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.:
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.:
