Gordon
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I have a chicken coop with an outdoor run about 8' x 25' where I throw the scratch ect. twice a day. The adjoining pasture is having a ground squirrel explosion, they are even eating the chicken eggs that are on the ground! I shoot them with a .17HMR Anschutz , when I have time, but they are wary devils.
I noticed , when I drove by, that the scratch I threw 10 minutes earlier was covered by half a dozen fat ground squirrels , pushing the chicken out of the way.
Today I had the .410 SS H&R 'folding' gun loaded with #9 Win AA as I drove up to about 50 feet away and about 10 feet above(I figured the pattern would be about right)
When the chickens went toward the roosting house in disgust while the cluster of 7 rowdy ground squirrels chowed down I let fly a cloud of shot that hit the dirt in about a 24" circle right where the squirrels were.
Now I'm not gonna tell you they all instantly died, but 3 were kicking right there, and another 4 are twitching all around the pasture, they never made it to their dens on the outside of the fence line along the road.
I plan on getting my my Citori O/U .410 out for some regular practice , with #9s around the barns and house as rats are after the Geese's stale bread too. The .410 with #9 is better around domestic animals you don't want to hit, I think.
I noticed , when I drove by, that the scratch I threw 10 minutes earlier was covered by half a dozen fat ground squirrels , pushing the chicken out of the way.
Today I had the .410 SS H&R 'folding' gun loaded with #9 Win AA as I drove up to about 50 feet away and about 10 feet above(I figured the pattern would be about right)
When the chickens went toward the roosting house in disgust while the cluster of 7 rowdy ground squirrels chowed down I let fly a cloud of shot that hit the dirt in about a 24" circle right where the squirrels were.
Now I'm not gonna tell you they all instantly died, but 3 were kicking right there, and another 4 are twitching all around the pasture, they never made it to their dens on the outside of the fence line along the road.
I plan on getting my my Citori O/U .410 out for some regular practice , with #9s around the barns and house as rats are after the Geese's stale bread too. The .410 with #9 is better around domestic animals you don't want to hit, I think.