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Title: Butting heads with tree rats.
Post by: Jerry Jeffer on December 19, 2007, 03:51:00 PM
I've had time to kill (pun intended) since I have not been working this week. Took these two tree rats with a home made blunt.  .38 shell over a field tip, total weight 200 gr. on a 31" 2216. I'm using my 45# @ 28" Red Wing Hunter. Both were head shots. The bigger of the two went right down as his head was crushed. The other ran about 10 yards and came to a halt. The flu flu didn't have time to slow the arrow since the shots were both with in 10 yards.
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Post by: Gatekeeper on December 19, 2007, 03:57:00 PM
Nice shooting!  :notworthy:
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Post by: Izzy on December 19, 2007, 04:01:00 PM
Awesome.Good shooting.
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Post by: ishiwannabe on December 19, 2007, 04:08:00 PM
Nice shooting. I am getting ready to hit the bunny patches soon. Of course, tree rats are still out and about in full force too.
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Post by: CheapShot on December 19, 2007, 04:34:00 PM
Squirrels are my favorite critter to hunt. Been awful slow this year around here however. Our mast crop was non-existant. Haven't seen anywhere near as many as we usually do. Good shooting. Head shots is the way to go.
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Post by: Stone Knife on December 19, 2007, 06:31:00 PM
Nice shooting, those critters are tasty.
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Post by: Eastern fisher on December 19, 2007, 06:39:00 PM
You should mount those pope and young trophies.  Awesome shooting.
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Post by: **DONOTDELETE** on December 19, 2007, 06:48:00 PM
what time is dinner Jerry????
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Post by: Rico on December 19, 2007, 07:16:00 PM
Are you 2 for 2 I have a lot more misses then hits. Good Shooting.
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Post by: Jerry Jeffer on December 19, 2007, 07:55:00 PM
Rico, no way am I 2 for 2. I have missed many shots. Honestly, these were some lucky shots. They are tough to hit.
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Post by: Gene Roberts on December 19, 2007, 08:30:00 PM
Good shooting.I was thinking of making some nutters for it,but never had time.
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Post by: buckshot95 on December 19, 2007, 08:37:00 PM
Great shooting!!!!!!!!  :D   I am thinking about making those blunts know. Good job!  :archer:
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Post by: Bowspirit on December 19, 2007, 08:38:00 PM
I think .38 blunts are pretty much the cat's meow when it comes to squirrels. Killed more than a few with them, bladed and non-bladed...
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Post by: bentpole on December 20, 2007, 03:40:00 PM
Real good shooting there Jerry!
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Post by: Recurve50LBS on December 20, 2007, 10:05:00 PM
Hey Jerry,

I'm on vacation until after Christmas. Since my son and I are going away this weekend to my cousin's home, I decided to bring along out longbows and some arrows. I remembered she has been having tree rat troubles so I made some tree rat arrows using a .38 special shell, drilled out the used primer and screwed on a 100 gr field point. I then placed a #10 flat washer behind the field point to get the weight to 175 -180 gr neighborhood.
Nice shooting by the way. I hope to get lucky with the tree rats too.
Larry
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