do typically hibernate - then why isn't this one??? I'm in south central upstate N.Y. - about 30 miles north west of the Binghamton area. So yeah - winter time and snow here too.
 
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Nice shooting James! Did you get a pass through? or did they mushroom out? That’s great speed out of that gun! My shorty is only managing about 750 as noted before.
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Yah they all were pass through's 

The second one jumped just as I squeezed the trigger and just about blew his back leg off...he still died very quickly!

Have my reg set to 140 bar and installed a stiffer hammer spring to get that speed...still has a little more but accuracy started to go away higher than 920fps

James from Michigan 
 
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@jdanvers better watch out because that cute little bugger will chew a hole and take up resistance in your warm attic for the winter! There destructive as hell and are quite mean little sucker's. They will actually chase and try to castrate a fox squirrel ! And where there's one more will come....

I shoot every one I see....

James from Michigan 
 
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