Nice Way to Spend the Afternoon

[jds holler]

Sitting behind this 20 cal in the middle of a 160 acre squirrel patch is a pretty nice way to enjoy a spring day. Breeze was pretty stiff but not a real problem until out around the 300 yard range. And 300 is about my limit with or without wind. I pounded em pretty good.

About 90 degrees to the left, I had the AR set up with bipod on the hood of the Jeep. When the squirrels went down in one direction, I'd move over to the other and give em heck.

After awhile, the eagles started showing up. I was lazy about pics today, but I had not a couple, not three or four, -- but EIGHT FREAKIN EAGLES -- (baldies) working clean-up out there. All of them were mature with white heads and tails.

Weather is posed to get crappy and wet tomorrow, so I'm glad I went today. jd

 

[Larry Koch]

Sounds like fun. Air Force air rifle, can do that from my patio. As the foxes have dinner.
There is a reason they call them squirrel fox, and they can climb trees who knew.

 

[MDT6BRA]

Sitting behind this 20 cal in the middle of a 160 acre squirrel patch is a pretty nice way to enjoy a spring day. Breeze was pretty stiff but not a real problem until out around the 300 yard range. And 300 is about my limit with or without wind. I pounded em pretty good.

About 90 degrees to the left, I had the AR set up with bipod on the hood of the Jeep. When the squirrels went down in one direction, I'd move over to the other and give em heck.
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After awhile, the eagles started showing up. I was lazy about pics today, but I had not a couple, not three or four, -- but EIGHT FREAKIN EAGLES -- (baldies) working clean-up out there. All of them were mature with white heads and tails.

Weather is posed to get crappy and wet tomorrow, so I'm glad I went today. jd

What you shootin? Rifle pics?

 

[Turkeytider]

Sitting behind this 20 cal in the middle of a 160 acre squirrel patch is a pretty nice way to enjoy a spring day. Breeze was pretty stiff but not a real problem until out around the 300 yard range. And 300 is about my limit with or without wind. I pounded em pretty good.

About 90 degrees to the left, I had the AR set up with bipod on the hood of the Jeep. When the squirrels went down in one direction, I'd move over to the other and give em heck.
View attachment 1538496
After awhile, the eagles started showing up. I was lazy about pics today, but I had not a couple, not three or four, -- but EIGHT FREAKIN EAGLES -- (baldies) working clean-up out there. All of them were mature with white heads and tails.

Weather is posed to get crappy and wet tomorrow, so I'm glad I went today. jd

Me thinks what jds calls a " squirrel " is different from our squirrels here in Georgia! That doesn`t look like your typical gray and fox squirrel territory!

 

[J_idaho]

My first thought was that looks like eastern Oregon. Beautiful country over there.

 

[jds holler]

What you shootin? Rifle pics?

I call my rifle Plain Jane, which is what some folks used to call the cartridge, "20 Plain Jane"; or 20-222.

It's an old seventies 700 action, with a 26" PacNor #6 11 twist barrel. I planted it in an old 40x sling stock, and left it as single-shot. Scope is a Vortex Viper PST 5x25. She's a fifteen pounder.




Rifle is capable of great groups, but as soon as I hit one that was consistent 1/2 MOA, I quit working for it and started shootin.


Here's my "check group" before I started shooting yesterday. jd

 

[MDT6BRA]

Very nice! I love those stocks and have been looking at pac nor barrels the other day. You just neck the brass to 20cal, that all this is different for
222?

 

[jds holler]

Very nice! I love those stocks and have been looking at pac nor barrels the other day. You just neck the brass to 20cal, that all this is different for
222?

Yeah, that's the deal. jd

 

[KMart]

Sounds like fun. Air Force air rifle, can do that from my patio. As the foxes have dinner.
There is a reason they call them squirrel fox, and they can climb trees who knew.

Do you have a picture of the squirrel fox? Never seen one before. We have a species of squirrels in Texas that is a fox squirrel and they are well equipped for climbing trees just like the gray or cat squirrel. The fox squirrel ranges in colors of coal black to an auburn red.

 

[Larry Koch]

Do you have a picture of the squirrel fox? Never seen one before. We have a species of squirrels in Texas that is a fox squirrel and they are well equipped for climbing trees just like the gray or cat squirrel. The fox squirrel ranges in colors of coal black to an auburn red.

same, they enjoy a fresh red squirrel.

 

[KMart]

same, they enjoy a fresh red squirrel.

Learn something every day!

 

[jds holler]

I'll bet those little fellers are fun to watch. They look quick. jd

 

[snert]

Looks similar to our grey fox here in Pa and NY. More cat than dog.

 

[bobtails]

Looks like our grey fox out west

 

[Rick in Oregon]

jds: Lookin' good! And that's what I consider a perfect day setting! Love the .20's for 'squirrel work'.

Oregon ground squirrel...actually the Belding's Ground Squirrel according to the U of O 'experts'.....

A young family group emerging from their burrow last spring:



They're about 1/3 the size of an adult PD, much more stupid and harder to hit at longer ranges, and being smaller and lighter, they offer great "flight characteristics" when smacked with a good hit:



Right now my crew and I are staging gear for our annual 10-day "Rat Rodeo" at our favorite ranch in E. OR soon. If the WX cooperates, it should be another bonaroo time! The local hawks and eagles seem to welcome us, and come as soon as they hear the gunfire. Smart birds, they know when the dinner bell sounds.

That was the inspiration for our informal group:

 

[bobtails]

jds: Lookin' good! And that's what I consider a perfect day setting! Love the .20's for 'squirrel work'.

Oregon ground squirrel...actually the Belding's Ground Squirrel according to the U of O 'experts'.....

A young family group emerging from their burrow last spring:



They're about 1/3 the size of an adult PD, much more stupid and harder to hit at longer ranges, and being smaller and lighter, they offer great "flight characteristics" when smacked with a good hit:



Right now my crew and I are staging gear for our annual 10-day "Rat Rodeo" at our favorite ranch in E. OR soon. If the WX cooperates, it should be another bonaroo time! The local hawks and eagles seem to welcome us, and come as soon as they hear the gunfire. Smart birds, they know when the dinner bell sounds.

That was the inspiration for our informal group:

I’ve shot on ranches out around Burns Oregon. It was a blast! Literally and figuratively!!!

 

[Mulligan]

What a fantastic photo!!!!
CW

 

[Fern]

Rick would you mind sharing what shooting table that is

 

[Turkeytider]

same, they enjoy a fresh red squirrel.

Never heard of a " squirrel fox " before!

 

[Rick in Oregon]

Rick would you mind sharing what shooting table that is

Sure, that subject comes up from time to time.
It's my BR Pivot Lite shown in the pic below. I designed and produced it back in the late 90's, advertised it in The Varmint Hunter Magazine, Rifle Magazine and Rifle Shooter for a decade before selling the patent and manufacturing rights to Battenfield Technologies (Midway USA) in 2007.

Two versions of it are still available from MidwayUSA; their el cheapo version is their 'Stable Table' with a too small bench top, no leveling adjustments and an all steel version of the original BR Pivot. Both are produced offshore now, but the BRP they offer is pretty much faithful to the original, sans all the alloy parts we used to make the assembly much lighter. Apparently, the ChiComs are unable to produce fine quality alloy (T6) porosity-free castings. We used a Boeing Aircraft casting facility when we had the bench in production.



There are still some originals of both models available used on occasion, but I seldom see them for sale, as I'm told they're like looking for chicken lips, as once obtained, they seldom come up for sale.