What was he thinking?

[CASTER OF LEAD]

If the photo is too graphic, I apologise in advance. Mods please remove if needed and advise me as such. 181185 Sit on a dead fall at 7 yards and cuss me for a half hour non stop? Go right ahead. Wish I could tell ya it was a cast boolit, but it was instead a 230grain hydra shock . Think I got his attention? No deer to speak of that day .No wasted meat nonetheless. - CASTER

[NyFirefighter357]

I think all of us have or would have done the same. PITA squirrels! lol When you do that with a 12ga slug the results aren't so nice.

[CASTER OF LEAD]

I think all of us have or would have done the same. PITA squirrels! lol When you do that with a 12ga slug the results aren't so nice.

I bet not. Lol After the shot ,I figured that he was trashed. The angle of the shot was not in my favor. He never flinched afterwards.

[Mk42gunner]

I have to admit to beheading a grey squirrel with a 6.5-06 one time. It was close enough that I held the crosshairs over his eye by about one and a half inches.

I didn't get a deer that day, but the fried squirrel made a good supper.

Robert

[Peregrine]

Where I live i'd be in cuffs before the echo died and the place is absolutely infested with the arrogant ********. I've got a fat black one that's ripping insulation out of somewhere and stuffing it into my window sill in a hoard.

So, I enjoyed this.

[Chihuahua Floyd]

30-06 will behead a tree rat real good, but a 20 ga slug at center mass, no so pretty. 20 ga was kinda like Judge Roy Bean shooting Bad Bob in the back with the Sharps 50. Lot of daylight thru that squirrel.
CF

[Moonie]

I was bow hunting from a ground blind many years ago and had one that was about to jump on me as he thought I was part of the tree, had to move and tell him to go away before he got the message. They can certainly be annoying when deer hunting.

[frkelly74]

I do not think he suffered any.

[richhodg66]

Have been considering getting an accurate air pistol to carry while deer hunting for this reason.

I did this with an inline muzzle loader once, yeah, not much left. I kind of enjoy watching them and often have them come in very close to check me out, but they usually don't hang around that long.

[Bulldogger]

Where I live i'd be in cuffs before the echo died and the place is absolutely infested with the arrogant ********. I've got a fat black one that's ripping insulation out of somewhere and stuffing it into my window sill in a hoard.

So, I enjoyed this.

Air rifle? Ruger 10-22 firing Aguila sub sonic sniper 60gr?

Where there's a will, there's a way!

Bulldogger

[Ballistics in Scotland]

It seems hard on a conversationalist, and I remember when "Guns and Ammo" advised people not to send in pictures which showed blood, let alone the poor beast's inner being. But I am sure the squirrel doesn't suffer any more than it would running a few yards and keeling over gracefully like deer do.

One benefit of an air pistol is that deer, even ours which hear very few shots per week in a long open season, don't seem to mind an air-pistol sound in the least. I don't know what it sounds like, but it must sound like something.

[w5pv]

Put out some rodent bait where the pets and children cannot get to it problem will cure itself.

[SSGOldfart]

I'm not sure he was thinking anything good shot. I for one enjoy seeing these little critters, my wife hunts them almost every other day,I once took her to a Deer lodge so she could shoot squirrels over the feeders, they make great stew.

[Texas by God]

I have a Master's Degree in Squirrel so I just out cuss them in their own language. Snapping fingers works most of the time. A .45 works every time. Good show old chap. Best, Thomas.

[Budzilla 19]

To the OP, I think you got him! Peregrine,One of those suppressed air rifles made by Gamo should do the trick for that black squirrel stashing insulation! Had a friend living in town, overrun with those arrogant little things, I spent about two full days at his house,and ate squirrels for a month! Lol one shot from a RWS Diana magnum air rifle, and go get them! No cops, neighbors were happy, and at that time in my life those squirrels were a good thing for my family!

[CASTER OF LEAD]

Where I live i'd be in cuffs before the echo died and the place is absolutely infested with the arrogant ********. I've got a fat black one that's ripping insulation out of somewhere and stuffing it into my window sill in a hoard.

So, I enjoyed this.
Get some Victor rat traps put pipe cleaner through the trigger and wrap it tightly around it. Smash peanut butter into the pipe cleaner. Place trap where it can't be seen by anyone that doesn't need to see it. Check on a regular basis.
You will need to also keep it in aN area that is not heavily used by mice ,moles, etc. I heard this method works very well. (So I have been told) 😉

[Texas by God]

I don't know about other states but air arms are not legal for hunting in Texas. Dang it.

[Plate plinker]

I think you got him.

[JWFilips]

It really wouldn't be to graphic if you took him home and cooked him up !
otherwise I'm appalled! That was his home and you were the intruder He should have had an AK!

[fastdadio]

I once had a red squirrel giving me a hard time. I thought long and hard about blastin him with the '06'. Yes, no, yes, no. Finally, yes! He was sitting up on a big old log just a going at it. I had the cross hairs on him when out of the corner of my eye come a red tailed hawk at mach 80 and blasted that bugger off the log. I smiled a big grin as I watched him fly off kneeding his fresh lunch with those big tallons. Hawks gotta eat too ya know.

[brasshog]

I was out deer hunting in a stand one day blissfully watching the squirrels on the ground and wishing I had a 22lr when one of them took notice of me. He made it his point to come over the twenty or so yards after stopping several times to glare at me. Now, I have been bitten badly by a flying squirrel as a lad and didn't wish to relive that incident. He climbed a neighboring tree and made it to my area via a limb. He made it a point to growl at me several times and come closer. I figured that he might be rabid and remembered my earlier adventure. I verbally warned him a time or two to no avail. The 300gr XTP from my Colt Anaconda 8 3/8" barrel ended his day when I fired it at six inches from his head and it made it's path out his end. What a mess ! I packed up and went home for the day after that.

[Blammer]

my deer hunting effort...

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[wmitty]

"Think ya used enough dynamite there, Butch?"

[Treetop]

I don't know about other states but air arms are not legal for hunting in Texas. Dang it.

You had me worried there for a minute! I've been hunting squirrels with various air rifles for 30-40 years. Currently using a Walther LGV in .22 with an Air Hawke Airmax 4-12x50 scope.



pellet guns and other air guns are not legal for the take of any game bird or game animal other than squirrel. To be lawful for the take of squirrel, an air rifle must be designed to be fired from the shoulder and use the force of a spring, air, or other non-ignited compressed gas to expel a projectile of at least .177 caliber (4.5mm) at a minimum muzzle velocity of 600 feet per second.
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Source:

​http://tpwd.texas.gov/regulations/outdoor-annual/hunting/general-regulations/means-and-methods

[Ballistics in Scotland]

I used to take pocketfuls of acorns to the London parks, where oaks are uncommon, and the grey squirrels would come and take them out of my hands, with nice smile insofar as you can tell with squirrels. Oh well, bears in Yellowstone would probably do the same most of the time, if most of the time is good enough for you.

I live in a red squirrel area, for they have declined drastically under pressure from the American Eastern Grey. The experts say it isn't due to direct conflict, although the grey will take young birds and squirrels when times are hard, and he is twice the weight of the red. The main reason is that the grey carries a virus to which the red is far more vulnerable. That does seem to fit the decline being on a much greater scale than they did in the first century or so since their introduction.

I also know of a man having to rescue his big, tough tomcat, after he tried to tackle a grey. The cat rolled over on his back to claw at his soft underbelly, but a squirrel doesn't have a soft underbelly, and in a moment his teeth were moving slowly towards the jugular.

[richhodg66]

The grays you mention live in the east here in the US, they were what we had where I grew up. Fox squirrels, bigger and redder are the ones out west here. My general observation is Fox squirrels are a lot less skittish and require a lot less killing than the grays do. I remember as a kid seeing grays soak up an awful lot of firepower and still have a lot of life left.

[44man]

I see the tree rats all around me when deer hunting and I love to eat them but a big bore revolver will leave skin!

[rodwha]

*EDIT*

Treetop beat me to it.

Wish all small game was fair as I've felt the need for a .22 cal gas piston after shooting my old boss' rifle.

[tdoyka]

i think he moved. i'd shoot him again!!![smilie=l:[smilie=l:

[leeggen]

Good shooting op and to Blammer we now know how you got your name.
CD

[4719dave]

OH..That's too funny .We all been there .No meat loss great shot .

[GOPHER SLAYER]

"Think ya used enough dynamite there, Butch?" I was trying to think of something funny to write but I can't top that. Too funny!

[Texas by God]

You had me worried there for a minute! I've been hunting squirrels with various air rifles for 30-40 years. Currently using a Walther LGV in .22 with an Air Hawke Airmax 4-12x50 scope.



pellet guns and other air guns are not legal for the take of any game bird or game animal other than squirrel. To be lawful for the take of squirrel, an air rifle must be designed to be fired from the shoulder and use the force of a spring, air, or other non-ignited compressed gas to expel a projectile of at least .177 caliber (4.5mm) at a minimum muzzle velocity of 600 feet per second.
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Source:

​http://tpwd.texas.gov/regulations/outdoor-annual/hunting/general-regulations/means-and-methods

Thank you treetop. The squirrel exclusion is new I guess. No closed season no bag limit in my county and I have a pecan orchard. I love me some squirrel.

[Treetop]

Thank you treetop. The squirrel exclusion is new I guess. No closed season no bag limit in my county and I have a pecan orchard. I love me some squirrel.

You're welcome, Texas. Hey, I also live in a no closed season, no limit, county and we have a smallish pecan orchard on the ranch (18-20 mature trees). That orchard is a squirrel magnet and it's within walking distance of my house.

Squirrel hunting with a serious air rifle is one of my favorite past times. Mrs. Treetop has several delicious fox squirrel recipes, too. :) Semper Fi, Treetop

[ScotMc]

Nice shot. Little guy clearly had a cerebral vascular accident.
I was overrun in my area with grey squirrels. CCI subsonic longs out of a 10/22 directed at their little heads would induce a rapid fall from a tree. Little buggars were tearing the hood insulation up to make a nest in the fenderwell of my Pathfinder. After that they started chewing on the wiring harness inside the fenderwell. I noticed now after a period of serious pest control efforts, the native Doug fir squirrels and chipmunks are coming back.
Great off season target practice.

[William Yanda]

"What was he thinking?"

Whatever he was thinking, he's not thinking anymore.

[Ballistics in Scotland]

I live near the estate of one of the UK's larger earls, now descended from the Queen's aunt. They are very popular people, with more personal friends among what used to be called the lower classes than most yuppies, and anybody can visit the woods and lakes without paying a penny on taxes. One of their sources of income was as a major source of monkey-puzzle tree seeds. But unfortunately those are a rather good variety of pine-nut, and they have been hit badly by the influx of grey squirrels. Fortunately the reds, which have always been more moderate in their appetites, are still hanging on.

Fifty years ago when I was fishing there, I saw what I thought was a stoat, bolting from my feet in the long grass. So I used my fishing rod to try to turn him for a better look. But he was a red squirrel, and made it to the nearest tree. Reds and greys have the same instinct for going round the far side of a tree from you, and if you hang up your jacket and walk round, they will turn back thinking it is you. It is interesting because they don't hybridize, even when hard up for company, and we know this behaviour existed in both before the species met at all.

[old fogey]

One more that won't be voting for Obama's old lady for president!

[Loudenboomer]

My old log cabin was really crude a squirrel could run in at nearly full speed right in. It still ticked me to no end when I saw that a squirrel had chewed threw wife's Tupperware. Bottom and lid, a hole spanning nearly 4 inches in a container I had to promise to return in ship shape condition. That rascal unloaded a whole container of brownies threw the hole. I flung the door of the shack open to the sound of a squirrel giving me the business. There he was 15 feet above the well pump handle. I'm sure I saw his thumb on his nose wiggling his fingers. When the 244 Ackley improved sounded two squirrel halves went twirling threw the air then lay steaming in the snow. sometimes you just gotta have the last word.

[Blammer]

Louden, good story!

Yea those three were giving me the business something awful while I was deer hunting.
Find a spot, squirrel get loud and long at me. Blam!
then move to another spot to deer hunt. Blam!
then gave up and walked it, as i was walking he was giving it to me. Blam!

well, it was a good day after all.

[Wardo1974]

I see and hear squirrels literally every time I am out at the deer stand. If I shot at them, I feel I would be scaring away the deer. I have been sorely tempted though, and at the end of the hunt it is easier to rationalize the shot, but I still think any shooting in the woods that is not aimed at a deer is a bad thing.

So, I sit there and accept their chattering at me. I tell myself when I hear one far away, it is because a deer walked by it and it was not impressed, and is headed my way!