Butting heads with tree rats.

Jerry Jeffer · 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.

Gatekeeper · December 19, 2007, 03:57:00 PM

Nice shooting!

Izzy · December 19, 2007, 04:01:00 PM

Awesome.Good shooting.

ishiwannabe · 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.

CheapShot · 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.

Stone Knife · December 19, 2007, 06:31:00 PM

Nice shooting, those critters are tasty.

Eastern fisher · December 19, 2007, 06:39:00 PM

You should mount those pope and young trophies. Awesome shooting.

**DONOTDELETE** · December 19, 2007, 06:48:00 PM

what time is dinner Jerry????

Rico · December 19, 2007, 07:16:00 PM

Are you 2 for 2 I have a lot more misses then hits. Good Shooting.

Jerry Jeffer · 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.

Gene Roberts · December 19, 2007, 08:30:00 PM

Good shooting.I was thinking of making some nutters for it,but never had time.

buckshot95 · December 19, 2007, 08:37:00 PM

Great shooting!!!!!!!! :D I am thinking about making those blunts know. Good job!

Bowspirit · 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...

bentpole · December 20, 2007, 03:40:00 PM

Real good shooting there Jerry!

Recurve50LBS · 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