51 yard / heart Shot

[markT]

Friday evening.. just gave my neighbor two of my air rifles to try. Beeman R7, and AA S200. Both 177.. he has a tree rat issue.. Looked over in neighbors yard. Wife wants all squirrels gone..they dig up plants.. Neighbor out of town. I see this nice female 3' up a 36" dia white oak. I hold 1.5" above shoulder. JSB Exact 22 cal / FX Superswift. Thump. Runs 7' DRT..
And why am I looking at purchasing a new pcp? Sorry for poor quality image. Cell phone.. Camera 

 

[intenseaty22]

Nice shot. Although I usually try for head shots, I have had great success with heart shots. Good luck getting rid of them, there’s no end in sight. 

 

[Bob_O]

Dang nice!!

 

[thumphrey]

I got my ​Daystate Huntsman Regal XL .177 ​around the first of March 2017. I do my ​squirrel management in my back yard. The traffic has really slowed down from a year ago. I put #74 in the freezer this week. I'm averaging one a week currently. Head shots are my favorite, but I
do love the "thwop" sound of a good heart/lung shot!

 

[markT]

Good shooting Thumphrey!! Love the sound of the thump myself.. Can't stand to any critter flop around. I know experts say "it's not in pain." Not sure.. I'd much rather kill the engine than shut off the controls.
Keep stack'n em up!! . 

 

[Bob_O]

Yeah Mark.....I agree with the vitals shot. On both pigeons and squirrels, a vitals shot puts them down quick and hard.....hardly any movement. Where the head shot produces varying lengths of flopping and flapping around.

Though I dont think they feel pain on a true head shot that penetrates or destroys the brain. A glancing head shot that just grazes or cracks the skull probably isn't the same as an actual headshot.

 

[Hajimoto]

Nice 51yarder!

 

[Rackum]

WOW nice shot! Congrats

 

[markT]

I failed to mention that I was propped up on my gas grill on my deck. The wooded area in my neighbors yard are full of wisteria vines.. So I had to locate a clear path to drop the pellet in. I was pleasantly surprised when I didn't hit any obstructions and the pellet made that most pleasing thud.
Would the musical note of the JSB Exact hitting flesh be "P" Flat?  

 

[Bob_O]

The pellet "smack" is music to my ears!!