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<blockquote data-quote="tulsacrittergetter" data-source="post: 2909494" data-attributes="member: 41264"><p>Okay, so I live on 2.5 acres on the outskirts of Broken Arrow. There is a creek that runs through my property, and it is heavily forested. So, we get all kinds of pests (I nearly typed "pets" right there hahaha) — mainly armadillos, possums, poisonous snakes of various kinds (no rattlers though), skunks, etc. You name it, I have it on my property. Most of these creatures come out at night and mess with my stuff. The armadillos dig up my lawn (which I work hard to keep looking good), and possums get into my shed and chew through the floor and try to nest. The skunks, well, they stink to high heaven. And the raccoons obviously get in my trash from time to time.</p><p></p><p>So at night, I grab my M&P 15-22 and head outside for some shooting. Or, if I wake up in the middle of the night for a bowl of cereal, I'll grab my 15-22 and just walk the perimeter before I go back to bed. Last night, I'm walking around the back yard just looking around...trying to find the armadillo that has been digging up my lawn for grubs, and I don't see anything. So, I turn off my torch cause I gotta take a leak. So there I am doing my business, and I swear I see something in front of me moving on the ground. It's really dark, and my eyes haven't really adjusted to the dark yet, so I'm not 100% sure, but it really looks like something is moving on the ground. So I get done pissin, and flip my torch back on, and sure enough this stupid armadillo is right in front of me. Man these rodents are <strong>STUPID</strong>! You can literally shine a 1,000 lumen torch on them from 10 feet away and they just keep doing what they're doing. </p><p></p><p>It's really funny when you shoot them. It's best to get a head shot (especially with a .22LR round), but if you don't hit them in the head, they jump like 2 - 3 feet straight up and then run like hell — and man are they fast! So, I miss the head shot, and he jumps up and starts running. I wait until he reaches the fence to go under it, and then unload like 15 rounds as fast as I can (suppressed, of course) while he's trying to get to my neighbor's yard. I know I hit him at least 3 or 4 times. </p><p></p><p>I'm gonna go track him right now and see if I can find him. So funny though. He just walks right in front of me while I'm takin a leak. First time for everything, I guess.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tulsacrittergetter, post: 2909494, member: 41264"] Okay, so I live on 2.5 acres on the outskirts of Broken Arrow. There is a creek that runs through my property, and it is heavily forested. So, we get all kinds of pests (I nearly typed "pets" right there hahaha) — mainly armadillos, possums, poisonous snakes of various kinds (no rattlers though), skunks, etc. You name it, I have it on my property. Most of these creatures come out at night and mess with my stuff. The armadillos dig up my lawn (which I work hard to keep looking good), and possums get into my shed and chew through the floor and try to nest. The skunks, well, they stink to high heaven. And the raccoons obviously get in my trash from time to time. So at night, I grab my M&P 15-22 and head outside for some shooting. Or, if I wake up in the middle of the night for a bowl of cereal, I'll grab my 15-22 and just walk the perimeter before I go back to bed. Last night, I'm walking around the back yard just looking around...trying to find the armadillo that has been digging up my lawn for grubs, and I don't see anything. So, I turn off my torch cause I gotta take a leak. So there I am doing my business, and I swear I see something in front of me moving on the ground. It's really dark, and my eyes haven't really adjusted to the dark yet, so I'm not 100% sure, but it really looks like something is moving on the ground. So I get done pissin, and flip my torch back on, and sure enough this stupid armadillo is right in front of me. Man these rodents are [B]STUPID[/B]! You can literally shine a 1,000 lumen torch on them from 10 feet away and they just keep doing what they're doing. It's really funny when you shoot them. It's best to get a head shot (especially with a .22LR round), but if you don't hit them in the head, they jump like 2 - 3 feet straight up and then run like hell — and man are they fast! So, I miss the head shot, and he jumps up and starts running. I wait until he reaches the fence to go under it, and then unload like 15 rounds as fast as I can (suppressed, of course) while he's trying to get to my neighbor's yard. I know I hit him at least 3 or 4 times. I'm gonna go track him right now and see if I can find him. So funny though. He just walks right in front of me while I'm takin a leak. First time for everything, I guess. [/QUOTE]
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