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CZ 452 American in .22 long rifle. Leupold 4.5-14x40 Long Range, 30mm tube with side focus and regular duplex.
The scope is a little too much for up close shots but it makes easy work for the 50 to 60 yards squirrels.

The CZ 452’s are amazingly accurate with CCI standard velocity ammo.

Been out the last 3 afternoons. Just a couple hour walk and sit each day. 10-1ish.

Didn’t see a thing the first two days. Today they were everywhere! And I couldn’t hit one to save my azz! Missed 5.

I had my little Steven’s Favorite with iron sights that I usually shoot pretty well. Finally walked back to the truck and grabbed an empty can. Set it up at about 30’ and proceeded to miss all three shots using the truck mirror for a rest.

Something is fugky.
Either it REALLY doesn’t like the Winchester X ammo I had or something got tweaked. I’ll clean it and run some different ammo through it on paper.

I’ll head out Monday, maybe with a scoped rifle😳

I got out later than I planned to. Saw 2, got 1.

I hunted last week on some TVA property, carried my Kimber Hunter 22. It was a beautiful day to be out. Saw three way off in the distance via binoculars; one getting a drink from the creek off of a fallen tree branch and two running through the treetops. The place should loaded with squirrels, there are nests all over. This land often gets flooded as it is overflowed from the Tennessee River but it has been so dry here that there was no standing water anywhere so no mosquitoes to drive me nutz.

Been out four times so far with two of my boys here in NW Vermont. We’ve seen zero squirrels unless we were in the car! Anyone else up north having a hard time connecting? I’ve been through the usual spots where we’ve had success in the past, and there is some sign, but absolutely quiet woods. Been going both in the morning and afternoon.

I've been out a couple of time when I was looking for tree stands that trespassers had put up. Found 2, cut them down, and then cut them up with the sawzall so that the smaller parts were easier to haul out of the woods. Piled the parts up next to the county road for the owners or the scrap metal guys to pick up if they want it.

I took the Anschutz with me 'cause the weather was fine and so that I could try the CCI yellow tip 17 HM2 ammo somewhere other than the range. While it isn't Eley grade accurate, it is at least as good, maybe better, than most other CCI or Hornady branded ammo. No complaints about the rifle, the ammo, or the number of squirrels seen.

Haven't been seeing squirrels lately. Went for a walk around my patch of woods this afternoon and spotted two, managed to nail one with the Kimber 22.

Picture of the Kimber 22 and the squirrel I got over at father in laws place the other day. Just now taking the time to plug the camera up to the computer and get it off of there. Got a 45 yard head shot off of a snag on the side of a oak about ten feet up. Saw a couple of squirrels too far off for a shot that kept moving around all over the tree tops, one finally made a fatal error and took an RWS Subsonic to the noggin.