Ground squirrel season is starting here.

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24 January 2007, 08:05

Fjold

Ground squirrel season is starting here.

Went out on an early season squirrel shoot yesterday afternoon. It was in the high 50's to low 60's here so there were a few squirrels out catching some sun. Most of our shooting was at 250 - 500 yards and quite a few caught some lead along with the sunshine. We probably shot about 80-100 rounds and jumped one coyote but it was concentrating on getting out of the county.

Here's my brother suffering through the bitter cold of a Bakersfield, California winter. He was using a 223 click-clack and I had my Savage bolt gun in 22.250

Here's a picture of one squirrel that I got at a little over 300 yards.

Here's the picture of the country we were shooting in. This was taken from the dead squirrel's point of view back to my truck on the hill.

Frank

"I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money."
- Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953

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24 January 2007, 08:22

TOP_PREDATOR

Looks like a very bare landscape,is that a beef/cattle ranch Frank??

24 January 2007, 08:34

seafire/B17G

Dang Frank....

That is some pretty good shootin!

24 January 2007, 08:51

Fjold

quote:
Originally posted by TOP_PREDATOR:
Looks like a very bare landscape,is that a beef/cattle ranch Frank??

That's the short grass right before the rains come. If we get a normal rainfall in the next couple of months the grass here will be 18" tall. This is a beef cattle ranch but we only get about 5.5 inches (12 centimeters) of rain here all year and all the rain comes from December through March.

24 January 2007, 08:52

sealer

i feel for you in the frigid air.
dennis

25 January 2007, 01:50

Bullshooter

Thats a mighty fine lookin rifle he's shootin there. Is it Ca. legal? I cant wait for spring.

25 January 2007, 06:06

Fjold

quote:
Originally posted by Bullshooter:
Thats a mighty fine lookin rifle he's shootin there. Is it Ca. legal? I cant wait for spring.

I wouldn't post pictures of it if it was illegal.

It has a non-detachable magazine which makes it legal to run with a pistol grip here in California.

25 January 2007, 06:11

jimmyd223

quote:
It has a non-detachable magazine which makes it legal to run with a pistol grip here in California.

Frank, that just plain SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!
Great to see you out takin a few Rats. I'm off work for awhile and I don't think ours will be out and about until about the first of May

I really need to get some trigger time, it's makin me cranky

30 January 2007, 20:43

VarmintGuy

Fjold: I am happy you guys got out on such a nice winters day!
Its 12 degrees here in SW Montana as I write this (9:42 A.M.!). It is supposed to snow tonight 1"!
I guess thats one good thing about California - mild winters.
Keep up the good work - but leave some for "seed"!
Great photo's by the way - thanks for sharing!
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

31 January 2007, 17:32

IronWorker378

It must be a hassel to load it. I bought a Colt AR-15 at last minute back in 92 so mine I can still have detachable magazines.Some times I'm tempted to sell it,can't get what its worth out side of state. It all sucks except the rifle

31 January 2007, 19:24

Fjold

quote:
Originally posted by IronWorker378:
It must be a hassel to load it. I bought a Colt AR-15 at last minute back in 92 so mine I can still have detachable magazines.Some times I'm tempted to sell it,can't get what its worth out side of state. It all sucks except the rifle

It's not bad you just pull the rear pin, tilt the upper up and load the magazine through the top.

If you don't have a pistol grip, collapsible stock, forward vertical grip, flashhider or grenade launcher you can run with a detachable magazine.