Hello,
Today was a very good day.
I decided to go squirrel hunting, and when I opened the door, I saw the UPS feller had been here. He brought me an Ed Brown smooth, flat MSH that went in with a minimum of fitting. But I digress.
I was able to take a shot at a squirrel. I'd not seen them out of the trees, and this one was on the ground. I stalked to within a few yards, and squeezed the trigger. <click> Damn. Misfire. Remington bulk tends to do that at times.
I worked the bolt and reacquired the target. I was shooting into the sun, but I had shade from the trees. The wind kicked up, blowing the tree branches and I was only able to see an intermittent blinding light and a bit of fur. I felt my shot was on, and so I took it.
I took the gray squirrel center of mass.I don't ever feel good about gut shots. However, the squirrel expired quickly. No follow up shot was necessary.
What surprises me is the size of this squirrel. I have both fox and gray squirrel in my woods, and this is a gray. It's old enough, however, to be almost as big as the larger fox squirrel.
Josh <><
