Spent most of the day running around from one Walmart to another trying to see if I could find any Shadows on sale. I hit 4 Walmarts near me and while they all had Shadows for sale none of them was being "liquidated". They were selling for their regular $99 price, but I may head back in a few days and pick one up anyway, just to have as a spare. I did buy a Daisy 1000 powerline .177 at the last Walmart though,,, I just felt that all that burned gas warranted a new gun and I've always wanted to pick one up, but I'll post my review in the "Review Gate" later.
Anyway, got home around 2 pm and decided to get in a little late afternoon squirrel hunting at the duck farm. Got to the farm and set up a ground blind 20 yards away from the 4 grain feeders that the squirrels raid each afternoon. Of course as I approached the feeders 4 squirrels came blasting out of the feeders and made a bee line for the nearest bunch of trees. I was hoping they might get hungry again and come back for seconds so I set up and began the wait. After about 20 minutes I heard some noises in some thick brush to my left and saw a squirrel tail snaking it's way through the underbrush. He was heading for a small cherry tree near the feeders so, assuming he might present himself somewhere in that tree, I got ready. Sure enough all of a sudden he stepped out on a small limb and sat there, presenting a beautiful 15 yard broadside shot. I raised the RWS 350, put the crosshairs on his head and squeezed. The predator flew true, heard the "thwack", followed by the sound of little skippy hitting the forest floor. The predator hit him right in front of his ear and blasted out the other side of his head.
After that I decided to stalk along the stream hoping to spot some bushytails foraging for their last meal before dark, but there were no more squirrels to be found. On the way back to the truck I flushed a really nice sized rabbit sitting in some brush, but I couldn't get a clean shot so I watched him disappear out of range.
When I skinned out the squirrel I bagged I found that the predator pellet had actually blasted the skull in half before it exited on the far side of the squirrels head. The damage was awesome,,, no wonder he didn't even twitch after being hit.
I'm going to try and get in another outing tomorrow afternoon. If I bag anything I'll post some pics. Good hunting all.
Jeff
