I've been hunting squirrel in Indiana for more than 40 years.
A few weeks ago, I aquired a new (to me) Henry .22Lr and decided to take it out for some tree rat practice.
I only got one, but had a great time in the woods, as I have every outing whether it was for squirrel, rabbit, deer, and the list goes on. I enjoy the time outdoors as much as the hunt or kill itself.
I do, however, eat what I harvest. I don't just kill for the sport.
O.K. so I picked up my trophy for the day and headed home.
After fighting off the dogs long enough to herd them outside, I got the squirrel into the kitchen sink for one last "bath".
I started skinning, and felt a lump. WTF? This ain't normal.
I carefully pealed back the skin to find my .22LR slug! In a squirrel?
REALLY?
No kidding.
One reason I only got one squirrel is because of shot opportunity. I like to use a .22, but that limits your shots if you're a contientious shooter. I will take a shot at a squirrel in a tree ONLY if I have the tree as a backstop.
I took this squirrel up in a tree, at a decent angle up, but had a pretty good backstop. The trunk was about 2-1/2' across were the squrrel sat when I shot. I was sure I had a head shot, but this gun was new to me. I took a few sight-in shots to ensure accuracy before I went out, so I knew I was taking safe shot.
The shot hit him just behind the left ear, so close I amost didn't find it. The slug traveled the entire length of that squirrel along the spine, and lodged itself in the right-rear hip.
I have dug slugs of different calibers out of a lot of animals in my days, but I've never before taken a bullet out of a squirrel carcass.
A few weeks ago, I aquired a new (to me) Henry .22Lr and decided to take it out for some tree rat practice.
I only got one, but had a great time in the woods, as I have every outing whether it was for squirrel, rabbit, deer, and the list goes on. I enjoy the time outdoors as much as the hunt or kill itself.
I do, however, eat what I harvest. I don't just kill for the sport.
O.K. so I picked up my trophy for the day and headed home.
After fighting off the dogs long enough to herd them outside, I got the squirrel into the kitchen sink for one last "bath".
I started skinning, and felt a lump. WTF? This ain't normal.
I carefully pealed back the skin to find my .22LR slug! In a squirrel?
REALLY?
No kidding.
One reason I only got one squirrel is because of shot opportunity. I like to use a .22, but that limits your shots if you're a contientious shooter. I will take a shot at a squirrel in a tree ONLY if I have the tree as a backstop.
I took this squirrel up in a tree, at a decent angle up, but had a pretty good backstop. The trunk was about 2-1/2' across were the squrrel sat when I shot. I was sure I had a head shot, but this gun was new to me. I took a few sight-in shots to ensure accuracy before I went out, so I knew I was taking safe shot.
The shot hit him just behind the left ear, so close I amost didn't find it. The slug traveled the entire length of that squirrel along the spine, and lodged itself in the right-rear hip.
I have dug slugs of different calibers out of a lot of animals in my days, but I've never before taken a bullet out of a squirrel carcass.