Was able to squeeze in a little time to squirrel hunt. Saw a couple. Blew my opportunity on the first as I tried tracking it about 50 yards out, while sitting camouflaged on a log. Then I felt something heavy on my sleeve. It was some sort of lizard that I mistook for a snake. I jumped to shake it off and blew my advantage.
I left that area to try another spot where I posted in a couple of places and glassed the hardwoods. In the process I spotted this fox squirrel trying to hide from me. Took my shot from a kneeling position using a gen 3 Trigger Sticks bipod. The parallax knob had my shot ranged at about 35-40 yards out. After ranging it I turned the magnification down to about 8x aiming for the side of the head and squeezed off my shot. The shot and impact were relatively quiet and this boar was knocked from a crotch of a mature oak hitting the ground with a thud. The sound of him hitting the ground seems louder than the shot and its impact. He appeared to have tried crawling a step or two before rolling over to his side. From there his tail flailed for about 20 seconds. I’d say he expired in 20-30 seconds. I debated upon taking a follow-up shot as I watched him through the scope, but decided that he was likely dead by the time his tail did the helicopter thing. I monitored him for a while and didn’t notice him breathing.
I remained in my spot for about another 45 mins glassing trees before calling it a day. on the way in I saw a rabbit and took a shot from about 35 yards out and missed high. The rabbit broke and I didn’t get an opportunity to stay with it because a feral cat got on it quick after it took off. I think it may have caught the rabbit. I lost sight of them. I also saw a few deer watching me on the way in. Good day out in nature.
I used a Benjamin Marauder Pistol with an AR stock, Vector Veyron 3-12x44mm, Donny FL Tanto, Primos Trigger Stick bipod, shooting Crosman Premier Hollow Point 14.3 grain pellets.
I forgot how much of a pain it is to clean fox squirrels. He’s now in the freezer.
I left that area to try another spot where I posted in a couple of places and glassed the hardwoods. In the process I spotted this fox squirrel trying to hide from me. Took my shot from a kneeling position using a gen 3 Trigger Sticks bipod. The parallax knob had my shot ranged at about 35-40 yards out. After ranging it I turned the magnification down to about 8x aiming for the side of the head and squeezed off my shot. The shot and impact were relatively quiet and this boar was knocked from a crotch of a mature oak hitting the ground with a thud. The sound of him hitting the ground seems louder than the shot and its impact. He appeared to have tried crawling a step or two before rolling over to his side. From there his tail flailed for about 20 seconds. I’d say he expired in 20-30 seconds. I debated upon taking a follow-up shot as I watched him through the scope, but decided that he was likely dead by the time his tail did the helicopter thing. I monitored him for a while and didn’t notice him breathing.
I remained in my spot for about another 45 mins glassing trees before calling it a day. on the way in I saw a rabbit and took a shot from about 35 yards out and missed high. The rabbit broke and I didn’t get an opportunity to stay with it because a feral cat got on it quick after it took off. I think it may have caught the rabbit. I lost sight of them. I also saw a few deer watching me on the way in. Good day out in nature.
I used a Benjamin Marauder Pistol with an AR stock, Vector Veyron 3-12x44mm, Donny FL Tanto, Primos Trigger Stick bipod, shooting Crosman Premier Hollow Point 14.3 grain pellets.
I forgot how much of a pain it is to clean fox squirrels. He’s now in the freezer.
