Kimmie's Got a Gun

Let me start by saying I LOVE animals.... I also like peace and harmony.  Currently there is a posse of squirrels that have been attacking my yard.  By attacking I mean they are ripping out flowers in the pots on my deck, they are raiding my bird feeders, and they are drinking the hummingbird nectar from my feeders.  Now factor in my neighbor's walnut tree and you get an idea of what I am dealing with on a daily basis.  The vermin eat walnuts all day and then they show up for a drink of that delicious sweet water, all of which is annoying, but when they broke two hummingbird feeders, I knew they had to go.

So I bought myself a pretty pink bb gun. This is the cheapo, one-pump rifle model so there is no danger of killing them, I just wanted it for stinging them off my trees, deck, feeders, etc.  Most of the time I just aim in their general direction and the noise of the bb usually scares them off. Occasionally I get the very brave or very stupid squirrel who sits and basically dares me to shoot at him. (They are all males in my eyes. Judge me if you like). In fact, one will chitter at me when I get between him and the hummingbird feeders. Today I had one of THOSE squirrels.

He had scampered away and was up fairly high in the tree.  He seemed to be sure I was no threat so he was feasting on walnuts with great delight. It took me three shots but when I hit the lil bugger he spit his walnut out. I impressed myself so I had to share. Please don't  report me to PETA for being mean to bushy-tailed rats.