What's the smallest thing you've shot?

Smallest game animal was a fox squirrel with a .44 Pietta revolver.
Range...about 4 feet.
Place...a cut corn field.
Close shot, very dumb squirrel, but mighty tasty. ::

 

[strongarm]

Shot a squirrel with my .54 Lyman GPR. Used 50 grains of RS under a RB at 30 yards. Cleaned him right out, only had to skin him before the stew pot.

 

Back when I was 13 or 14 my best friend and I would go bird shooting almost everyday with 22's. Here I am now in my 40s the only thing that

 

It was during the Winter Special Weapon Moose Hunt. Darn weasels would come into the hut we made, and pee on everything, pole-cat's, I think they used to be called - smelled like Tom Cats. Anyway, the one I shot was partially covered by bag, scraching around down at the end of my budies sleeping bag. He didn't get away. The 464gr. WW ball went right through.(no expansion,I guess) We patched the hole in the bag with a piece of canvas tent flap. Good as new - NOT!
Daryl

 

[Joel Lehman]

Shade is sometimes hard to find in Texas. I was resting in a pole barn while dove hunting and noticed many yellowjacket nests on the inside of the tin roof and rafters. I used about 20 hackberries in my 12 ga Navy Arms double on each nest. It did not hurt the tin or the rafters.

Joel Lehman, Austin, TX

 

[JerryToth]

A "grade A-Medium" egg at 35 or 40 yards. It was at last Autumn's annual meat shoot at my local buckskinner's club. It was the first time I'd ever seen a meat shoot! The fellow that ran the shoot said that he usually buys "Large" eggs, but the "Mediums" were on sale that day!

It took me 5 shots, but I finally hit one. Then the clincher was that I shot the wrong egg...

Regards to all,

Ironsights-Jerry.

 

[Spot Shooter]

Daryl,

That's pretty funny ! :haha: :haha: Some critters can be pretty troublesome when yer try'n to sleep, eat, 'er just get some peace and quite. I've seen folks smoke red squirrels for their shin-nan-agains.

You would think that out in the wild the critters would stay away from you but not so. Once while sleep'n on the ground I woke up with a rat sitt'n on my forearm look'n at me like he was sitt'n on a couch.

Oh and by the way, if you make a habbit of stepp'n on mice thet take off while movin' bales of hay - one day you'll have one go up yer pant leg. Mine made it up the inside of my leg to mid thigh. :shocking: :shocking: :shocking:

Thank goodness no one shot him!!!

Spot

 

[Huntinfool]

Meow

 

HA!- never had that happen - stepped on a bunch for sure. It was a good thing Keith was out hunting when that happened. He might have shot back. The only other problem we had was with magpies, one hunt when a chinook came in- the magpies came in with it and crapped on everyhing around camp, including the hanging moose quarters.
: The .69 rifle handled shot faily well at close range, even though it had a 66" twist in the Green River barrel. Too bad they're not made any more - best Moose gun yet. Much flatter trajectory than Keiths .75 rifle(Getz barrel- deep rifling- not good for ctgs.), and less recoil than his, of course. His gun did anchor moose well though.
: He started at 200gr. 2F and over the years, dropped right down to 100gr. before he could keep a ball inside a moose. Even at that, they still expanded out to silver dollar size, and only about 1/4" thick. One shot, first one, I think on a moose, hit behind the ribs on the left side, clipped the left lung, centered pretty much the right lung and smashed the right shoulder, then exited - about a 2" hole. That was about 3 1/2' to 4' of penetration BEFORE smashing the shoulder bone and exiting. The moose didn't even take a step, but when the ball hit, he threw his head back so hard, he almost punctured his side with the points on the left side. Man- that was some impact & THE SOUND- WHUCK!!!