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Got out yesterday with a buddy and his son. There are no acorns in the woods this year, and deer and squirrel have been few and far between. Found a bunch yesterday though. Went 5-6 and felt pretty good about it.
Slit below the tail and peel off the pajamas....

Happy fall, all.

Have many from last year in the freezer, so started out with Irons this season.....harder to see at my age now, but I have taken several with handgun and rifle........

I pass on the grays and just target Fox squirrels, alot more meat on them. Btw, cook in a pressure cooker about an hour, debone and substitute for Chicken in Gumbo......or just eat with BBQ sauce.......though I did eat a couple fried last night, better than chicken

I almost pulled the trigger with my buckmark centered on a very large hog's head about 40 yds, a few weeks back........had I had a rifle, especially a WMR, I would not have hesitated. I was also mulling over the laws on the management area I was in.........found out later I was good to go.....

I dunno what I’m missing about uploading/sharing a photo…. Hosted on [bleep], size is <2mb…??

Try putting .jpg on the end maybe??

Maybe Flick r is on the banned wagon. 🤷‍♂️

Got outsmarted by one this afternoon. If I had been carrying the shotgun it would have been a dead rodent but I had the Kimber with me and the little bugger spotted me first and kept moving and moving and moving. Never could get a shot.

Another day.....I know you have that area/tree marked

Hunted on some TVA land that I hadn't hunted on yet this season, spotted these two late afternoon and the Kimber scores again.

Your photo, which as usual is outstanding, inspired me to get out my Kimber K22, do some trigger work to lower it a bit more then check accuracy once more. These Kimber K22 are awesome in looks and accuracy.
Have you made a scope change on yours yet? While I like the new Burris rimfire scopes......a lot......, I still love the custom shop 6X Leupold I have on mine. That's a scope you might want to checkout once Leupold gets their custom shop back up and running again.

IF I get to try a different scope it will be a while. I want to try different things but it takes long periods of time to work up the money anymore. The Leupold 2-7 serves perfectly for the vast majority of the shots that I take though, I don't know why I get the "change things itch" LOL! I would like to have a compact 3-9x32 or 33mm, Leupold or Burris, to keep things as much as possible USA made, but those scopes have gotten both expensive and harder to find these days. The Sightron 3-9x32mm looks good, but that's all I know about it. The Clearidge 3-9x32mmAO has a good reputation. I had a Weavver RV9 on the K22 before this Leupold and should have left it alone. That's what that change itch does for me. Dummy.
I saw your post about the trigger. I had mine adjusted to about 2-1/2 pounds because of the nerve disorder that I have (CIDP) which kills a lot of touch sensitivity and I had been having some accidental discharges when shooting in the cold with gloves on. I've gotten some feeling back plus I haven't hunted in any very cold weather, so I readjusted my trigger to 1-1/2 pounds, which makes accurate shooting much easier. I think that I could change springs in the trigger assembly and get it down to 1 pound, but that would get dangerous for me, as I could fire the rifle without any sensation of touching the trigger with it that low. With the sear engagement set as it is the trigger breaks very cleanly and predictably, so it's fairly easy to use. I'd say best trigger I've ever used.

[quote=Phillip_Nesmith]IF I get to try a different scope it will be a while. I want to try different things but it takes long periods of time to work up the money anymore. The Leupold 2-7 serves perfectly for the vast majority of the shots that I take though, I don't know why I get the "change things itch" LOL! I would like to have a compact 3-9x32 or 33mm, Leupold or Burris, to keep things as much as possible USA made, but those scopes have gotten both expensive and harder to find these days. The Sightron 3-9x32mm looks good, but that's all I know about it. The Clearidge 3-9x32mmAO has a good reputation. I had a Weavver RV9 on the K22 before this Leupold and should have left it alone. That's what that change itch does for me. Dummy.
I saw your post about the trigger. I had mine adjusted to about 2-1/2 pounds because of the nerve disorder that I have (CIDP) which kills a lot of touch sensitivity and I had been having some accidental discharges when shooting in the cold with gloves on. I've gotten some feeling back plus I haven't hunted in any very cold weather, so I readjusted my trigger to 1-1/2 pounds, which makes accurate shooting much easier. I think that I could change springs in the trigger assembly and get it down to 1 pound, but that would get dangerous for me, as I could fire the rifle without any sensation of touching the trigger with it that low. With the sear engagement set as it is the trigger breaks very cleanly and predictably, so it's fairly easy to use. I'd say best trigger I've ever used. [/quote

Boy am I with you on the "change things itch". While I brag on the 6X Leupold the custom shop did for me, I still got the "change things itch" and found a Burris (USA made) 3-9X32 AO Mini scope. Put that on the Kimber K22 (mine is a Classic) then later decided I liked the 6X better. Seems I even had a Burris Droptine 3-9 on it at one time also. I've even done the same with a Kimber HS.
It is the Kimber HS I would like to change triggers in. Not a biggie if I don't find one. The trigger in the Kimber Classic is set at 1lb and is a joy to shoot. That does help enormously in accuracy. The Kimber HS is at 1 3/4lbs and will not go any lower safely. That rifle I put in a Kimber Varmint stock and being a bit heavier than the Classic I can get by with a little more trigger pull weight off the bench. Both rifles are extremely accurate with RWS Subsonics which is a good thing since I have plenty. I can't imagine trying to shoot either one with winter gloves on and triggers that light.
I agree with you, Kimber triggers are awesome, especially for a factory installed trigger.

Afternoon woods jaunt, saw absolutely nothing. Should have been out early this morning I guess.

I just discovered this great thread! I love squirrel hunting most of all, especially early Fall when they are in the treetops. I killed 58 greys this year with my Benelli Ultralight 20ga 24" barrel. I still hunt some with my .22lr's (CZ 452 and CZ 455) but not as much as when my eye's were younger....Keep up the great posts 👍....Hb

Look forward to hearing about your Squirrel hunting adventures.

Yeah man! Squirrel hunting adventures are the best.......Hb

What would you do if you weren't afraid?

As long as this came up again, now as Paul Harvey would say, the rest of the story. These people are absolutely paranoid and irrational about any kind of guns and it turns out that the trapper never got their squirrel. They have surveillance cameras everywhere, and I mean everywhere even in the bathroom, and one day they were checking their outside camera and darned it the neighborhood cat didn't get the squirrel! No charge too. Since we are a week out from a visit there on our way south, I'm going to ask the guys in the handgun forum how to deal with their paranoia about guns because target shooting is what we do down there with the gun club.

These yearly threads are going to have me buying a Kimber. Nothing wrong with my CZ, but that’s never stopped me.

You will not regret doing it.