Almost a limit

[memtb]

I carry a Browning Buck Mark along with my rifle when hunting squirrels. My pistol is for close shots.

Perhaps the best shot I ever made on a squirrel was with a Browning….though, it was a Nomad!

There was a group of us, several uncles and myself (just a 15 yo kid) hunting in Evangeline Parish, La. We had a little "cur" dog, and were hunting just about anything that moved……mostly squirrels though.

I was the only one "NOT" carrying a shotgun……most were "humped-back" Browning 12's. I was carrying my Win. Model 88 in .308 Win. …..and my little Browning.

The dog "treed" a squirrel in a tall, straight, heavily vine covered Ash (I think). We started surrounding the tree, once positioned, someone would jerk on a vine ……hoping to move the squirrel.

I had my little Browning in hand, while others were positioning themselves, when the squirrel panicked.

I was standing right beside one of my uncles……but, got a shot off before any of the shotgunners!

The squirrel immediately fell from the tree…..heck, it didn't even get hung-up in the vines!

I'm not sure who was more surprised…… me, my uncles, or the squirrel! The 22 LR bullet hit it squarely through the chest, entering behind the shoulder!

58 years later, it seems almost like yesterday! I often think about and wish that I could relive those hunts that I made with my uncles! memtb

 

[Old Hickory 45]

Today I scoped, cleaned, and added the sling to my new Savage A17 Sporter .17 WSM. Tomorrow is for sighting in and testing the 20gr and 25gr ammo. Scope is a fine old BSA 40mm 6X-24X and should work fine.

I thought I had only a part of a box of 25 gr but I have over 4 boxes of 25 gr. I have over 2 bricks of 20 gr and hope the rifle likes both.

My Savage BMAG .17 WSM is now retired and joins the rest of the saft queens.

 

[Critter Picker]

I see this is an older post. This is the first that I saw it.

Is that a Model 18 in the first picture?

 

[Coyote Shadow Tracker]

Got skunked on opening morning saturday but made up for it this morning. Just one shy of a limit.View attachment 466615

What's a LIMIT? When you run out of .22 RF cartridges?