Seems like for me, when it rains it pours.
Was up this morning helping get the wife out of the house and off to work when I spied a gray squirrel digging away at the back lawn. Not unusual as the acorn tree in the back of the house which resides in Bruceland has been dropping acorns for about 2 weeks now.
I looked at the wife and said, "Squirrel!" as she picked up my youngest girl for a hug. I knew I didn't have long to take the chance so I grabbed my unblooded, recently lube tuned RWS 34 and quietly snuck out the back to my bench. The squirrel wasn't paying attention and allowed my to sit down and sight in. After calming down, breathing at pace and waiting for the squirrel to stop it's frolic I got a shot at 7:16am. I took it and the squirrel made one half hearted jump followed by a tail-twitchless sit. It then sat low in the grass for 10 seconds before meekly lifting it's head one last time. I went back inside, took the youngest from the wife and kissed the wife goodbye. Later I went and retrieved it and found out why it didn't get anywhere. Shot to the neck busted it up real good. (Top Squirrel in Pics)
Later in the day I was completely unsurprised to see another gray squirrel doing the same thing that the stiff one on my porch had been doing. Acorns make squirrels take big risks and this one was no exception. Again I was able to get outside and set up undetected but I did have to wait for over 5 minutes to get a shot. When it came though, I couldn't of asked for an easier one. The squirrel was busy going into the tree next to the acorn tree and then back down again. At some point it decided to stop on the bottom branch of the tree (completely visible to me) and check out the neighborhood. That particular branch is only 1.5 ft higher and 9 ft further back than my 30 yard target. So..... it was an easy shot. No range changes, no real elevation changes. Aim, squeeze and BINGO! This squirrel's death was a first for me though. It got smacked by the .177 crosman dome with a VERY audible "Thud!" and pitched over immediately. Still looking through the scope I was surprised to see it's mouth open with continious and heavy drops of blood dropping to the ground while it hung on with only it's back feet. It's tail was already drooped over. 3 seconds later it let go and hit the ground dead as a doornail. When I went to retrieve that one I found out why as well. Went in under the eye and exited under the other eye.
Here's the proof:
