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<blockquote data-quote="JARHEAD1371" data-source="post: 428331" data-attributes="member: 12950"><p>I'm gonna change it up just a bit. A few years ago a buddy and I went out chasing squirrels in a section of Illinois woods we used to rabbit hunt in high school (about 15 years ago). He was carrying a 10/22 and I was sporting my Ruger 17HMR, both had scopes. We still hunted until we came up on several Hickory trees where squirrels were thick cutting tennis ball sized hickory nuts. It was Sept and most of the trees were full of leaves which made spotting them interesting. We had taken several squirrels and we could hear more very high in the trees but couldn't see them (the trees were over 3' in diameter at the base). I was leaning against one of the Hickory trees, looking up at the other ones, and I felt some cuttings hitting all around me. I looked strait up and I saw a hickory nut with a paw on each side. I aimed directly in the center of the nut and squeezed the trigger. I figured the squirrels head was on the other side and the bullet would get there. There was a green mist when the bullet hit the nut and the squirrel just sat there and looked around for a second with a very surprised look. My buddy was watching all this through his scope a few yards away and started laughing. I was able to hold it together long enough to reload and send another one to it's intended target. Granted to was only about a 45 yard shot but it definitely stick out in my mind.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JARHEAD1371, post: 428331, member: 12950"] I'm gonna change it up just a bit. A few years ago a buddy and I went out chasing squirrels in a section of Illinois woods we used to rabbit hunt in high school (about 15 years ago). He was carrying a 10/22 and I was sporting my Ruger 17HMR, both had scopes. We still hunted until we came up on several Hickory trees where squirrels were thick cutting tennis ball sized hickory nuts. It was Sept and most of the trees were full of leaves which made spotting them interesting. We had taken several squirrels and we could hear more very high in the trees but couldn't see them (the trees were over 3' in diameter at the base). I was leaning against one of the Hickory trees, looking up at the other ones, and I felt some cuttings hitting all around me. I looked strait up and I saw a hickory nut with a paw on each side. I aimed directly in the center of the nut and squeezed the trigger. I figured the squirrels head was on the other side and the bullet would get there. There was a green mist when the bullet hit the nut and the squirrel just sat there and looked around for a second with a very surprised look. My buddy was watching all this through his scope a few yards away and started laughing. I was able to hold it together long enough to reload and send another one to it's intended target. Granted to was only about a 45 yard shot but it definitely stick out in my mind. [/QUOTE]
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