Is way more important than seeing one of these nasty little critters roaming around the House. so around 10 pm, I let my dog out to go to the bathroom. give her a few minutes to do her business. As I let her in, I see a faint light on in my car. Odd....grab my new red Led flash light to see how it works compared to my red filter led light I've had. Stoll up to my car and yep, I have accidentally turned on a map light. click it off, start the car real quick to assess battery drain. All's good. Head back to the house. zooming the light in and out so see pattern and brightness,. Waohh, was is that?? Crap skunk. all I see is stripe. and its between me and the door to the house. great. how to get in.
I got it ladder is up on the porch to get up to it. slip inside and and grab my Impact mk2. Mount my white led to the side picatinny scope base. Hmm... now how do I get around to the critter. cant open front door as that will spook it off. go out on the deck and scan the area.. no signs of it. Check the others side. still no sign. Grrr. come back around look and make sure I can see through the scope and things are adjusted for a quick close shot. the critter comes around the corner of the house. I hear the movement. Scan around and locate it. dang way too close. 8 yards... it starts to waddle off as the bright white light has surely spooked it. It turns at 15 yards and shows a side profile of its head. Snap. the Impact release a 34.2 gr modified bob's boat tail (tail-less variant). Thump, clean Hit and hard.
So within 5 minutes of letting my dog out and walking to the car this little beast decides to follow my dog and come right to my front door. Not a smart thing for it health. My dog had she seen it would have surely gone for it and then that would have included a trip to the vet for Quill removal. good size Porcupine at about 15 lbs.
I got it ladder is up on the porch to get up to it. slip inside and and grab my Impact mk2. Mount my white led to the side picatinny scope base. Hmm... now how do I get around to the critter. cant open front door as that will spook it off. go out on the deck and scan the area.. no signs of it. Check the others side. still no sign. Grrr. come back around look and make sure I can see through the scope and things are adjusted for a quick close shot. the critter comes around the corner of the house. I hear the movement. Scan around and locate it. dang way too close. 8 yards... it starts to waddle off as the bright white light has surely spooked it. It turns at 15 yards and shows a side profile of its head. Snap. the Impact release a 34.2 gr modified bob's boat tail (tail-less variant). Thump, clean Hit and hard.
So within 5 minutes of letting my dog out and walking to the car this little beast decides to follow my dog and come right to my front door. Not a smart thing for it health. My dog had she seen it would have surely gone for it and then that would have included a trip to the vet for Quill removal. good size Porcupine at about 15 lbs.
