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Saturday I took 2 of the grandson's on another Rock Chuck Safari & got real lucky again, got another Weasel. This is the summer time version of the 2 Ermine we got last winter when they are pure white. This time of year they are brown with a dull, yellow belly. If you know anything about these little guys you understand they are faster than a speeding bullet & extremely hard to get with a sixgun. I've only taken 2 in my life & both were in the last 6 months. You may have seen the white one I shot while hunting Cottontails this winter (Ermine) using my scoped Ruger 30 Carbine using 32/20 ammo. It took the top of his head off, just barely.
Saturday I was sitting on my 4 wheeler glassing for Rock Chucks & I caught some movement out of the corner of my eye, looking to my right I thought it was a young Rock Chuck that ducked down in some lava beside me so I eased out my 32 Maggie loaded with a 100 gr. cast slug backed with 3 grs. of WST & eared back the hammer. Pretty quick he popped up for a full scale peek & I'm looking at 6 ounces of pure killer, these little guys can kill Ground Squirrels & Cotton Tails like greased lightning, I've watched them do it. Anyway, I center punched him with the powder coated cast slug & he said "good night" & now I've got him in the freezer.
Same as last winter with the 2 Ermine, if someone wants a very unique pelt or mount, this is it, I'm going to give it to a forum member. He's frozen & I can wrap him so that he will still be cold to you or your taxidermist for a full mount or a tanned hide. There's no hide damage from the bullet.
The boys got 21 more Rock Chucks, that makes 111 so far on this one piece of property & there are still a lot of Chucks left!
Here's grandson Ridge with a real Hippo, taken with my AR.
Saturday I was sitting on my 4 wheeler glassing for Rock Chucks & I caught some movement out of the corner of my eye, looking to my right I thought it was a young Rock Chuck that ducked down in some lava beside me so I eased out my 32 Maggie loaded with a 100 gr. cast slug backed with 3 grs. of WST & eared back the hammer. Pretty quick he popped up for a full scale peek & I'm looking at 6 ounces of pure killer, these little guys can kill Ground Squirrels & Cotton Tails like greased lightning, I've watched them do it. Anyway, I center punched him with the powder coated cast slug & he said "good night" & now I've got him in the freezer.
Same as last winter with the 2 Ermine, if someone wants a very unique pelt or mount, this is it, I'm going to give it to a forum member. He's frozen & I can wrap him so that he will still be cold to you or your taxidermist for a full mount or a tanned hide. There's no hide damage from the bullet.
The boys got 21 more Rock Chucks, that makes 111 so far on this one piece of property & there are still a lot of Chucks left!
Here's grandson Ridge with a real Hippo, taken with my AR.
