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Please share more details about this lucky shot. What caliber firearm, what bullet, what range, etc. Plus, how in the world did you get them to stand single file in a line? Asking for a friend who might want to employ the same technique...
It was a 20 caliber, I don't remember what cartridge, probably a vartarg. it's not about getting them to line up, more offend than not, it's about bullets fragmenting like a grenade. It was about 75 yards. 32gr vmax. these were belding ground squirrels in No. CA. if you are lucky enough to be there the day they come out of the hole for the first time, they will line up or gather around the hole. they can have 11 or more babies per mother. it's been my experience, you have a one or two day window to catch them on their first day out. after that, they are out and running around every where, still good shooting, just not the same grouping.Please share more details about this lucky shot. What caliber firearm, what bullet, what range, etc. Plus, how in the world did you get them to stand single file in a line? Asking for a friend who might want to employ the same technique...
I understand...the Vmax upon initial impact sort of acts like a fragmentation grenade. Here in SW MT we have something similar to your Belding ground squirrel and it is called Richardson's ground squirrel and they too act in a similar fashion in the early spring (mid March). Grouping together around the burrow makes for some interesting effects when impacted by a 4,000fps projectile (generally my 204R). Spring can't show up soon enough...
