Post by sixshot on Apr 23, 2012 21:59:31 GMT -5
My springtime squirrel hunts haven't been very productive so far this spring but today things got much better. My last 2 outings I only got 4 each time & only seen 8-10, pretty slow.
Today I seen about 30 in 3 hours driving, got shots at about half of them & ended up with 9 for the day. Nothing like the old days but things are looking up. Took one with the 32 maggie & 8 with my Bisley 41 maggie. This gun has one of my peep sights on it & with 8 grs of 231 & a 230 gr Keith its bad news on ground squirrels. Pops them like a ballon! Seen some badger sign but no badgers yet, always looking.
This big fat ground squirrel is almost as big as my 32 single six, it lit him up pretty good with a 100 gr cast SWC & 3 grs of WST.
Several squirrels were hanging out around this old hay baler. Lots of old equipment out in this back country. A lot of the machinery was pulled with work horses.
I have no idea what some of it is, I think the early pioneers just walked off & left it. I think the last time Callshot bought lunch this piece was probably new.
This is an old buck rake, a single horse usually pulled it & raked the wild hay into a wind row.
This is an old disc, sure wish some of this equipment could talk!
This is my 32 maggie with a set of my Holly stocks & an engraved hog.
Some of the squirrels taken with the 41 maggie, nasty!
The peep sight on my 41 maggie, works great!
This is an old spring box, the mormon pioneers built these over a small crick or spring & left the flooor open, the cold water passing underneath would keep meat, fruit & vegetables for a very long time but it would not freeze. When you lived many miles from town this was a life safer.
More old buildings, some were barns, some were cook shacks for the cowboys, others were bunkhouses. The old timers told me the best place to find old whiskey bottles was in the outhouses, the cowboys would have a frew belts of whiskey while they were doing their business. I have no desire to look for old bottles!
Dick
Today I seen about 30 in 3 hours driving, got shots at about half of them & ended up with 9 for the day. Nothing like the old days but things are looking up. Took one with the 32 maggie & 8 with my Bisley 41 maggie. This gun has one of my peep sights on it & with 8 grs of 231 & a 230 gr Keith its bad news on ground squirrels. Pops them like a ballon! Seen some badger sign but no badgers yet, always looking.
This big fat ground squirrel is almost as big as my 32 single six, it lit him up pretty good with a 100 gr cast SWC & 3 grs of WST.
Several squirrels were hanging out around this old hay baler. Lots of old equipment out in this back country. A lot of the machinery was pulled with work horses.
I have no idea what some of it is, I think the early pioneers just walked off & left it. I think the last time Callshot bought lunch this piece was probably new.
This is an old buck rake, a single horse usually pulled it & raked the wild hay into a wind row.
This is an old disc, sure wish some of this equipment could talk!
This is my 32 maggie with a set of my Holly stocks & an engraved hog.
Some of the squirrels taken with the 41 maggie, nasty!
The peep sight on my 41 maggie, works great!
This is an old spring box, the mormon pioneers built these over a small crick or spring & left the flooor open, the cold water passing underneath would keep meat, fruit & vegetables for a very long time but it would not freeze. When you lived many miles from town this was a life safer.
More old buildings, some were barns, some were cook shacks for the cowboys, others were bunkhouses. The old timers told me the best place to find old whiskey bottles was in the outhouses, the cowboys would have a frew belts of whiskey while they were doing their business. I have no desire to look for old bottles!
Dick
