Charging squirrels!

[Britsmoothy]

Nursing a cold for a few days now I was itching to get out.
Not used the Pedersoli trade gun thingy for months.
I used about 60gns of fine powder and about 1&1/8oz#5 shot. Skychief load.

It was not long and we were into squirrels.

While I was reloading a stoat appeared and ran off with one of the squirrels!
Anyway, one more shot.

It was good to get out with my first flinchlock again. It has a fast lock and is powerful.
The #5 shot worked well fending off the charging squirrels.

 

[Des52]

Nice job, nice smoothie, good shooting. Can't wait to shoot a few.

 

[Old Timer 48]

Another great adventure! Glad your feeling better.

 

[3Setters]

Unleash the dog and you wont have to worry about those little gray varmints.

 

[Brokennock]

Nursing a cold for a few days now I was itching to get out.
Not used the Pedersoli trade gun thingy for months.
I used about 60gns of fine powder and about 1&1/8oz#5 shot. Skychief load.
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It was not long and we were into squirrels.
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While I was reloading a stoat appeared and ran off with one of the squirrels!
Anyway, one more shot.
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It was good to get out with my first flinchlock again. It has a fast lock and is powerful.
The #5 shot worked well fending off the charging squirrels.

Good to see you out. Take care of that cold.

 

[.36Rooster]

Heck ya, man! i still can't fathom that y'all have gray squirrels over there. We have them here too, just not in the area i currently live in. I think last time you posted about squirrels i noticed it was a gray then as well. But charging...sounds like a case of self defense. No doubt you were in fear for your life....

 

[Britsmoothy]

Heck ya, man! i still can't fathom that y'all have gray squirrels over there. We have them here too, just not in the area i currently live in. I think last time you posted about squirrels i noticed it was a gray then as well. But charging...sounds like a case of self defense. No doubt you were in fear for your life....

Yeah some fool back in the 1800's thought it would be a good idea to catch some of your greys, put them on a boat and tip them out over here.
The only thing is not only do they thrive to near plague proportions and destroy forests they also brought a pox that our native red squirrel has no immunity too. I never see a red squirrel now!
Yes sir, their cunning ninja like stealth and lightening fast reactions make for intense action sometimes. Never does a man feel more alive than after emerging from a forest after an intense engagement with squirrels!

 

[sheriff john]

Thanks for posting this. Always enjoy reading/watching folks from other places experiences. If you wish to fully recreate the Missouri squirrel hunt, I can send a bottle of chiggers and seed ticks. First hard frost coming in a few weeks. Much better time to sit in a bunch of hickory trees while squirrels cut the hulls off.

Again, thanks for posting!

 

[Robby]

I sure wish there was a way to get our grey squirrels back and return all the starlings that resulted from the third try at importing them by some guy on long island. there must be billions of them.
Robby

 

[Whughett]

I liked to see more of that little dog. Does he point then retrieve .

 

[Britsmoothy]

I liked to see more of that little dog. Does he point then retrieve .

Most of the time she is a pain in the azz hence why she is often tied to me. Every now and then though she will drag or dig out some wounded critter so she comes along.
More of a pet really.

 

[Whughett]

Most of the time she is a pain in the azz hence why she is often tied to me. Every now and then though she will drag or dig out some wounded critter so she comes along.
More of a pet really.

LOL. My absolute favorite pain in the azz is my avatar. The only critters he can find is the occasional skunk the wanders into suburbia.