I've dispatched hundreds of squirrels in my lifetime, but this mornings event was a little strange to say the least. I had two squirrels on the bird feeder this morning and had time to shoot them, but not time enough to set up the camera. I shot the first one right behind the eye passing through the brain and exiting in the same orientation on the opposite side. It slumped and never kicked, just remained flat on the feeder. The second one ran to a nearby tree and I had a straight on top of head shot. I hit him directly on top of the skull through the brain with the .22 pellet and he too fell and hardly flinched. I went to retrieve them and the second one that I shot through the top had brains hanging out about an inch. When I touched it to pick it up I noticed even though the eyes were closed, it flinched, like a slight blink though the eye was closed. So I gently touched it again and it made the same blink though the eye was closed. On the few occasions that I'm not certain a squirrel is fully deceased I generally step on the skull to crush it. Sounds gross, but it's effective. When I did that it grabbed my shoe and flailed a bit. All simply random nervous activity??? Spooked me ! A little unnerving!
I didn't expect that with the brains out. I guess anything can happen. Has anyone had a similar experience?? Though I've never had a reaction, I was always taught to touch a deer's eyeball with the tip of my barrel before handling it. Good advice on large game!
I didn't expect that with the brains out. I guess anything can happen. Has anyone had a similar experience?? Though I've never had a reaction, I was always taught to touch a deer's eyeball with the tip of my barrel before handling it. Good advice on large game!
