Finally got the little critter I have been watching for about a week.
He lived accross the road from the beanfield he and his buddies tore to pieces. It had to be replanted in a couple of spots.
I watched him pop up and get spooked at least a dozen times by cars and bike riders and such. Finally, today, he decided to venture to my side of the road where I was waiting about 100 yds away. I got a steady rest at the end of a concrete pig pen and put a .22 mag into him from his front. He flopped a couple of times, and I ran and finished him with a few .22lr from my now AccuDot sighted S&W 22a. He hangs on the fence now, for the scavengers to take care of. I saw him with another of his kind the other day, but they just stuck to the neighbor's side of the road. I'll get him,too.
My friend has a bad groundhog problem, and I got a shot off at one standing atop a round bale in the barnyard. Not sure if I hit him, but I saw a couple of them run into those bales.
These devils are easily spooked, and they come out at about 11:am to 1 m.
They give me a very small window of opportunity.
What makes it easier,is they are used to the noise around these pig pens and buildings, and they usually come out to look around several times.
I am obsessed now, and I have in the car my Mossburg 500 12 ga and some #6 shot, my S&W 22a, and my Marlin 25mn .22 mag. I am going back out tomorrow, and watch those bales.
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And if you hear from my Louise, won't you tell her I love her so?
He lived accross the road from the beanfield he and his buddies tore to pieces. It had to be replanted in a couple of spots.
I watched him pop up and get spooked at least a dozen times by cars and bike riders and such. Finally, today, he decided to venture to my side of the road where I was waiting about 100 yds away. I got a steady rest at the end of a concrete pig pen and put a .22 mag into him from his front. He flopped a couple of times, and I ran and finished him with a few .22lr from my now AccuDot sighted S&W 22a. He hangs on the fence now, for the scavengers to take care of. I saw him with another of his kind the other day, but they just stuck to the neighbor's side of the road. I'll get him,too.
My friend has a bad groundhog problem, and I got a shot off at one standing atop a round bale in the barnyard. Not sure if I hit him, but I saw a couple of them run into those bales.
These devils are easily spooked, and they come out at about 11:am to 1 m.
They give me a very small window of opportunity.
What makes it easier,is they are used to the noise around these pig pens and buildings, and they usually come out to look around several times.
I am obsessed now, and I have in the car my Mossburg 500 12 ga and some #6 shot, my S&W 22a, and my Marlin 25mn .22 mag. I am going back out tomorrow, and watch those bales.
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And if you hear from my Louise, won't you tell her I love her so?