Rick in Oregon said:You guys are making me feel guilty! Our rockchucks and squirrels are up, and at present, I'm staging gear for a rat shoot next week here. If I post any pics of rifles and rat-fun, I'll be sure to preface the post with a disclaimer so as not to bum you eastern and midwest guys out too much. You guys there have really been hammered with global warming this winter; sorry.
But someone has to be out there with rifle and bench thinning out the rabid hoardes of alfalfa munching varmints in the west, right?
Have faith.....the crap WILL melt eventually! :-\
lpreddick said:73 degrees yesterday and the pigs were out! saw 7, 3 played "smack a mole" in that they would just peek and hide plus i was about 100 yds and i think they saw me. the one at 144 yds lingered just a bit too long. the 60 gr berger (hollowpointed by myself) exited the barrel of my 22 BR at 3600 fps and hit with a WHHHAAAPPP and he did not move...instant cessation. one big male weighing in at 8# 12 oz.
lpreddick said:hate to rub it in...yeah. 75+ degrees yesterday and i almost got tired of the killing! a lush green sinkhole and they kept coming out...and dying.