#2945648 - 09/16/12 11:04 PM
First time with a rifle
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Andy S.
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I dug through my gun safe last week and found my old Ruger 10/22 that I coon hunted with back in the early 1990s. I sighted it in at 30 yards and went hunting with it Saturday morning in Fayette County (SW TN). This would be my first time squirrel hunting with a rifle and not a scattergun. I was hunting a new place so I did not know what to expect or if it was even a decent woodlot for squirrels. It ended up being fair with a mixture of oaks, hickories and pines, amongst other various species. Needless to say, I started out slow and had only managed one squirrel (out of three I had seen at that point) in the first hour. I was thinking, boy this is going to be some kind of slow compared to me blowing them down with the shotgun like I had for so many years. At that point I told myself that my goal was five and anything above and beyond that would be icing on the cake. Long story short, I managed to shoot out six, but one got on the ground and got in a hole so I only brought out five. I should have had two more that were chip shots but I flat out missed them. I shot the bark off the tree right next to their heads and they lit the woods up running away from me; I don't blame them, I would have too. All in all, it was a good hunt and I learned a fair amount, but I still have a ways to go as far as chasing these bushytails, picking my shots and hitting them in the neck/shoulder area with a .22. While it was far more challenging, it was far more rewarding to make it happen with a single shot from a .22.
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#2945656 - 09/16/12 11:27 PM
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redblood
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very nice and nice looking little rifle
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#2945735 - 09/17/12 06:28 AM
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easy45
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Cool
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#2945796 - 09/17/12 07:26 AM
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REM7
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cant beat that
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#2946369 - 09/17/12 02:42 PM
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oldmanelrod
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Loc: TN/AL state line
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Brings back old times. Tree rats sure can be fun to hunt!
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#2946642 - 09/17/12 05:22 PM
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JSPAL270
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Loc: BLOUNT CO
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i find it funny that when i deer hunt they seem to number in the thousands but grab a 22 and hit the same area and only see 2
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#2952159 - 09/21/12 09:19 PM
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west_tn_hunter
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i find it funny that when i deer hunt they seem to number in the thousands but grab a 22 and hit the same area and only see 2
Amen on that one brother!
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#2953344 - 09/22/12 09:23 PM
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tickweed
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I love it. Congrats
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#2956045 - 09/24/12 08:55 PM
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RutMan
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LOL, I have only hunted them with a .22, never with a shotgun.
I always love the challenge it adds.
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#2960464 - 09/28/12 07:49 AM
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