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<\/a>Tucked away in the early morning hours as the sun starts to filter in through the forest canopy. I love being in the woods in camo, feeling like I blend into the background, watching deer walk by within feet and birds landing almost on top of me.<\/p><\/div>\n
I sat for a few minutes looking around then pulled my distress call out. It was nothing much, the bellows style Knight and Hall call. It can also be flipped over and blown into, emitting a high pitch\u00a0baby squirrel squeal. I blew it for a few minutes with no luck, then took a break. I watched a young doe pass by, then started up again.<\/p>\n
This time I did see something, and all of the sudden the action cranked up fast. A coon was charging right towards me, the only problem I started with the call before I got myself into position and had the rifle laying on my lap. If I moved I was busted. Then he stepped behind a tree, and I raised the rifle, but nothing. I figured maybe he busted me, but gave the call another try\u00a0letting loose\u00a0a sorrowful squeal. Next thing I knew he stepped out from behind a tree a few yards from where I thought he was and looked right at me.<\/p>\n
The gun was up and ready this time, and I was watching through the scope with the crosshairs right between the eyes. I squeezed the trigger and the pellet impacted with a “thwack” right where it had been intended to go, producing a clean headshot. The coon rolled over and was DOA. I tried a few more sets but didn’t have any further luck, still my buddy and (more importantly) his wife felt that I had avenged their chicken and\u00a0gotten rid of one pest that was living close to their poultry.<\/p>\n
The .25 is a solid raccoon caliber, out of a medium to high power PCP it will do the job with either a headshot or a body shot, though head is better on these tenacious animals. I’ve taken scores of the masked bandit with the .25, and find a heavy round nose pellet is a consistent performer. That’s one of the things I really like about the caliber, great for small stuff but is ready for bigger quarry when needed.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Clean kill, one shot to the head and he flopped over and\u00a0went till\u00a0inside of a minute. Raccoons are sometimes varmint\/pest, sometimes fur bearer, and sometime predator depending on where you are hunting and this was a pest control outing.<\/p><\/div>\n
I want to wish you all a very happy Easter, a time for family and reflection, and hope you and yours have a great day. I am off on Monday morning for South Dakota for a couple days, and hoping for an early start to my P-dog hunts. It is kind of iffy though, I’ve been struggling with weather my last few outings. I am dying to get the Daystate Pulsar out for some long range field work, and hopefully will have a video coming your way soon.<\/p>\n
Jim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It started as a squirrel hunt on a very early fall morning a few years back. I was hunting my friends place in central Indiana, but when I rolled up the drive, my friend came out to meet me. This was unusual, I hunted the property often but almost never saw anybody when I arrived … Continue reading