[juanbenae]

well to circle back on a few things here..

i did not hit the dam thing the other night and it's been back last night and again this morning. after setting up a target and trying to sight the pistol pellet gun in it was off way more than i thought or could compensate for. it's been put away until friend's kids come visit. maybe with their good eyesight and steady hands they can do more than i could with it.

so, it is definitely a gray tree squirrel after looking over photos of both them and ground squirrels. bummer is in doing research in CA the gray squirrel is considered a game animal and can not be "hunted" with a pellet gun and since that's the case it requires a hunting license. nothing about season was noted. it also said if you can prove one is doing property damage and get fish & game to buy in they can be trapped and relocated, but still not taken with a pellet gun. i get it in that maiming one causing it's slow death is cruel and understandable. funny thing was it was suggested they be hunted with a shotgun, but "one must endure a lot of shot in the meat" after doing so... haha! im betting the beverly hillbilly's are behind the need for this designation..

well with all that said this thing still needs to go and with that in mind i looked over the offerings from Gamo as Nick suggested. since i needed to go the 10 miles to town today i figured i stop by Big 5 and see what they had and all be dammed they had 3-4 different Gamo models. looked a couple over and got one for $140 bucks before tax. pretty solid unit and as Nick suggests VERY accurate. i did not even put the scope on it and took it out with some targets and in like a dozen shots it was pretty dialed in from 40'. my arch rival gray squirrel thus far has been open for a shot at <40' so it's gunna work for now and i hope to bag him soon. thanks for the heads up Nick i might have been skeptical had you not mentioned the brand. single pump too which is cool.

only bummer knowing what i know now about taking a gray im much more leery of pinching shots off at it with my neighbor's house being 100 yards or so away. he's a dick that has had run ins with the other 4-5 neighbors in the general vicinity over the years and everybody hates him. it's been a number of things from snitching on my dope growing neighbor (has a card and is legal to grow), to *****ing about stupid stuff, to just be very self centered. i have not had any major run ins with him to this point so i don't want fish & game rolling up to be the 1st... to this end im leaving use targets up in a couple prominent spots so if they roll up i can claim simply target shooting....

wish me luck on getting the lil basturd w/o having to meet the local game warden...