We have like half black/grays running around the neighborhood but never thought I would be covered up in black squirrels. We started off walking into public land we had never been on and my hopes weren’t high. I was rocking my Savage Mark II, 3-12-40 SF Bushnell with CCI SS that touch holes at 50yards. Walking it was super thick and I could hear a grey barking atop the hill. I stalked it and didn’t see it so leaned against a tree and 30min later saw a flash of black. It was a black squirrel. I grabbed the rifle and it spooked so I waited. A large fox squirrel also came out but I wanted the black one. Finally the black one came out and I took aim as he sat just behind a log. I fired and I saw him jump about a foot off the ground. I didn’t see him scurry away so I walked over and he lay there in a ball. I poked it with the rifle and he moved. I refuse to let something suffer so a point blank headshot was what was needed. This crushed me! I almost packed up and left but figured I drove an hour to get there why not walk around.
Again, I hear barking from a grey and after a long stalk I finally saw him. Another black one! I laid my quarry down on a log and began stalking again. I lost him and turned around to see a black squirrel on a log. I readied my rifle and realized it was the one I laid on the log. I felt so dumb! I watched 2 more black squirrel dip and bob under and over a ton of blow downs but never got a shot. My buddy had his dad and daughter (her first time) and they came out empty handed so I offered the squirrel to them. I also caught hell from my girlfriend for shooting a black squirrel. I was so shocked to see a woods full of them I figure one wouldn’t hurt. The next weekend I have off I’ll be getting back at it again.
Again, I hear barking from a grey and after a long stalk I finally saw him. Another black one! I laid my quarry down on a log and began stalking again. I lost him and turned around to see a black squirrel on a log. I readied my rifle and realized it was the one I laid on the log. I felt so dumb! I watched 2 more black squirrel dip and bob under and over a ton of blow downs but never got a shot. My buddy had his dad and daughter (her first time) and they came out empty handed so I offered the squirrel to them. I also caught hell from my girlfriend for shooting a black squirrel. I was so shocked to see a woods full of them I figure one wouldn’t hurt. The next weekend I have off I’ll be getting back at it again.
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