I was out in the woods early this morning with my soon to be son in law, Julien. I left Julien snuggly concealed in a tumble of fallen trees at the crest of a long wooded slope that fell to the Sopchoppy river. He had an almost tree stand like view from his perch. He was hunting deer with a .44 Henry carbine and I was after squirrels with my Hatsan 125. I crossed the river and headed up the Florida trail toward Monkey creek. The trail follows the river and it winds and dips through tall stands of sweet gum, hickory, and live oak. I had a beautiful morning walk in the woods. There were squirrels around but I didn’t see any. About eleven o’clock I retrieved Julien and we headed for the truck. Both of us had seen plenty of wildlife but nothing to shoot. We took care of some honey do’s til 3 and then we headed back to that wooded bench above the river. Julien reclaimed his perch on the log pile carrying my RIM and I found a convenient downed tree to sit on, fifty yards away with my Crosman 1400. Within 10 minutes I saw a squirrel descending a tree 50 yards to my left. simultaneously, Julien spotted another squirrel to my right. The critter to my left was too far away for an easy stalk but the one to the right quickly treed between Julien and I. Julien took a shot and missed. The squirrel moved presenting me with a snap shot. I squeezed the trigger and was rewarded with a week “thut” sound and a puff of air in my face. In my eagerness to get into position for a shot I had inadvertently knocked the bolt open on the 1400. It took me a minute to repump the gun, discharge the stuck pellet, and reload. Julien got off another shot that missed and the squirrel made a hasty exit. We walked back to the truck together at dusk and agreed that it had been a pretty good day. We’d both seen a flock of wild turkey. I saw a river otter and Julien saw two does. We had stalked and shot at squirrels and although we both missed, we didn’t have to clean any thing when we got home.
Quote from: Xraycer on December 07, 2020, 10:54:51 AMQuote from: bReTt on December 06, 2020, 11:39:22 PMShot a rat and a mouse at the coop next door with the RWS R 10 wadcutters through the Wildcat. Geez, Brett, maybe your neighbors wanted to shoot those for themselves. Nah.... I offered my services and they accepted! It been a fun run so far. 14 rodents so far! 🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀
Quote from: bReTt on December 06, 2020, 11:39:22 PMShot a rat and a mouse at the coop next door with the RWS R 10 wadcutters through the Wildcat. Geez, Brett, maybe your neighbors wanted to shoot those for themselves.
Shot a rat and a mouse at the coop next door with the RWS R 10 wadcutters through the Wildcat.
Took the scope off my Crosman Vantage NP as I began having flyers which could compete with Elon Musk first rocket launches attempts. Got back to decent grouping, despite a strong wind.And one more scope to let lay on a shelf (might be used on a pumper ?)
Nice day here. I took my beautiful, peep sighted, John in PA tuned BEEMAN R9 out on the patio and shot some spinner spoons. When I get back from the hospital I intend to take my peep sighted, DIY-tuned HW30S out on the patio and shoot some more spinner spoons.
I shot a rat at the neighbors coop with the Wildcat. Sean ( was with me. It was a good time! Here we are ready for a mission.
Quote from: bReTt on December 10, 2020, 02:01:06 AMI shot a rat at the neighbors coop with the Wildcat. Sean ( was with me. It was a good time! Here we are ready for a mission.That’s fantastic, Brett! Nothing better than bringing your kids for the hunt. Before you know it, you’ll be the spotter & he’ll be the shooter.
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