I was out last week looking for charlies. I crossed a large field between the oats and alfalfa. As I neared the middle of the field a charlie stood up about 70 yards away and was staring right at me. I froze in my tracks. He looked at me I looked at him, after about ten minutes he slowly went down and diaappeared. I did not attempt to shoot as the direction of the shot was towards the county road about 6 or 7 hundred yards away. I moved on down the field and set up with a safe backstop. I waited about 20 minutes, but he never came back up. As I was heading towards the truck it started to rain. The wind was blowing at 20 mph and the temp was only 45 *. I was skunked!! Well, today I had about 30 minutes to hunt after work. I knew right where I was going to go. I crossed the field towards the general direction of his hole. The hay is getting up about 12 to 16 inches high and the charlies are very hard to spot.. I close in on the hole and see the dirt mound about 20 yards away. I stand perfectly still for about 20 minutes. I was just about to call it quits as time was running short when I see movement. I slowly ease the Encore up and find a shiny little eye looking back at me. I slowly cock the hammer and start to apply pressure to the trigger. BLAM!!!!

Dale, You ever eat a charlie.My father in law said they used to eat them in the 30's & 40's all the time.Used to say they tasted like chicken.

Ive got a friend in Ohio whose wife has a recipe for them and its like eatin liver and onions. She makes them really tender. You have to like Liver and onions tho. Nice shot Tig--That 445 dosent tear em up to bad huh.

cool that a OTT 445 super mag custom or rechamber dale? i recognize the brake fer sure

i believe thats the first "encore" i've seen with that type TC scope n mount. used ta see em on a few contenders though.

I have eaten charlie when I was younger. My grandmother use to fix the young ones. If I remember she would soak them in milk all night and then pan fry. I have ask my wife if she would cook one if I cleaned it and her exact words were " not in my kitchen!!"

The 445 tore him up good on the under side. Left leg and most of the chest is gone.

The barrel is a 12" 44 Mag rechambered by OTT to 445 Super Mag with his shark gill break. That break is impressive. It makes the 445 a real pussycat to shoot. The break does not add much if any weight to make it feel muzzle heavy.

Oh...I thought that meant 445 yards do'h

Dale, why do you always show the meat BEFORE it gets wrapped in celophane?

Heres an Al Qaeda Charlie I caught sneaking around my place--Took him out and conficated his weapon--1 Shot-1 Kill