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Mole2017
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Another Black Friday deal! (Squirrel, of course)
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November 24, 2017, 05:50:29 PM »
Within an hour of finishing one this morning, another showed up on the same sapling that the morning episode had ended on. Unfortunately, this time we were headed out for some real shopping and I had to let it go...
So we come home, get lunch and start on the to-do list. I look out the window and behold! Another squirrel on that same sapling! This one jumps down and almost heads for the feeder about 8 feet away, but apparently doesn't know it is there, as she turns around and snoops at other things.
I gather the gun and binoculars (in case a pursuit ensues) and step out on the patio stoop. The squirrel jumps up on the side of the sapling, about a foot off the ground, presenting a nice broadside on a vertical squirrel. My first shot at about 28 yards is a miss and up she goes (a little rushed and I wasn't properly positioned in the doorway). But she stops on an east facing branch (pointed at the patio) and looks down at me, tail twitching and swinging.
I promptly move to the edge of the patio for about a 25 yard shot right at the base of the neck. She is looking right at me, but the body is turned a little to my right. The pellet hits the base of left side her neck, runs across the chest and through the chest wall behind the left arm. But it is "stopped" by the skin and slides about 1/2" further down her side.
Over she goes, but she hangs by a rear foot for a long time, bleeding through the nose and mouth before dropping 15 or 20 feet. A little kicking once she is down, but it's over pretty quick.
So, another one for the R10 with the Benjamin hollow points. 14 ounce female. The pellet was expanded some. I find the marks on the side of it kind of peculiar--the big dent would have to be the right collar bone, leaving the rest of the damage to ribs.
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Nice shot David!
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November 24, 2017, 06:03:38 PM »
Nice shot David. The steady stream continues.
I saw one today on my fence. A big fat male, but I wasn't able to get outside in time. I did hang around for a while, and I saw him exploring the upper reaches of the maple, but he never presented a shot. Maybe tomorrow.
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Excellent shot David! I never ever get two shots at same critter! LOL
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Great shooting david!
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Great shooting David !!!
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