Monty
Gold Member
- Jan 26, 2005
- 10,746
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- Detector(s) used
- ACE 250, Garrett
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Actually I got 12 since the first of the year, the weather got 3. I saw a momma squirrel building a nest in my big oak tree this summer. Kinda' unusual because they usually just raise one litter per year. About 3 weeks ago we had a severe thunderstorm with high winds. The next day I found 3 babies that had blown out of the nest overnight. I had the momma still lurking around but couldn't get a good clean, safe shot at her until yesterday afternoon. She was right on top of a utility pole in my back yard. She had been using the electric lines to get to the roof of my house and then jump into my big oak tree. Anyway, I popped her right between the eyes at about 40 yds. with my trusty pellet rifle! She dropoped like a rock! This little RWS rifle is deadly accurate out to about 40 yds at the outer limit. I wouldn't shoot at anything further away for fear of not having a humane kill. It churns out 1200 fps at the muzzle, about like a .22 short but it is .177 caliber so the velocity drops off fast. For anyone who hasn't been on Tnet very long, I have been at war with the squirrels for about 2 years. They have chewed my cable TV line in two about 3 times and I have my TV, Computer and phone bundled onto that line. Then in about June one of them tried to build a nest under the hood of my Durango and it cost me $340.00 to repair. They ate two of the wires to my fuel injectors on a hemi engine. Had to replace two injectors completely. So, the war goes on. Monty