Went for an afternoon cruise today, probably going on 2 weeks straight that I've either went alone & had Callshot with me. Tonight was fun, seen lots of deer, shot several ground squirrels, got one big old rock chuck & got to try out a new pair of shoes on my 44 Ferminator gun.
This is the one that I just recently mounted an Ultra Dot red dot sight on, this thing really works...unless its bigger than the target, still I really like this thing.
Callshot decided it was his turn to drive, I had him by about 6-1, we stopped for a belly wash (soda) & he bought some sunflower seeds, we've been spitting mine for a month now, I was elated he finally bought some. He poured them in his coffee can & put them under the dash & opened my can! I shouldn't have been surprised.
As soon as we got into a remote area I started whacking squirrels, they flip real nice from that 240 gr HP running around 1250 fps. We spotted one critter & both of us thought it might be a badger, I put the glasses on it & it was a 10-12 lb rock chuck, had a hard time finding him in the red dot, broke the shot & hit a rock, I had held on the wrong spot thinking it was the chuck. He turned just a bit & I could see him better, this time he flipped when the big HP rocked his world.
I guessed it at 66yds, Callshot guessed it at 78 yds, we both stepped it off, I got 98 & he got 99. The old gummer was fatter than either one of us & maybe as ugly as Callshot. Took a few photo's & several scenery shots.
Got 7 ground squirrels, 5 of them fell down in a hole or in the lumber & I don't like sticking my paws down in dark places.


More beautiful, green, remote country.



This old homestead is one of my favorite places to pound squirrels.



The 44 Ferminator with new shoes, very nice English Walnut.



When Callshot eats his seeds its one at a time, a can full is good for about 9 years.



When he eats out of my can, which is almost daily, its good for about a week.



This old chap was rolling fat & almost made it another winter, the Ferminator really punched his ticket.



Is this some beautiful country or what, I've never seen it so green this late in the year, there's water everywhere, lots of ducks & misquiters that carry chainsaws! Saw one coyote as we started home but Callshot was too slow!


Covered about 60 miles.

Dick

Nice work as always, Dick!!

Rock Chuck at 100yds is some mighty fine shootin.
My 2 sons and I drew cow Elk tags for your back yard. The 12 yo shot a 3pt mulie last year. I hope the elk will cooperate this year.

Glenn, I've started seeing elk right at dark in the last few days, the cows are bringing the calves into the herd. The grass is up to their shoulders (cows) you shouldn't have any trouble filling your tags. I went 5 straight years on cows with the sixguns. Took 3 of them with my Bisley 45 & a 325 gr cast slug & your lube.

Dick

But cast bullets don't kill well, Dick! Yeah, right......

Great looking grips on that shooter.

Seems like the chucks that you find out this time of year are really big, maybe even book size. We had some rainy cool weather a couple of days ago and it provided a break in the hotter weather. Rockchucks were popping up all over the place. Now with the hot weather coming back they seem to disappear. Sounds like time to do some badger hunting at night after a real hot dry spell. That shooter would be great on some badgers.

Good shooting on the chuck as well, that's a long shot with a revolver.