Unusual Varmint Shots

Went prairie dog hunting in Oklahoma

with a 7 X 57 Mauser, loaded with a 110 grain Norma load (listed at 3300 fps MV, IIRC).

One shot, @ 245 paces, one red mist.

End of hunt!
 
Not really "varmints"

Shark Watch in the Navy. with a M-14 E2
Kinda turned me off of the full auto (ouch :()
 
I once shot a ground squirrel that was sunning itself on a rock in front of my friends trailer, with my .45 caliber mountain rifle, I was only trying to "bark" the little fella.:rolleyes: I have "barked 1/2 dozen squirrels with it, NEERY a smear of a piece were to be found!:eek:;)
 
Keep it Coming, this is exactly what the Anti Hunters want to read about.
I myself do not Varmit hunt, I hunt small game, that I do eat and therefore I use a .22 Rimfire.
 
I use my .300 WM to take care of ground squirrels on our friend's grass airstrip. Sure a 180 gr Nosler BT at 3100 fps is overkill for them, but it gets me good practice for hunting season.
 
.270 wsm for groundhogs.

I have shot groundhogs with my .270 wsm w/ 130 grain federal power shoks going 3250 fps @ the muzzle, if hit right they will literally be cut in half.
 
Hello, roy reali. Back in the very early 1970's, I converted an old Marlin bolt action .22 to centerfire..but not just any old centerfire...a Needle-Gun! Firing pin was .03 dia. drill rod. fired long-rifle case had .03 hole drilled thru head. Powder was unique, bullet cast in mould I made at voc. high school. primer...tip of strike-anywhere match! This really worked most of the time except in cold-damp weather. Took a shot at a young fox squirrel at about 30yds. At shot..it froze in place..I thought I missed, loaded another round & about that time squirrel did a slow motion fall off limb. Picked up & looked for long time before I saw tiny crease through hair at back of neck...but skin was not broken! Don't know if head was down & skin streched tight over spine, but there was no cut or anything! Afew years later, I converted to a real center-fire. Turned "head" from brass stock, complete with small rifle pocket. This was low-temp. silver soldered onto cut off l.r. case. These were quite a bit loader than high velocity l.r. shot many squirrels & starlings.
 
Used to have fun shooting rats with speer shot capsules in Ruger SA's. Rats would come into the quonson hut / grain bin. We would sneak up at night - open the door and ease inside. When we turned on a flashlight the rats would freeze until the first shot. Running rats with 2 people blasting with handguns was a lot of fun - until my buddy had one run up his leg trying to get away to the door behind us. Almost shot himself in the leg trying to beat the rat off with the sixgun!!!!

We decided that was just a bit too much fun.
 
Fox squirrel with a 7mag,after he busted me deer hunting guess he though he'd stay & bark for a half hour.Bad idea.
 
I shot a skunk with a Glock 20 (10mm) and another one with a single action .22 revolver at 71 paces.


BTW - I don't consider bunnies and squirrels to be varmints. If you shoot them you should eat them.
 
This year we had a problem with raccoons tearing up the deer feeders. So we set up at night in a varmint stand and thought we'd get their numbers down some. Never eaten raccoon, so thought I'd try that as well. Around mid ight we hadn't seen anything but the deer, so we packed it up and got in the truck to go back and get some sleep. Driving back (my brother, father in law and myself) we saw a big fat raccoon run across the path. My father in law slammed on the brakes and I jumped out with just my Glock 20. Chased him to a tree, and he was up about 5 feet above eye level. It's all oaks around us where we hunt, and there's no one for a mile or so, so I had no worries about shooting up into the tree. Could only see the lower half of his body as he scrambled, so I aimed where I figured his chest would be and fired.

Heard nothing but he was moving up faster, so I fired 5 more times. Nothing. Hmmm... Could I have missed that close?

Figured I must have, but didn't hear anything else so figured he may hav gotten around the back of the tree and run off. I go back to the truck 10 feet away and they're laughing, and ask "did you get him or what?" I said I thought he got away, and just then we heard the "thump" as he fell to the ground. Turns out I had hit him 5 out of 6 shots, just didn't fall till a minute later. Big fatty, made such a mess I couldn't eat him.

Didn't think 'coons were so tough. Would've thought the 10mm would have dropped him at the first shot.
 
Rabbits with a .38 Special,,,

When I was a teeny kid,,,
My uncle let me walk with him as he hunted,,,
I willingly took on the duties of a retriever for the hunt.

He'd pop a bunny,,,
I'd run and stuff it in the sack.

I can't remember what brand/model his revolver was,,,
I just know it was a very long barreled .38 Special.

The only reason I am sure it was a .38 Special,,,
Was that he would let me have the empty cartridges.

I've talked to a lot of old timers here in Okieland,,,
Apparently using a .38 for rabbits and groundhogs was common.

Aarond
 
Rabbits with:

a .455 Martini Henry
a .303
a .300 win mag
....and a M2 .5 BMG - but please dont tell the Officer Cadet School staff- they would have had a sense of humour malfunction
 
I watched a jackrabbit hit at 30 yds with a 340 Weatherby , 200 gr bullet. The only thing left was the head and ears !
 
Possessed Demon Racoon

My husband & I went spotlighting at my parents ranch in south Texas a couple of years ago with my brother & mom. It was one of my first times to go, so I was pretty excited. It didn't take us long to find a big, fat raccoon hiding up a tree by a dry creek bed. I had been dying to use my new Walther .22 pistol so we went hiking to the bottom of the tree and I proceeded to shoot said raccoon. After the first couple of shots, when nothing happened, I started to wonder if something was wrong with either me or my gun. The coon just kept looking down at us from a 'Y' in the branches at the top of the tree. I fired a few more shots...still nothing. The only thing that told us I was hitting it was it would flinch almost every shot and we saw some blood drip to the ground. I ended up burying all 10 rounds in various areas of the raccoon & even more from the next clip before we were really starting to worry. I had shot at the raccoon 19 times with my pistol and it was still up there looking down at us like nothing was even wrong. At this point it wasn't even funny in the slightest...I am no newbie when it comes to shooting guns. We were all starting to wonder if we were encountering something from the supernatural when the coon finally tumbled from its perch and smacked into the ground, a good 30 foot drop. We all jumped back and every one of us had our lights on it. The thing was covered with blood and started to hiss and growl at us. I was now out of bullets since I had left the rest at the truck (how stupid, right?), so my husband pulled out his .45. The coon was still hissing and spitting when he shot it in the head. Believe it or not, the raccoon didn't die...it started crawling slowly towards him, still snarling! He shot it 4 more times in the face before it stopped and breathed it's last breath. We were so stunned we didn't know what to do...none of us wanted to go anywhere near the thing for fear of its abilities to apparently defy death! After 5 more minutes we declared it safely expired with half of its head/face gone and my brother bonked it on the head a couple times with a large branch for good measure. We left that raccoon there and still get the creeps when we talk about the "Possessed Demon Raccoon"...

I swear this story is absolutely true, I do not care for lies or nonsense...believe it or not!
 
I wouldn't call seagulls "varmints", but...

During occupation duty in Korea, lo those many decades ago, I occasionally would liberate a can of Carbine ammo (600 rounds) from the arms shack, talk the lieutenant out of his jeep and go to the beach at Inchon.

Me, the seagulls and an M2 Carbine on full auto. Tons of fun!

What seemed strange to me was that I was one of the few guys in the entire battalion who thought shooting was fun. Go figure...
 
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