.22 Pistol Kill- I have to brag

[Brian Jones]

Look on the bright side guys, at least we've been spared an 8-word, PETA approved, sermon from Lycosa

Back to the topic.

That was a helluva shot:thumbup:... But you sure that wasn't one of those South Florida squirrels, cause those don't move too fast!

I see I am going to have to separate you two in class from now on.

 

[theonew]

I see I am going to have to separate you two in class from now on.

FYI, I've just perfected my long range, GPS guided, spitball launcher, and you are definitely within range

 

[Erasmus]

Wow, what a ruckus over nothing!

"It was the best shot I ever made, and the dirtiest deed I ever done," Tom Horn.

I think you may have violated its Animal Rights. You were supposed to let burn down your building, instead.

 

[EdD270]

Hunting is hunting, pest control is pest control. If these two things can happily coincide, great. If not, both are legitimate uses of firearms.

We live on 103 acres in the middle of nowhere. We have chickens, and there are plenty of critters that like to eat chicken, just like us. Or eggs. But I have no intention of sharing my chickens or eggs with every damned coon or possum that happens by, and I don't eat them after shooting them dead, either.

Squirrels taste good, but they are also rodents which can be very destructive to structures. They also chase off songbirds and eat or waste lots of bird feed, not to mention the damage they do to the feeders. One squirrel is a guest, two can be fun, more means you have nothing but squirrels. As rodents they reproduce like rats, and can overpopulate in a heartbeat.

Sorry man, but to imply that "hunting" is the only legitimate use of firearms is off base and does a disservice to your fellow gun owners. Yes, I said gun owners, which is not necessarily the same thing as "hunters".

Just another example of the kind of thinking that does more harm than good.

Andy

Actually, racoon and opossum are pretty good eating. If you have a wild game cookbook with recipes for bear meat, use it to cook coom or possum. May want to reduce quantities to allow for smaller cuts of meat off little critters. Just a thought. Hope this helps.

 

[Robert H]

I've killed many a raccoon, and while I love them as animals, they can be a pain. I don't eat them, I simply kill them. Then I throw the carcass in the brush for the smaller creatures to eat.

I use a socially responsible shotgun shell that won't penetrate walls or trees, but causes phenomenal trauma.

There are some nearby houses that could be hit by a miss, so I find it safer to use the shotgun. My last victim was in a tree, and I used Ghost Rings on an 870.

Entrance:

Exit:

So if anyone is doing pest control and you want a bit of safety, I'd recommend this ammunition.

I have a few MKII's as well. Great survival guns.

 

[kdstrick]

I've killed many a raccoon, and while I love them as animals, they can be a pain. I don't eat them, I simply kill them. Then I throw the carcass in the brush for the smaller creatures to eat.

I use a socially responsible shotgun shell that won't penetrate walls or trees, but causes phenomenal trauma.

There are some nearby houses that could be hit by a miss, so I find it safer to use the shotgun. My last victim was in a tree, and I used Ghost Rings on an 870.

Entrance:

Exit:

So if anyone is doing pest control and you want a bit of safety, I'd recommend this ammunition.

I have a few MKII's as well. Great survival guns.

Wow! Amazing the damage a shotgun can inflict...

I too kill varmits because they cause damage to property. I kill Coons and squirrels because they regularly steal corn from my deer feeders.

Hopefully, by quoting the graphic dead cool pics I have placed yet another thorn under the saddle of the granola/PETA dorks who refuse to live in reality.

 

[Evil Eye Earl]

Great shooting with the 22....I use a 22 on racoons also...shotgun tears up the excellent meat....skin,dress,cook slow over coals,while turning ....tastes like porkchops mmmmm.
Flour, fry the squirrels in bacon grease,delicious.

 

[Md 25v]

I love squirrel fried in bacon grease, favorite way to prepare. never had raccoon though, gotta try it this year.

 

[Andrew Colglazier]

Great shooting with the 22....I use a 22 on racoons also...shotgun tears up the excellent meat....skin,dress,cook slow over coals,while turning ....tastes like porkchops mmmmm.
Flour, fry the squirrels in bacon grease,delicious.

How do you season 'coon, EEE?

Andy

 

[Evil Eye Earl]

How do you season 'coon, EEE?

Andy

Seasoned as soon as you peel the hide off....salt and pepper to taste.

 

[Will Power]

Fine bit of marksmanship there and at formidable range:thumbup:

One amusing irony to this squirrel thread is that the notorious Subway Vigilante,Bernhard Goetz,who shot 4 assailants on a New York tube train back in the mid 80s, is a militant squirrels' rights campaigner in NY putting up squirrel boxes in parks etc. So, you'd better watch out WHERE you shoot the next squirrel

 

[richard j]

i made a potato gun for a guy to use inside the city limits where he lives for pest control. his neighbors even borrow it for the same purpose. from squirrels on up to coons it does the job. if the coons are regulars, he just leaves his cats dish out below a window thats easily opened then waits for them to stop by at their usual time at night. so far he has a 100% kill rate with it and no bloody mess to clean up or worries about a stray round.

 

[LeeCQC]

i made a potato gun for a guy to use inside the city limits where he lives for pest control. his neighbors even borrow it for the same purpose. from squirrels on up to coons it does the job. if the coons are regulars, he just leaves his cats dish out below a window thats easily opened then waits for them to stop by at their usual time at night. so far he has a 100% kill rate with it and no bloody mess to clean up or worries about a stray round.

The only thing I'd say about that, would be to make sure it's legal in your area for you to have a potato gun. In some places, they are a no-no.

 

[pitdog]

I thought you were supposed to shoot squirrels in the nuts ?

Awesome shot bro !!!

 

[texastonydobbs]

great shot OP,I love the MKII . Great pistol, I have popped my fair share of pest myself...now the 870 kill is awesome.....that is a terminal case of lead poisoning...

 

[fedaykincmndr]

Ahh...one more reason for the gun-fearing sheeple to hate those of us who are actually RESPONSIBLE with our weapons. top nothc

For once, no I wasn't. This was simply a shot to test 'skill.' It had nothing to do with the practice of gathering food, which is what hunting is all about. As an avid hunter, this kind of stuff riles me up a bit because it simply portrays us as ignorant a$$es who just shoot to shoot. He plainly said it was done on a bet...That's just my .02

I think you may have meant HYPOcritical, so I will address that word instead. I said it may appear to be an ass. I never called anyone such a name, I stated how it would appear. This is a statement from my experience. I realize that probably should have been mentioned, but I didn't think about it until much later. Also, the part about casting the first stone [John 8] is Christ telling a bunch of religious leaders that, if they had no sin, they could kill a sinner woman. I never judged his actions, but made an assessment of what I have heard about such shots. Ah...the 'judge not, lest ye be judged [Matthew 7].' That would be a great reference, if I had told him that he was going to hell for his actions. Anyone with even remedial knowledge of Scripture would understand that as the meaning of the word "judge."

As far as the part about him using the meat and what-not, that was not in the OP, and is the reason I stated what I did.

I also don't see where you get, without talking to me, what types of gun usage I promote and/or condemn. I think guns are a great invention,and I carry one daily for my job, but they have been misused many times in history. I think that, if he had left the $50 bet part out, it wouldn't have even caught my attention. Yes, it is an impressive shot, but when you throw that in there, GFW's are going to twist it as simply a 'sport shot' for no reason. That is all I was saying, and I said it REPEATEDLY.

Dougo I'd like to address a few things with you: Firstly, how does exterminating a varmint have anything to do with making gun fearing sheeple dislike guns anymore than they already do? They already have a preconceived notion that guns are evil and those of us that have them are right wing zealots; very little to nothing we do will change that. That's my humble opinion but valid, I believe, considering you pointed out the nature of a particular person and their opinions.



Secondly, I fail to see how betting $50 dollars to see if one can hit a varmint that was destroying property makes one look like an 'ass' as you say. I think you misunderstand the uses of a firearm. If an animal is attacking you or destroying your property you have, by law, the right to shoot that animal. Md said it was chewing into a store house; that animal was destroying property. He also said that the owner had attempted to catch the squirrel before to no avail (which he was not required to do). Thus, we have an attempt to capture a rodent who has consistently been destroying a man's property and possibly livelihood and the last resort of killing that animal as well as consuming it for food. There is no moral or legal foundation for your statement. All the laws of 'nature' and the laws of the state were satisfied.

Lastly we come to your use of scripture in a reply to another member who quoted "judge not lest ye be judged yourself." Firstly, you start by correcting another member's spelling; bad form. His or her spelling mistakes are irrelevant. Next, you say that you never called Md an ass you merely said it would appear as such. You also go on to say that you did not judge when in fact you did. You made a judgment on Md's intentions in your first and second posts: "...one more reason for the gun fearing sheeple...etc." You made a judgment based on someone else's point of view that you claim were from and assessment of shots like the one made. Someone else's shot is irrelevant to the one made by Md; thus, conjecture on your part. And again "...this was simply a shot to test skill...etc." You made a judgment there that Md was not protecting another man's property but that it was a sport shot. There was sport in it, from what Md has said throughout the post, but there is sport in all hunting.

In short, I would recommend that you examine your statements more carefully.

Md, EXCELLENT SHOT!

 

[dougo83]

Dougo I'd like to address a few things with you:

Thanks for joining us...weeks later...

Firstly, how does exterminating a varmint have anything to do with making gun fearing sheeple dislike guns anymore than they already do?

Didn't say that at all, chief. I said it was ONE MORE reason. Not that it would increase their dislike.

That's my humble opinion but valid, I believe, considering you pointed out the nature of a particular person and their opinions.

Clarify this.


Secondly, I fail to see how betting $50 dollars to see if one can hit a varmint that was destroying property makes one look like an 'ass' as you say.

I said that to GFW's it would. I am pointing out, as I believe I already said, that this is the impression that can follow md's shot. I personally don't care.


I think you misunderstand the uses of a firearm.

Hmm...nope...you're wrong. I am perfectly aware of how, when, and why to use a firearm. Not only do I carry one daily for work, but I grew up on a farm. Pretty sure I have this covered. Thanks though.

If an animal is attacking you or destroying your property you have, by law, the right to shoot that animal. All the laws of 'nature' and the laws of the state were satisfied.

What does this have to do with what I said at all? I never said he violated any law or norm. I said that it gives a bad impression to an already touchy subject. Read, read, read.

Lastly we come to your use of scripture in a reply to another member who quoted "judge not lest ye be judged yourself."

Right...if that poster had any knowledge of Scripture, that verse wouldn't have been quoted. Brian already said not to put the religious in here, but 'judge' means determine whether one goes to heaven or hell, not whether or not what they did is right. Again...reading is a great thing.

Firstly, you start by correcting another member's spelling; bad form. His or her spelling mistakes are irrelevant.

You know what they say about opinions...

Next, you say that you never called Md an ass you merely said it would appear as such.

Which I did.

You also go on to say that you did not judge when in fact you did. You made a judgment on Md's intentions in your first and second posts: "...one more reason for the gun fearing sheeple...etc."

Wrong. How does that statement even imply judgement in any form? I didn't say "md did it to agitate GFW's" <-- that would be a judgement of intent.

You made a judgment based on someone else's point of view that you claim were from and assessment of shots like the one made. Someone else's shot is irrelevant to the one made by Md; thus, conjecture on your part.

As I have pointed out repeatedly, this is the reaction I have seen and was cautioning against it. I pointed out, apparently not clearly enough for some, that it could come across as boasting about killing the squirrel and inflame some of the GFW-types.

And again "...this was simply a shot to test skill...etc." You made a judgment there that Md was not protecting another man's property but that it was a sport shot. There was sport in it, from what Md has said throughout the post, but there is sport in all hunting.

Yea...still no judgement.

 

[hwpaintballer]

next time you kill a rodent bring a G.I. Joe they make for great pics. (not my pic)

 

[zombieHD55]

Great shot with a great pistol. I use a S&W 422 for varmints here in AZ and occasionally use a Ruger 10/22, Rem 870, or Rem 700 for predators. I am glad that little guy was taken care of before he started a fire and potentially damaging property or worse.

 

[fedaykincmndr]

Dougo your sarcasm and rudeness are uncalled for and astonishing.

When I said that you were making an assessment on another's point of view I was pointing out that you made an assessment of how sheeple would see the shot that was taken.

I think you should read your scripture more closely. The word "judge" as used in Matthew 7:1 (Greek, verb "krino") which you say means to decide whether one goes to heaven or hell actually means '"to separate, select, or choose; hence "to determine;"' (Quoted from "Vine's Concise Dictionary of the Bible") Making my point, you made a determination; not only on Md's intention but on the assessment of people who fear guns.

You have taken my argument out of context and I will not waste everyone's time here by trying to refute everything you've have stated wrongly. The main thing that upsets me here is your indiscriminate use of scripture and claim of knowledge concerning it.

I have attempted to get you to see that you are making a judgment and you have acted wrongly. I cannot convince you of that without a rude and sarcastic reply, thus the discussion process cannot continue.

If you were truly cautioning another you would not be writing the way you have been. You have been, throughout your posts, rude and unabashedly unkind. I think you should examine the way in which you've spoken to me and to other members here.