Gun: CZ 452 American #2
Scope: Bushnell Ledgend Ultra HD 4.5-14x44SF
Ammo: Aguila Super Extra Subsonic 38 Grain HP
Opening morning here in NC for the 2012 season. Brad and I had already scheduled time off to be in the timber. Running just a tad behind, we quietly made our way into a creek bottom as it was getting light. Spotted a squirrel right away, so we moved into position hoping the squirrel would head our way. Wasn’t long and that happened. Brad placed a CCI 36gr. Minimag HP in the vitals (out of the “Green Mile’, his rifle’s nickname). One down. I took the next two with my Stoney Point Steady Stix, both with shots to the vitals. The smaller one (second shot) took a dip in the creek on the fall out of the tree.
Brad had a little trouble with the next squirrel, firing 3 times with no hits. The squirrel then camouflaged itself well in that sweetgum tree. I stepped out to the waterhole to see if it was visible from there. I had a visual, and made a 60+ yard shot in the vitals, sending that squirrel crashing to the forest floor. Somehow in this process I ended up tearing a large hole in the back of my camo pants.
We then moved across the field and into another patch of woods where Brad took a “gimmie” at 15 yards. There was a huge “wolf” or warble as they are scientifically known, on that females back. This concluded the morning hunt.
For the afternoon, we went right back to the morning spot and I took one right before we had a downpour of rain that sent us running to a sheltered area on my inlaws property. We waited out the shower & finished up in an area that bordered my inlaws property. We saw 5 squirrels in that setting, and Brad took one of those. We had a great opening day, it beats going to work everyday of the week.
Squirrels taken by myself: 4
Shots taken: 4
