... Taipan VL.25 ... Ground Squirrel ... They Have A Death Wish

[JohnnyPDX]

Went to the permission to cut firewood and of course brought the Taipan, just in case.

I was there five minutes and the brother of property owner was following behind me in his truck. I stopped short of the killing zone to let him get first crack at it and we chatted about the GS and the bobcat that is killing them and how it approached him and came within 30' the day before.

He hadn't seen any GS that day and we parted. He turned through the orchard and bypassed the honey hole so I went in. I was there two minutes and a juvenile showed and I did my job.

Five minutes go by and only because I was glassing heavily did I see one with only the head spying on me looking through grass and I did my job.

Down the hill to the wood pile to cut some cedar for kindling and two run from the orchard to the wood pile. Rinse and repeat but those two I didn't locate for their final portrait.

Two headshots at 40 and two body shots at near 50yards. I really prefer the chest shots and these were all Predator Poly Mag shot.

Four down and I got a call from The Missus asking me to join her in a taco feed, no firewood was harmed.

 

[Blackpaw]

@johnnypdx the weird though of he day. Have you considered that Gs colony is a suicidal cult and you are their gateway to the afterlife?

 

[Bander124]

So instead of comets and koolaid it’s pellets and peanut butter

 

[qball]

WOW these are some massive adult ground squirrels! 


LOL @blackpaw, very good thinking, @johnypdx is providing them with invaluable service of delivering them to the glorious afterlife with many virgins! 

 

[JohnnyPDX]

WOW these are some massive adult ground squirrels! 


LOL @blackpaw, very good thinking, @johnypdx is providing them with invaluable service of delivering them to the glorious afterlife with many virgins!

LOL. No comment about the virgins. Geeze this a decent forum and I have a sick sense of humor.

 

[Blackpaw]

@qball and @johnnyPDX, you two are innocent minds being corrupted by me my twisted sense of humor, which I blame on too much Monty Python in my youth.

 

[Arrowhead1951]

Well gentlemen,

Peanut butter, chocolate syrup and wild bird seed mix... all real good but it gets caught in my beard and then all over my stock, I think I better just stick to coffee while I hunt.

Squirrel heaven is probably getting crowded, I guess that's where they all go, no wait, what about predator poop piles. Are we talking the physical body or the spiritual side of things.

Humor is what we all need and appreciate, keep it coming, I like it.

Good luck with your pesting, stay healthy and safe

Arrowhead1951

 

[Ranchibi]

Johnny, excellent shooting on those 4 GS's with your Taipan VL slinging polymags! Very nice photos! Hope you enjoyed the tacos, a perfect way to end a great day of pesting!

 

[L.Leon]

Good shooting on those ground squirrels... The Taipan serves you well and is as deadly as its namesake.

 

[JohnnyPDX]

There's about four guys here, probably a couple more, that I would love to go shooting with.

 

[KatoKevin454]

Great shooting Johnny, the Virgins are waiting for them, but to get to them they have to cross the street when the car is coming.... Suicide Squirrel in the after life......