1st squeak shoot of 2008. Paso Robles CA

[spectr17]

Ground Squirrel Shoot Bryson Hesperia Resort Feb 2008.

Rifle is a Marlin 25MN .22 mag with Leupold 1x4 scope. Homemade shooting sticks. Camcorder is a Canon GL-2 with Century Optics 2x tele lens.

Shooting range was 30 yards to 125 yards.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DsbB6TKG3I

[HillBilly]

Hey Jesse! I've been on JHO for quite a while...nice to see you here! JHO has always been a wonderful place full of great people, and it is always nice to see fellow outdoorsmen making it over this way.

[Smoothiesd]

Jesse, welcome to the forum. Long time lurker over on JHO. It is a great site with some great info. I was out by Bryson in Lockwood this morning looking for some piggies, some signs but no pigs.

[rksimple]

Looks like a good time. The camera work looks very good as well.

[jmlivingston]

Welcome Jesse! I'm another guy who visits JHO on occasion (especially around deer season).

John

[caliar15]

I am sure you are a nice guy, but That is the worst shooting I have seen! Maybe 2 clean kills. Don't get me wrong as I detest ground rats, but at least learn to shoot straight.

[ohsmily]

Looks like a good spot. Were you shooting offhand or from a rest? If you were shooting from a rest, I think you need to either get zeroed better or get a better rig that holds zero if you were already dialed in.

If you were only shooting out to 125 yds, then there was no need to call the elevation, etc.

[spectr17]

Thanks for the welcome. I've lurked here for a long time and I should have registered long ago.

Well caliar, some of the shots are offhand and I was pushing the range on that .22 mag out to 125 to 150 sometimes after I killed the close ones. I try and use squeak shooting to simulate all types of shots I may take while coyote or deer hunting, I just don't sit behind a shooting bench with bags for perfect shots every time. I find it fun to just walk down a cow trail and plink, just like when I was a kid. It's a little tougher dragging a camcorder on a tripod also with you but that's what I was doing.

Also, a couple that look like misses, the one with the red mist for example at 1:34, appear to move off but are actually dead on their feet. Quick check of the video shows 5 clean kill shots, not sure where you're getting 2. Guess I'm not making the Olympic Team this year. I could edit out the misses but what would that do? Sometimes the misses are great on how the squirrel reacts.