- Apr 25, 2021
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Hello everyone
About three months ago I saw a big fat Squirrel in one of my bird feeders. The feeder by the way is built so that a Squirrel is not supposed to be able to get into it. Anyway by the time I got one of my PCP guns ready to shoot and very quietly side open the window, that guy had moved down my property line about 30 yards. I was shooting a .22 cal rifle with a scope so I took aim and shot. I saw where the pellet hit and it was just inches directly behind him so I missed.
A week or so later I had another chance at this guy and I know it is the same Squirrel because of some distinct markings. Two white tufted ears and a Brown Line down the back of his head. Had a good clean shot and missed again
. During the next month I had two more open clean shots and nothing but misses .
Finally I caught this guy right under the closest feeder about 20 feet, no way can I miss this shot, ...... yep sure did and I am pretty sure he flipped me the bird as he ran off into the woods. There was a yellow leaf on the ground right next to where he had been and I aimed at it and dead center hit ????
Well time is on my side and this afternoon my patients paid off. I had my Custom PP-800R .22 cal in the shop and on the shooting bench where I had been shooting some paper targets. So all I have to do is slide the window open without making any noise and make my shot. I got the window open but now he had moved out to about 20 yards but stopped and stood upright. I placed the crosshairs right on that Brown Mark on the back of his head and .... well the attached photo tells the rest of this story.
ThomasT
About three months ago I saw a big fat Squirrel in one of my bird feeders. The feeder by the way is built so that a Squirrel is not supposed to be able to get into it. Anyway by the time I got one of my PCP guns ready to shoot and very quietly side open the window, that guy had moved down my property line about 30 yards. I was shooting a .22 cal rifle with a scope so I took aim and shot. I saw where the pellet hit and it was just inches directly behind him so I missed.
A week or so later I had another chance at this guy and I know it is the same Squirrel because of some distinct markings. Two white tufted ears and a Brown Line down the back of his head. Had a good clean shot and missed again
. During the next month I had two more open clean shots and nothing but misses .Finally I caught this guy right under the closest feeder about 20 feet, no way can I miss this shot, ...... yep sure did and I am pretty sure he flipped me the bird as he ran off into the woods. There was a yellow leaf on the ground right next to where he had been and I aimed at it and dead center hit
????Well time is on my side and this afternoon my patients paid off. I had my Custom PP-800R .22 cal in the shop and on the shooting bench where I had been shooting some paper targets. So all I have to do is slide the window open without making any noise and make my shot. I got the window open but now he had moved out to about 20 yards but stopped and stood upright. I placed the crosshairs right on that Brown Mark on the back of his head and .... well the attached photo tells the rest of this story.
ThomasT
squirrel for such a long time (Irish squirrel maybe? 
) ! That was one healthy/chunky one for sure. Great shot and photo!
. Works for holding or dialing if your memory works better than mine (or if you write a cheat sheet on a piece of tape stuck inside a flip up scope cap)