I chanced it!

Britsmoothy · Aug 3, 2018

Just had to get out. I took the precaution of back tracking my walk to check for fire and all is well.
It was grand to stalk squirrel with a ball and boy did I enjoy it :hatsoff:

B.

tenngun · Aug 3, 2018

Is your gun a rifle mounted fusil? Or smooth rifle as they say. It seems to me in one of your post you mentioned it being a smooth bore.
That was good shooting.

Feltwad · Aug 3, 2018

tenngun said:
Is your gun a rifle mounted fusil? Or smooth rifle as they say. It seems to me in one of your post you mentioned it being a smooth bore.
That was good shooting.

I prefer a 12 bore side by side percussion loaded with number 5 shot .The first barrel blast the dray the second shoots the squirrel when it bolts .
Feltwad

Britsmoothy · Aug 4, 2018

tenngun said:
Is your gun a rifle mounted fusil? Or smooth rifle as they say. It seems to me in one of your post you mentioned it being a smooth bore.
That was good shooting.

Smooth rifle friend.
To be honest loaded with shot would of been better but.....

B.

Britsmoothy · Aug 4, 2018

Feltwad said:
tenngun said:

Is your gun a rifle mounted fusil? Or smooth rifle as they say. It seems to me in one of your post you mentioned it being a smooth bore.
That was good shooting.

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I prefer a 12 bore side by side percussion loaded with number 5 shot .The first barrel blast the dray the second shoots the squirrel when it bolts .
Feltwad

I'm too mean to waste shot like that FW! I prefer to stalk them and hopefully I just need the one shot.

B.

robinsroost · Aug 4, 2018

Jess seems to lose interest in the squirrels when they are down. Does that .45 make big holes in them? :hmm:

Britsmoothy · Aug 4, 2018

Deputy Dog said:
Jess seems to lose interest in the squirrels when they are down. Does that .45 make big holes in them? :hmm:

It's not to bad on reduced powder friend.
Switched to shot this afternoon.

B

Skychief · Aug 7, 2018

Britsmoothy said:
Deputy Dog said:

Jess seems to lose interest in the squirrels when they are down. Does that .45 make big holes in them? :hmm:

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It's not to bad on reduced powder friend.
Switched to shot this afternoon.

B

Nate, you are killing me good Sir. I still have a week and a day wait to pursue our red, white, and blue squirrels. Living vicariously through your endeavors until then. :thumbsup:

Thanks for sharing, Skychief :hatsoff:

Britsmoothy · Aug 8, 2018

You'll be there soon buddy.

B :thumbsup:

fleener · Aug 11, 2018

Feltwad

I realize that things are a little different on our side of the pond. Where I am from it is not considered good sport to shoot the nest.

Fleener

Feltwad · Aug 12, 2018

fleener said:
Feltwad

I realize that things are a little different on our side of the pond. Where I am from it is not considered good sport to shoot the nest.

Fleener

Here in the UK they are a foreign pest which became established along with the mink through escapees from fur breeding stations. When the first escapees appear the government put a bounty on them but that died a death , they have spread the squirrel pox to the native red squirrel which is now on the extinction list. They are tree rats and pests so to keep them down blasting out drays is not wrong
Feltwad

Britsmoothy · Aug 13, 2018

Feltwad said:
fleener said:

Feltwad

I realize that things are a little different on our side of the pond. Where I am from it is not considered good sport to shoot the nest.

Fleener

Click to expand...

Here in the UK they are a foreign pest which became established along with the mink through escapees from fur breeding stations. When the first escapees appear the government put a bounty on them but that died a death , they have spread the squirrel pox to the native red squirrel which is now on the extinction list. They are tree rats and pests so to keep them down blasting out drays is not wrong
Feltwad

Oh, I thought your supposed to poke the drey with a pole, not inflict a possible deliberate wounding :hmm:

Besides, I thought you had a thing against shooting things in trees! :hmm:

B.

Feltwad · Aug 13, 2018

Britsmoothy said:
Feltwad said:

fleener said:

Feltwad

I realize that things are a little different on our side of the pond. Where I am from it is not considered good sport to shoot the nest.

Fleener

Click to expand...

Here in the UK they are a foreign pest which became established along with the mink through escapees from fur breeding stations. When the first escapees appear the government put a bounty on them but that died a death , they have spread the squirrel pox to the native red squirrel which is now on the extinction list. They are tree rats and pests so to keep them down blasting out drays is not wrong
Feltwad

Click to expand...

Oh, I thought your supposed to poke the drey with a pole, not inflict a possible deliberate wounding :hmm:

Besides, I thought you had a thing against shooting things in trees! :hmm:

B.

Not if they sitting sunshine
Feltwad

1100 Remington Man · Aug 15, 2018

Some nice pictures. Good Hunting

robinsroost · Aug 15, 2018

I prefer a 12 bore side by side percussion loaded with number 5 shot .The first barrel blast the dray the second shoots the squirrel when it bolts .
Feltwad

That is a strange looking squirrel on the left end, the one with the black tail, LOL :hmm:

Britsmoothy · Aug 16, 2018

Deputy Dog said:
I prefer a 12 bore side by side percussion loaded with number 5 shot .The first barrel blast the dray the second shoots the squirrel when it bolts .
Feltwad

That is a strange looking squirrel on the left end, the one with the black tail, LOL :hmm:

Yeah, it was nesting on an unused drey :doh:

B :haha:

Feltwad · Aug 18, 2018

Britsmoothy said:
Deputy Dog said:

I prefer a 12 bore side by side percussion loaded with number 5 shot .The first barrel blast the dray the second shoots the squirrel when it bolts .
Feltwad

That is a strange looking squirrel on the left end, the one with the black tail, LOL :hmm:

Click to expand...

Yeah, it was nesting on an unused drey

B :haha:

Poor guess sunshine least it was flying not sitting
Feltwad

azmntman · Aug 18, 2018

Feltwad you n some folks here need a "Beer Summit" Looks like we just lost a great member to all this silly BULLSH_T.

Personal invitation to come to AZ and hunt turkey with me. You pay me $100.00 each time you screw up and spook the bird. You get one 1st "encounter" and I pay you $100.00.

Spring or fall?

Feltwad · Aug 18, 2018

azmntman said:
Feltwad you n some folks here need a "Beer Summit" Looks like we just lost a great member to all this silly BULLSH_T.

Personal invitation to come to AZ and hunt turkey with me. You pay me $100.00 each time you screw up and spook the bird. You get one 1st "encounter" and I pay you $100.00.

Spring or fall?

Yes you have lost a member ,That's me . My threads seemed to be of interest by the number of reply's from those interested but not to others with remarks that I tried too avoid so all I can say is over and out
Feltwad

jdw276 · Aug 18, 2018

Good luck. I will miss your knowledge and photos of historical firearms. Your knowledge is part of what this forum is about. Enjoy....

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