38 vs stinkbug... (Graphic kill shot!!)

[Joe S.]

My aunt and uncle are in town visiting. Sunday he asked me if i would sight in the crimson trace grips on his carry gun so off to the back of the place we go. I set up at 10 yards and fired a few test shots. The gun was shooting 8-10" above the laser (and guns) poa. So i dialed in the grips for the poi and got it hitting right. Off a sandbag i put about 5 shots in about a half inch group. This is a 2.5" Taurus with bobbed hammer. I was very pleased with the grouping altho i wish the poi more closely matched the iron sights poa.

Anyway, while shooting, a stinkbug lands on the cardboard target. I stand up and jokingly tell my dad and uncle to watch me hit that bug. Bang, flop! I actually hit it. 10 yards, off hand, first shot. I was pretty excited!! The ol gun shoots.

Load is 4 grains of 231 and a 158 gr cast RN.




The kill... Took his head clean off! Weak stomach need not apply!!

 

[MtnJack]

Wow how ya gona drag him out, ain't no place to tie a rope. They ain't good eatin anyway. Nice shot.

 

[Joe S.]

Getting him out wasn't a problem. We were right by the truck...

it's all in how you cook it... toothpick shish-k-bob and a slow roast over an open fire! Great lil morsel!

 

[Chief 101]

a nice crunch too

 

[FlyerTom]

Getting him out wasn't a problem. We were right by the truck...

it's all in how you cook it... toothpick shish-k-bob and a slow roast over an open fire! Great lil morsel!

Once you get past the smell. :mrgreen:

 

[Joe S.]

lol

 

[stevemb]

Dang ! How ya gonna mount him now ? stvemb

 

[Joe S.]

Stink bug trophies are measured by leg size in the back. It will be a leg mount.

 

[Del J]

What is the daily limit on those.

Del J

 

[Joe S.]

No more than the number of rounds you have on you at any given time. Killing two with one shot is strictly forbidden!

 

[Nard]

Only in Mississippi!

J.B.

 

[ruggedruger]

Guys, this is where you gotta know the regs. I don't believe 'leaf-footed bugs' are in season, whereas stinkbugs are.

You have a leaf-footed one there, and this might cost you big time.

Send me your firearms for safekeeping, so they won't have to turn them in to the authorities.

 

[Joe S.]

Hmmmm i think im gonna have to research that a little bit. I was thinking this qualified as a stinkbug... Especially if you cant see his head...

Either way send me your address and i'll mail my guns to your house... Just in case.

 

[ruggedruger]

I showed it to my friend, who is an entomologist - and he was the one to say 'it's a leaf-footed bug', something I hadn't noticed myself - I was thinking it was a cool shot! Well, then he said "at least it's in the same family"....

Good shot either way!