Red Hawk

Okay now that my cheesy topic caught your eye, on to the story! lol


I went after some rabbits and mutant rats (MR for short aka squrriels) at a canal near my house. I didn't go out in the best time for rabbits to be out but i figured the MR would be out running around. Most of the land is flat so its hard to sneak up on anything out there. There was once small area that was flooded out during all the rain but try with really brushy and mixed in with some taller bushes and dirt mounds. I wasn't really expecting to actually get a shot off because the grass was about knee high. I was in there for a couple of minutes then i heard some MR ''barking''. I looked to my left about 20 yards and saw the tail of one running away. I was going to stalk that one then i heard another one barking. I know MR are pretty much the dumbest animals alive so i figured i would kneel down and play dog for a few minutes. Well a few minutes turned into 20 minutes. I was pretty much sitting where it was flooded a while back and some stingneedle was all over the place; I never knew why it was called that until I accidently touched it today. After 20 minutes, few of the MR were coming out of their holes but i couldn't take a clear shot. One was behind some branches and was facing away from me. The other one was pretty much the same but he was broadside. He was starting to move and had he gone litlte bit up and to the left, i would have be able to take the shot. He decided he wanted to go the other way so i lost him. Several minutes later i just gave up and began stalking but they all hide. I went walking on the edge of the brushy area hoping maybe I could scare up a rabbit or another MR and hope it would stop long enough for a shot. It never happend of course. I went around the other side (this whole area was probably about 100 yards give or take) and finally, i saw a MR run about 25 yards in front of me and stopped just in front of his hole. I think the shot was roughly about 25 yards but i was using my second pin which was my 20 yarder. He was crouching low to the ground so i knew it would have been a tricky shot. I knew I wasn't going to have much time to take the shot but i didn't yank the release as bad as i though. I was aiming just behind his shoulder and realized. I can't remember the name of it but i had one of those little broadhead stoppers that prevented it from getting buried into the ground to the point of not finding it. I think i may have actually hit both him and the ground. I knew i hit him good because of the sound it made and the fact he jumped up and right into his hole, which was probably only half an inch away from his head. I went to get the arrow and i noticed that there was about half an inch of blood on my b'head and a large puddle of it next to and in his hole. I wish i could have seen where in in fact hit him but i know i did. Chalk one up mutant rat for this bowhunter

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Did you ever find it ?

And where did you hit it at ?

Red Hawk

I aiming for just behind its shoulder. I think the bhead actually hit both the dirt and his body. There was alot of blood on both the tip and on the ground. Judging by the blood, i think i may have gotten an lung or two. I wasn't able to get him because because I didn't realize it when i shot but he was literally witin an inch of the entrance hole. It got it into its hole and i wasn't about ready to stick my hand in there.