silent sniper
40 Cal.
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- Jul 29, 2008
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i decided to stray away from the norm of hunting with my custom 32 cal flintlock or double barrel muzzloading shotgun and try something new and especially challanging. i decided to try using some of my blackpowder pistols. i chose to practice with my 36 cal revolver and 32 cal crockett pistol. after 40 shots between the 2 i decided to use the crockett pistol. while it had only one shot it pulled ahead in consistantly being accurate which is name of the game in squirrel hunting. you dont need 6 shots if you can kill them with 1 :haha: i decided to try out public land for once to see how the squirrel hunting was there. after an hour of seeing no squirrels i made the mile walk back to the car to go hunt at my house. i got home and snuck into the woods behind my house. within 10 minutes of stalking around i looked up to see a nice fox squirrel 20 yards away looking at me in a tree. i slowly drew my crockett pistol from the holster, aimed right at its shoulder and squeezed the trigger. the squirrel dropped from the tree stone dead ! i was very happy with my squirrel. i love pistol hunting and i have been steadly converting over to mostly pistol only hunting. the increaced challange and reward is unbeatable. i took the squirrel home and skinned it. i will use the skin and try mounting the squirrel. i pressured cooked it for 15 mins and then fried in a cast iron skillet. i just finished eating it as i write this topic. it was absoutly delishous. i will be using my pistols more and more this year. cheers SS.
