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Penny_Plinker
10-13-2007, 08:36 AM
Today was opening day of archery season but we didn't want to get up early so we decided to go squirrel hunting instead.

Got out the door about 9 a.m. We took the 4 wheeler into the woods and then got off and walked. we decided to hunt about 100 yards apart but he went out over a rise so we wouldn't shoot at each other. I sat down against a tree partway up a hill and he went ahead on and as soon as he was out of sight the squirrels thought the danger was past and so i saw a couple. I was using my air rifle so my hubby could use the good .22 this time. Well that first squirrel silhouetted against a tree and i shot at its head and missed. It wasn't that far away, either. Then after a bit i saw a squirrel jumping in the trees way out of the air rifle's range. So i moved up the hill in that direction and when i crested the hill i lost sight of that one but there was one on the ground not far away. I took a shot at it and missed again. I'm a lot better shot than that, but squirrels do move and there was nuthing to rest the gun against. I hunted around a little longer and i heard my husband shoot his rifle a couple times. Didn't see anymore squirrels myself, and it was time to meet up back at the 4 wheeler. He had got a good size gray and the other shot had been at a blackbird which he also hit, and he said that little .22 is dead on.

We decided to hunt an hour longer till 12 oclock and we both went separate ways. I have a good spot i like and so i no sooner got backed against a tree and there's branches moving from a squirrel in a big tree dead ahead. I was on a high bank and the squirrel's tree was down below but it was so tall it was still up above where i was. I kept seeing glimpses of it but it wouldn't hold still. Remember, i only had an air rifle. It finally presented for a shot but then it started moving and was almost out of range. Due to my previous bad luck with head shots i took a desperation shot at body mass which connected. the squirrel jumped to another tree and when it stopped i shot at body mass again. It started running down the tree then then dropped quickly. I kept watching to see where it went but there were trees that could block the view so i got up and slid all the way to the bottom of the hill which was all dry with loose dirt. When i went to the last place the squirrel had been, it was laying there gasping it's final breath. A nice big red one it was.

That was it and it was a fun hunt, but next time i'll take the .410.

Penny

WileyCoyote
10-14-2007, 11:00 AM
Penny, you don't "bark" them?
I really hate cleaning squirrel, esp if I have to find shot. If you shoot the trunk next to their heads, the concussion can kill them. I've done it with BBs, pellets, and the .22.

Penny_Plinker
10-14-2007, 02:07 PM
No i haven't tried to bark them since a couple years ago and i don't remember it doing much. Maybe i'll have to look for the call, it's here someplace.

Haven't heard of killing them by concussion but i've been sure of hits before only to have them spring up and recover...maybe those were concussion shots!

Penny