Normally I don't get a shot at rats because they are more active at night and I don't have a night vision scope. In fact, until about a year ago, there were no rats to be seen in my yard or even nearby. But when my neighbor told me he saw one and I started seeing them on my security cameras (they were actually crawling up and looking into them), I started putting out the rodent bait and thought I had gotten rid of them.
Well, not all of them apparently... this shot was taken with nearly no light left for the SWFA SS 20x42 fixed scope. The rat was in my wood pile and hiding in a deep shadow with only the head and part of the neck exposed for me to find and hit. The pic was taken with the aid of a bright LED flashlight. The shot was from the side and hit the left eye, but was not a DRT kill. I had to pop it again at PBR directly in the top of the head to finish the job. That finishing shot is what you see. I would have gone for a heart shot, but that was not possible given how this rat was hiding.
Benjamin Fortitude Gen2 .177, CPUM 10.5 @ ~760fps/~13fpe @ ~17 yards.
P.S. Yes, that is a previously killed chipmunk along the lower left side of the photo. The chipper was DRT. Heart shot... no blood.
I have a possum that usually takes care of my pesting kills, but had not gotten the chipmunk before I shot the rat.
Well, not all of them apparently... this shot was taken with nearly no light left for the SWFA SS 20x42 fixed scope. The rat was in my wood pile and hiding in a deep shadow with only the head and part of the neck exposed for me to find and hit. The pic was taken with the aid of a bright LED flashlight. The shot was from the side and hit the left eye, but was not a DRT kill. I had to pop it again at PBR directly in the top of the head to finish the job. That finishing shot is what you see. I would have gone for a heart shot, but that was not possible given how this rat was hiding.
Benjamin Fortitude Gen2 .177, CPUM 10.5 @ ~760fps/~13fpe @ ~17 yards.
P.S. Yes, that is a previously killed chipmunk along the lower left side of the photo. The chipper was DRT. Heart shot... no blood.
I have a possum that usually takes care of my pesting kills, but had not gotten the chipmunk before I shot the rat.
very satisfying.
