Well done all around bro. Good job on the harvest & AG community representation bro. And it's always nice to read about people getting the kids involved in the sport.And very nice job on to introducing your friend to air guns.
Hey guys, I wanted to share a little story about a squirrel hunt from last weekend.Back up to a few weeks ago, a buddy at work approached me and said they've been having a hard time getting rid of fleas on their dog. Apparently the exterminator told his wife the problem is all the squirrels in the neighborhood. He said they are everywhere. He knows I enjoy squirrel hunting and asked if I would like to come over one Saturday. I smiled and chuckled. I told him I can't imagine them being that bad but that my boy and I would love to help out. So last Saturday my 9yr old and I got up early and packed up his QB79 HPA and the Crosman 1389 pumper and made the 40min drive and were there by 7am. We stepped out of the van and quickly noticed the trees were alive with activity. Squirrels everywhere I looked. This was heaven. My mind quickly drew pictures of squirrels raining from the trees and a resulting mound of gray fur piled knee high.Reality wasn't quite so fortuitous but over the course of 2 hours, 7 squirrels fell. My son's best was a 30 yard head shot with his QB79. Mine was a 32 yard head shot with the pumper. Actually, all of them were head shots. The neighborhood cats got in on the action as well, snagging two of the fallen so we ended up with five soaking in the brine.Before we left, my friend I chatted for a few minutes. I have been trying to get him into airgunning so I offered to leave the Crosman 1389. He accepted enthusiastically! We took a few practice shots so he could get familiarized with it. He has experience hunting and in cleaning game, just not squirrels specifically so we went outside and I demonstrated how to clean them and then wrapped up the conversation with shot placement and timing the shot.He managed to get a two during the week, just taking opportune shots as he spotted them out the window while getting ready for work. He stopped by at work to tell me about them with a smile on his face. Then yesterday he texted me pictures of two more he had gotten. I think he's hooked! And by the way, he is a mechanical engineer so hopefully it's just a matter of time before I get him into tuning and get him introduced to GTA. One step at a time!Nice harvest.Mike
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