Squirrels In Dayton
The Verminator went to Dayton, hung a right and headed into the mountains earlier this week. While he was there, he found a nice little valley that was chock full of ground squirrels that needed harvesting. He says he only had about an hour until the sun dropped below a ridge and all the squirrels went to bed, but in that hour he got 33 of them with his .17 HMR.
He also told me he bought a new set of those cool electronic ear protectors. When you’re wearing them, you can hear everything that is going on around you, but they block the sound when the gun goes off. He says it’s really cool to be able to shoot a squirrel and still hear the ballistic tip pop the squirrel. A hollow point or ballistic tip entering a furry little body makes a very satisfying sound, but most of the time you can’t hear it over the ear plugs.
The Verminator and I are going squirrel hunting in Wallowa next weekend, and I’ll post how that was when I get back.
SquirrelSniper
June 19th, 2008 at 11:21 am
I keep looking at those electronic ones. Just too many different opinions on which are good and which aren’t so I haven’t really decided on which ones. What model is Verminator using?
Wallowa, huh? It’s almost worth the 6 hour drive to head out there and find you guys. B-)
Frightener
June 22nd, 2008 at 6:30 pm
just moved to oregon from nw indiana, lookin to do some squirrelin. need places to go, i am used to there being seasons august-dec31, would be nice to do some year round exterminating to hone shooting skills!
July 16th, 2008 at 2:33 am
What happened in wallowa boys. Lots of squirrels in vegas. should plan a trip