rat down

[one_shot]

while sighting in my old stoeger x10 177 at night,15 yards out.....i was about to break the second stage of the trigger....when something behind my backstop caught my eye.i quickly slewed over to see a red eye,and brown fury head duck away behind my brick back stop.so i quickly adjusted my light,and waited.less than a min later a rats head appeared.put a hole in my fence....but it was worth it.
took his cap off.
the rat lived for another 20 mins,a few weeks back a rat chewed some wires on my 97 2dr tahoe .....causing the fuel pump to short out....a $400 messup.i blamed this rat.without being or sounding sadistic,or sick....i took off all of his limbs with my 54 from 15 yards before ending his life with a 14.3 grains to the fusebox.
pay attention to the size of the bottle cap on top of the rat for size reference.

[renowntwo]

Nice shooting

[one_shot]

thanx....it was a shot well deserved for both of us!
cant wait to go on a hunt....gettin tired of paper....doesnt quite satisfy the hunger.

[Sqrl Klr]

I won't loose any sleep over it. Sounds like just recompense. Each leg for each $100 spent. Good riddance.

[BenjiHunter]

I'm glad you got your rat.
Shooting it's limbs off before it was dead. Not cool in my book.

[dk1677]

Nice shooting! Big 'en!

[shadow]

Great shot and pics and those rats are getting bigger every year. Ed

[one_shot]

I'm glad you got your rat.
Shooting it's limbs off before it was dead. Not cool in my book.

Your right...no creature deserves to suffer.i was just caught up in the moment,aggrevated about my trucks wires and let some rage out,while testing my shooting skills.
I felt bad about it afterwards.
Im not sure he felt anything,pulling his lid off only left him breathing,no movement after that.

[BenjiHunter]

You're probably right. With his lid off, he was brain dead. Only thing working was breathing.

[one_shot]

he was motionless from 1st shot to the final headshot....besides impact movement.the 54 is an animal.
but you still have a valid point bro,it aint cool to do that.

[BenjiHunter]

Forget about it,Nick.
Let's hunt rats.

[one_shot]

Forget about it,Nick.
Let's hunt rats.

done bro...just bagged a smaller 1...still big though.

hit the vitals from 18 yards instant lights out.the 54 dont play!

[BenjiHunter]

That is also a big one.
Great shot!
At 11PM I'm out back trying to get one.

[one_shot]

i love doing this....more than target shooting....lol.
these critters are smart and observant.they will keep poping their heads up and investigating,then disapearing a few mins before commiting to full body views.gotta be patient with these,ill let em play for a few mins before being the under taker.
the thrill is there for sure.

[HeadOfPoland]

those are some big uns

[ronbeaux]

Nice shot!!

[one_shot]

thanx guys....if another shows up within the hour....i promise a head shot.
id like to test the 54's...and my ability and blow a set of ears off,but the rat will run and most likely not return for me to prove it....lol.
im confident ....even in the low light condition i could get the eyeball dead center,or blow a nose clean off.notice that bottle cap is just about dead center,that shot was 20 yards a few mths ago with the 54 and cphp.54 beats my disco anyday of the week.accuracy wise anyway.ease of use in a hunt....thats a different story.

[BenjiHunter]

i love doing this....more than target shooting....lol.
these critters are smart and observant.they will keep poping their heads up and investigating,then disapearing a few mins before commiting to full body views.gotta be patient with these,ill let em play for a few mins before being the under taker.
the thrill is there for sure.

That's the reason I hunt rats.

[Backyardsniper1]

Great shooting.

[one_shot]

thanx for the props guys....nothing else is showing up,im calling it a night.it was mid 80's today,now 46 degrees tonight.this weather gets people sick....hot to cold.im calling it a night,will try again tomorrow evening.
thanx