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You can only shoot one bear every two years here in the land of 10,000 taxes. So you need to sharpen up your shooting eye on something. Let's see some pictures of varmints that have been "overkilled". 200 gr Sierra FN @2250 fps, Remington 700 SPSDG
375 H&H Magnum.
whelennut

Ooooohhhh...I think I'm gonna like THIS thread!!

Jackal...7x57





Ingwe

Whelennut:

Just tell me that is the neighbor's CAT!

somehow a CAT and a 375 just make me smile...

note to self:

Take camera when using 30-06 on gophers.

I don't have any pictures but I've used 7mm STW, .300 win mag, .338, .375 H&H, .38-55, .45-70, and (a borrowed) .458 win mag on our California ground squirrels.

As a little punk kid I shot a few not-to-be-named (not sure of the statute of limitations!) tweety birds with an '06 and 180s. They went clean plumb through.

Thar ain't no such thing as overkill. They're all exactly the same amount of dead as the ones I shot with the .22 long rifle, just more entertaining.

Tom

I've had lots of fun shooting grounies with a 7mm Mag. What's really fun is getting them when they peak at you from around an oak tree. Just hold a couple of inches into the tree and let fly. E

Another Jackal...7x57




Ingwe

Raccoon! He was helping himself to the bear bait, bad table manners.
whelennut

Here comes another one....




Wait a minute... that rifle might be appropriate...
Ingwe

Did you turn around and wing one at that UFO, Ingwe?

Noooo...they just dropped me off there, and took off back to the Mother Ship......

Ingwe

I shot a woodchuck with a 45-70 300 gr HP once.
Once was all it took!
whelennut

How about more Jackals..and a different 7x57..



Ingwe

Those jackals are pretty good looking on the ground I bet they were only 50 yrds in front of you standing still.

Bite Me...



Ingwe

This gopher was one mean SOB.... .44 Special



This pic sucks. If you look behind the 7X57 there's a dead coyote... 145gr. Grand Slams made a mess of that thing.




Travis

Travis...check out my earlier pics posted...love your pick of a 'yote rifle!
Mine was tough on the jackals, even with 175 grainers, I had to "arrange" things for the pics, so they werent too gory..
Shot some with a .375 and it did less damage that the 7x57

And BTW..I think that Blackhawk hums...

Ingwe

Truth be known..one of them is the ONLY animal I ever shot without ever seeing it! My PH saw it come in and sit down in some tall grass while I was calling...He directed me to its whereabouts...one of these type things "OK..you see that gray branch on that tree...follow it to where it forks...and the dead grass underneath....."
I followed his directions and pulled the trigger. First time I actually saw the jackal was the flop after the bang....
Ingwe

Bite Me.. I was just tring to ruffle your feathers a bit Travis pics were nice as well

Yeah I know...you turd.
351 days till we go Trout Fishing Again!
On that Travis/gopher pic, I couldn't tell if he got end-to-end penetration, or was that a Texas Heart Shot?
Travis?
Ingwe