I’m running a little experiment on Digg to see if we can pick up some new members in the squirrel hunting forum. While you’re on the site, can you click this link and give shootingsquirrels.com a thumbs up on Digg?
http://digg.com/other_sports/ShootingSquirrels_com
If we all give it a thumbs up, then when new hunters come to read the site, including this post, they might wander over to the forums and give us some new blood….
I finally broke down and spent the day going through dvd’s from last year’s squirrel shooting trips. I didn’t try to do anything artistic with this video, but it does quell the basic need for seeing squirrels getting whacked… I’ll try to get up some more videos in the next week or two, so check back.
All of these squirrels were shot using my Savage 17hmr accutrigger, with Hornady 17gr ballistic tip bullets. On a side note, there’s nothing like having a video camera mounted on your rifle to show you when you jerk the trigger.
I love watching what .223’s and .22-250’s do to Prairie Dogs. I have a couple of friends who live in Montana, and I really need to get over there and shoot some P Dogs with my Bushmaster .223 next year. The sound of a .223 ballistic tip hitting a dog has got to be way more satisfying than the sound of a .17HMR hitting a ground squirrel…. (OK, I’m pretty sure that I don’t really believe that. I’m sure that both sounds are VERY satisfying. LOL)
Quick little video of a rabbit getting shot by a 17 HMR Sako. the 17HMR is one of the best small game rifles made, and can take a rabbit or squirrel out to 165 yards with just a few inches of drop from zero. The ideal sighting range for a 17 HMR is 85 yards, which puts a 17 grain ballistic tip bullet at plus or minus .75 of an inch between 35 yards and 135 yards. That lets put the cross hairs directly on the rabbit or squirrel, and be off by less than an inch.
