Well, this is probably not going to read like a glamourous Safari ala Ruark. In fact I know it won't, but I will do my best.

So my Brother in law is setting up a workbench in an unused corner of my shop....don't you love stories that start with "So my Brother in law"....anyway, he is putting up a small wall. I have one of those concrete nail drivers that use .22 blanks. So I am looking through my drawers for the driver, you know, the quick open/glance/close routine...when I realize I just saw a freakin rat in one of them. I didn't see the whole rat, just it's tail end. I call my BIL over to see, and I open the drawer....yup, still there, built a nest and doesn't want to leave. The damn thing turns to see who is "disturbing the peace" as it were. I'm wordering if I am still quick enough to just grab it's tail and spike it on the ground when Buck ( my BIL's nickname...I don't know how he got it)suggests I shoot it with my prototype. I wasn't keen on sending a round into my workbench, but even less on having a rat raise it's brood in my domain of financial aquisition.

Calmly I close the drawer and leave it for about an hour to settle in. Come back, with the rifle loaded and at the ready, slide the drawer open....this is intense tracking....there she sits... Slowly turning towards me she gives me the "you owe me money" look. I don't take kindly to such harrasment. Sensing a possible charge, I shoulder the rifle and let the right barrel go. Clean pass through and the bullet lodges in the bottom of the rubber drawer liner. Range was 1yd ( remarkable accuracy at this range)It was over as quickly as it began.

Well that's it. The first kill for my double rifle. Just nice to know if I needed that second shot.....

Very funny....pity it was not charging you...that would have been perfect.

The classiest dead rat in the world !!! LOL

Rats... what a story! Bailey, are you left handed, or why a right before a left? I would strongly urge you to keep some .22 LR shotshells close by.

That would lead to the Bat has to go story, and how the pine board walls soak up lead.

Well done.

Are you gonna get a rug mount made?

So was the nail driver in the drawer?

Sorry... had to ask.

Well, not bad, but it would have been cooler if you had clipped his head off with one of your swords......

Can you imagine going into that drawer with a bolt gun?!?

Who was it that said, "Once you've been among them there is no such thing as too much gun!"

Nicely done Bailey. Nicely told as well!

Bailey, are you going to have a full body , or a shoulder mount?

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Originally posted by Gatogordo:
Well, not bad, but it would have been cooler if you had clipped his head off with one of your swords......

Funny you mentioned that. I traind in Kenjutsu ( Japanese swordsmanship) for a few years. That's why I got into making Japanese style swords in the first place. I am always battling dirt dobbers and wasps in my shop. The dirt dobbers like to zoom in close to see what you are, and frankly, it freaks me out a little when my focus is on my work. I had one harrasing me in the grinding room while I was pre-polishing a wakizashi (22" blade). The Japanese style blades are sharpened as you polish, and this one was pretty keen at this stage. The dobber lines up for a straffing run and I timed him perfectly. This is a no-shitter....I cut his eyes and antenae off. That's it, just his eyes and antenae.... damn thing went nuts flying into everything. Didn't kill him, just lost his gyro and added a turbo because I had one hell of a time finishing him off.

Can you tell I spend a lot of time alone.....

But did you give her the opportunity to decide how she was going to die?

Maybe you should have wounded her first to provoke a charge!

After that, I bet you needed to change your drawers.

phc couldn't have told it better

Nice story but where are the pictures?
Bryan

Mods -please move this to the Hunting Reports..

Bailey - what a thriller! Had me on th edge of my seat. I could almost smell it!

Death in the Long Bench..

If you do guided hunts, let me know! In this economy, that's probably in my price range.

Great story.

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Originally posted by loud-n-boomer:
But did you give her the opportunity to decide how she was going to die?

Maybe you should have wounded her first to provoke a charge!

L-n-B
You beat me to it!

Where's the obligatory trophy photo with the hunter and firearm behind the animal?

YOU TOOK YOUR LIFE IN YOUR HANDS!!!!!
That close quarters shot called for a 600 NE or 4 Bore!!!!!