Squirrel war still ongoing

I just stepped out in the yard to see if I could get a better or at least a different view of the pine tree next to the one I got the others from. Some went over to that tree when I killed this one. I haven't located them yet. However I saw one in a pine in the back yard. Back to battle! They are certainly active this morning. I wish my FLIR Scout 3 640 would hurry up and get here.

Yep I just sniped one on the ground at 110 yards with the .22 Huben K1 2021 using JSB MRDs at 994 fps. I missed his comrade. They are still in a feeding frenzy.

.22 JSB Monster Redesigns.

LOL a lot of us refer to them as JSB MRDs

i shoot the MRDs in my .22 Daystate Red Wolf HP on factory medium power & my .22 Huben K1 2021. They like them .

The squirrels went into hiding when the wind picked up and they didn't like seeing their comrades go down. The first shot I made this morning flushed the ones in that pine tree like a covey of quail.

I use Element Helix scopes on all my PCPs. Because I sometimes shoot at longer distances (at least for me) I topped the Huben, Daystate Red Wolf HP & FX Maverick Sniper with the 6x24x50 scope. The Huben and Red Wolf HP have the FFP while the the FX Maverick Sniper is topped with the SFP. The Daystate Huntsman Revere is used mostly for close-medium distances (for me) & is topped with a 4x16x44 FFP. These Element scopes serve me well. I am a turret dialer & these scopes work flawlessly. They all have crisp discernible clicks and return to zero without fail. Now...if I can only hold the gun steady .

It's been awhile. But I went out into the back yard this morning to do a quick recon. LOL the squirrels are so skittish that I had left my dog in the house. I was glassing the trees using my MTC Rapier Rangefinder and spotted a squirrel hunched up on an oak limb eating what I presumed was an acorn. I quickly ranged the squirrel to be at a distance of 54 yards. I stealthily went back into the house and got the Huben and Primos trigger sticks. Once I located the squirrel in the scope I could see it had dropped down on all four feet and was giving me the evil eye. It was a straight on shot between the eyes. With a loud thwack it blew the squirrel from it's perch on the limb. I could not see where it had fallen but was almost certain it was dead. I then let my dog out to retrieve it. When I examined the squirrel I could see the pellet had gone in between the eyes and traversed the body and came out close to rear leg. Thus it did massive internal damage.











This is the group of scrubby oaks and other hardwoods that the squirrel was in. I had been after this one for about two weeks but because of the thick canopy I could never get a shot. I knew the squirrel would make a fatal mistake at some point.







And...they just keep coming ...

Squirrel # 2 today.

I was watching TV and keeping an eye peeled out the sniper widow. I spotted a squirrel about half way up the pine tree. It was hunched on the limb giving a pine cone what far. I had the Maverick at the sniper window so I quickly dispatched him. This was a .22 Maverick Sniper with the 700 mm barrel. I was shooting a JSB 18.13 gr. Heavy at 924 fps. The squirrel was probably about 51 yards (far side of tree). I did not need to range him because I was familiar with the distance having shot multiple squirrels from this tree. I took the shot just behind the leg. Thwack and down he went. My dog has been getting a workout today. Time to go out and recon the yard again . The squirrels are persistent for sure.

It sounds like your wife has been praying for squirrels to come to keep you busy!

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I got plenty of lead to accommodate all the squirrels. My dog goes into squirrel delirium tremors (DT's) if I don't get them. I think the squirrels are hanging out vacancy, free lodging, and free buffet signs.

Lol! Nice shooting

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I miss my share . But...I get more than I miss . They don't sit up on a limb and laugh at me too much. Most of the shots are at longer distances now days. Because of that I became a scope dialer.

It's never ending! I had not seen a squirrel since about Christmas my last kill in '21 until a couple of days ago and then low and behold there are four of them running around chasing each other. I managed to kill one of them, two took off for parts unknown (good) but one has stuck around and really skittish but he or she will slip up one of these days. I got 121 last year and 146 the year before, I was hoping for a slow year this year but maybe not!

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Same here. It took a few months to even start whittling them down. I began to see fewer. But the battle never ends. Now I may only get 1-2 squirrels a week from the yard instead of a half dozen or more. Then like you multiple squirrels will show up. LOL not much use to even look for them at my house today. Winds from 17-28 mph. They don't like that. But I can't stop looking!