One in the early morning.
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One in the early morning.
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I've been dropping trees on a farm close to me for years, the elderly lady owner says I could have a go at shooting Rabbits, as they have a large landscaped property and the little shits are digging holes everywhere..I'm worried she will trip in one.
This is the only one I saw in the 20 mins I was there before, but impressed as I shot it with my little 600fps Cometa 220...jeeze I wish I could shoot with the recoil of the bigger .22 air rifles as it would make the job easier..but happy with what this little one did!
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theres something quite satisfying about hunting with an air rifle your still learning skills you can still use with the bigger stuff you never know we might be reduced to it in the future
Playing around with the pard007 and spotted old mate bout 30m from front door. Turned night into day with the maxtoch and pop! Im sure there are more bunnies around since lockdown startedhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...777f5f9fd3.jpg
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Or your becoming more attuned to your surroundings
Great to get out today for some Level 3 next door shooting, sneaky sneaky creeping up on the Waikato Brown Hare.
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The second one had been shot before, and survived. The leg wound was supperated and the hole was wide open. Had a little dig around and pulled out an air pellet. In the process of trying to take a photo of the pellet, I dropped the bloody thing and couldn’t find it in the grass.
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I know who shot the hare, the kid down the road, he’s trouble. He’s been spotted prowling around with that pellet gun before. If he gets caught with that air rifle on this block, bad things are going to happen...
I am using up the little Rusky FMJ's one at a time.
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What have you got there @john m, 7.62x39?
Yes 7.62x39
Try a .22 PCP air rifle, they have no recoil, powerful and very accurateQuote:
Originally Posted by altair
What do you think of the Pard 007, i reckon it would be a handy bit of kit, i hear they benefit from running a bigger IR illuminator for greater distanceQuote:
Originally Posted by chopsuey
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Originally Posted by homebrew.357
Been knocking them over near Tutira and the rumours be true. You stop and look and then the hill just moves. One paddock had over one hundred, easy pickings but I suspect our efforts prior to lockdown have been wasted. Farmer more than happy for us to do our civic duty ;-)
I love hunting deer, goats are fun too, but must say a hill full of bunnies makes for a bloody good day out. Worst part is having to ask the boy to borrow his 22. 6.5 is a touch overkill as I discovered after looking for the remains of a hare on our last goat cull ;-) Still, saves skinning them.
Bit cheaper to run too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rossiwiz
I think they pretty good bang for buck, i use it as a handheld mainly for spotting bunnies on the stealth. So yes very handy. Out to 100m good, think with a good 850nm IR illuminator you could stretch it out alot more. HD recording day/night/inbuilt IR/wifi to your phone and alot more compact unit than the nightsite i used to have.Quote:
Originally Posted by GWH
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Managed to get organised enough yesterday to get out after work for a quick evening stroll around a wee farm I've got access to.
Leaving this place alone for quite a while meant they weren't as spooky as usual - put three down within the first ten minutes :)
It was fantastic to get out and wander about again. Recent hunting efforts have mostly been trying to find deer, however an evening stroll for a rabbit or three just can't be beaten! Failed to get any pictures as there wasn't a lot of light left and I spent it all looking for rabbits. Will do better next time!
Thought I’d put up a reminder of what a dead magpie looks like...
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What brand is that torch mount?? Looks expensive.....Quote:
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Yeah she’s a flash one alright...Quote:
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First walk since the lockdown , the old farmer was glad to see me back into his rabbits. Windy but lovely Central Autumn colours and the rabbits in prime condition. 22 shot.
What was suppose to be opening of gamebird season,no feathers on this one.
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Ive been out for a bit of pest control in level 3 on a couple of local properties i shoot.
Good to get some trigger time again.
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Spotted this hare on way home from work this AM.
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Not much too see if you aren't a hare spotter!
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Went home and got the .22 and Bo.....job done!:thumbsup:
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After all this lockdown Lion Brown I would have to leave the dog at home and go and get the damn hare myself. A hundred times over... I’m beginning to look like I swallowed a keg of Brown Bomber.
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Threaded the needle tonight:thumbsup:
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Makes me happy seeing feral cats whacked, nice job, even better as it was a ginger.Quote:
Originally Posted by viper
Got out for my first walk since lockdown started a few days ago, was only out for an hour and a half but I cant put in words just how good it was to get out!!!
Started with the .223 knocking over 2 hares sat beside each other at 160m then grabbed the .22 and knocked over a rabbit, 4 turkeys and 5 more hares. Unfortunately found out the farmer had sprayed herbacide in the last month so had to discard the meat but it was still amazing just to get out.
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Cool 22, what is it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintie
Thats a Beretta Olympia, fairly heavily modded tho! Both semi auto and bolt action. There is a bit of a build thread on it in the projects section here as project stubbs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spoon
Shot something I rarely see in our area. This is the second one in 5 years.
We took the nets off the apple trees, and there were a few apples left after we had done picking. Sure enough, this guy was in there like a hunter after lockdown.
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Snagged this late yesterday arvo...
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thats a cool rig, whats the caliber and scope?Quote:
Originally Posted by quentin
This tomcat won't be killing any more natives, he obviously couldn't resist the mince pie in the trap
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It's a Tikka T1x in 22lr with a Pard NV008 sitting on top.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill999
Just used the laser built into the scope for this guy.
Looks like you gave him the BOOT just as well id do the same if I caught one stealing my mince pies:thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Spoon
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20g and M2 Archer still doing it. Plus another one a few minutes later.
Nice night outside.
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It's not too bad. Not as quiet as I thought it might be but I want to test it over a chronograph to see if I need to drop the powder a bit more. It has taken the crack out of it and doesn't seem to piss off the neighborhood like the 12g.Quote:
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Still running supersonic?Quote:
Originally Posted by Swanny
No, I got Brian Thompson to work out a subsonic load for me. It's better than full loads but I still want to put it over a chronograph just to validate it.Quote:
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