A week ago she caught her first bunny rabbit on her own. When I caught up with her the rabbits back feet were sticking out of her mouth. It was a baby. She was trying to swallow it whole.
between zoom calls, we took a quick walk this morning. The chipmunk population is way down, and the ones that are left are much smarter. I could hear a few sounding off in the distance, and then I heard a squirrel bark. Big game! He was up in my oak tree stealing my acorns, he needed to cease and desist.
It was a red, it took three shots to finally hit him. Reds move fast. Reds rarely stop. It wasn’t a great shot, hit him mid body. He dropped about 50 feet out of the tree, and started to run into the brush. We both ran after him. I told Penny to go get him. She did. The squirrel was about 10 feet in the brush, underneath a pile of small trees that I had cut earlier in the year. She grabbed the red squirrel, still alive, carried it to me and dropped it at my feet. Then stepped back while I put a pellet in its head. She understands the gun is dangerous. When I pick it up she gets excited to go.
What a great start to my day!
mike
Her solo bunny kill!
