Came home from work this afternoon and saw 2 more large holes dug into my new sod, stupid tree rats are at it again :(
Decided to take up a sniping position in the back yard and meter out some justice :)
Got changed and went into my workshop to pick out a gun. Hmm,, what to pick?? Then it hit me,,,, the home tuned .177 Fast Deer needed a notch on her stock, so I gingerly took her out of the gun safe and filled the pellet pouch on my hunting vest with some Beeman Silver Bears. I had the little rifle sighted in shooting beautiful groups so I knew she was up to the task. Went into the backyard and took a few shots at some of my spinner targets to make sure the scope was still on. Each shot was met with a beautiful "PA - TING" and a spinning target :) I was ready...... I took up a concealed position in the corner of the yard and waited......
Took about 30 minutes but I finally saw movement in one of my large oak trees about 1/2 way up the tree. Yup, there he was, a tree rat that had been hiding out by clinging closely to a thick branch. The distance was 25 yards. I waited until he relaxed, took a sitting position and began grooming his tail. Put the crosshairs of the GAMO 4x32 in between his ear and eye and gently squeezed the trigger. The Fast Deer fired and the pellet slammed home with a "POP". The tree rat quivered for a second then rolled off the branch and hit the ground. Did a 10 second death dance and expired. One sod raider down, several more to be eliminated :)
Before skinning him took a couple of pics to document the rifles first kill and to share with my GTA huntin buddies :)
If you look close you can see the hole from the pellet 1/2 way between the eye and ear. :)
Jeff
