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Winter and Spring Bo and I do the local hare control.So bloody fast on his retreives!
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Stirling 14p did the damage.
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He wasn't happy too see my sons dog turn up.
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Back legs and back steaks will be taken off the hare tomorrow.Its chilling on the clothes line for the night.
Spotted another hare.
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Sent the .22 pill on the way.
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Another fine retrieve by Bo.
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Feral cat that spooked the pheasant I was stalking.
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eeek sorry should have been one pic. not sure how stuffed that up but did
Damn near had to RF and dial for this one….it was all of 5 metres….
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Love bunny shooting at this time of year. Nice and cool, grass is short, bunnies are on a go slow. A good few about, pretty normal here at this time of year. They’ve been digging new burrows higher up in the paddocks, I reckon some of those warrens in the gullies will be wet after the winter we’ve had so far.
Whacked a few here and there. This heavily pregnant doe was fast asleep in the sun at 102m, with unaware parries between me and it. So I settled down for a longer sitting shot, took my time and drilled it right through the forehead. Pleased with that. Check out its ear.
Only problem is the bloody knee is playing up again…
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Busyish morning with a couple stock shifts then some pest control…
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Ended up with another maggie shot n two more turkeys
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Last nights spotlight intended for rabbits - not one to be seen, but bagged two wild cats instead... others soon got the drift and ran off quick smart!
feral cat. 40 meters, 15 feet up. led lenser focusable head torch.
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Thats good shooting and power from the TX, I've got one in 177 putting out 13ftp, what foot pounds would your 22 cal be putting out ?
I'm not sure, never had it over a chronograph. I'm using air arms 16 grain field deablo. Hunting pellets are sorted from tin and are 5.52mm in head size and are weighed to .005grm either side of stated grain weight.That gives me constant proformance.
So at 600 fps it's 12.79fpi, at 700fps it would be 17.41 fpi. I'm thinking it's probly around the 700. As for good shooting I've found 2 things
1 it actually seems to be better at 30meters +. I'm assuming the pellet has stabalise more after that range. ( testing multiple targets ranging from 10 meters to 40)
2 I'm a much better shot in the field. I seem to step up a notch when hunting.
I also put countless (the joys of $30 per 500 pellets) shots into targets on windy day so I know the affect of wind on my pellets.
Ive download heaps of anitomical diagrams and pics of my target species. I study the placement of the vitals ( like what ribs the heart align with, then get skeleton pic in different positions and identify where the organ is. From there I transfer that point onto photos of the animals in the wild so I can see exactly where I'm shooting and work out how I would shoot it from different angles, and what shots won't work due to bone and muscle mass.
you'll notice that shot on the cat sits back a bit due to shape of brain cavity and angle. A shot just where I would have put it on level ground probably would have required a follow up.
Total accuracy for air rifles they don't have the shock value of a rim fire.
The tx200 isn't the most powerful air rifle but it sure as hell is an accurate one. That kills.
Bit long winded sorry. Do you hunt with the . 177? how do you find it for shooting and accuracy?
kruza has already seen this :)
Ive recently rebuilt my .25cal Hatsan 125 sniper, took these two starlings at 45m yesterday.
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kruza has already seen this :)
Ive recently rebuilt my .25cal Hatsan 125 sniper, took these two starlings at 45m yesterday.
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177 is a TX200 HC so has the shorter barrel, accuracy is as good, as it gets for a springer, using 7.9g Jsbs, haven't taken it hunting at yet. They are fiddily to load in 177 with cold hands.
Ps try the JSB Hades for the birds, pigeons swack and down, very impressed.
I think the actual barrel length is the same mine just has an incorporated sound shroud, which doesn't add any extra length to barrel for extra volicity..177 should take out a rabbit easily from what I've read.
yep seen the hanson is a nice looking gun billbob. Sounds like you did a great job rebuilding and modifying it. obviously acurate those are small targets to hit. Id have liked the pic but still haven't worked out how. I've been out shooting a couple of times and wondered about that hansan .25 in place of tx. I'm a little envious.
HAHA no im envious of you and your TX - the are still on my list of wants. the .25 is very accurate but ive had to do a bit of work to the gun to get it that way like breech shimming etc.... firing very smooth now ive rebuilt the vortex piston. Ive gone a bit far and ballistic calculated the turret for shots from 15m out to 80m which has been brilliant for longer shots. (need to redo the turret since the rebuild)
More envious now.
I had a good session shooting pests in the orchard on Friday night, after dark with the Pard IR NV gear.
The strong wind we had all day tapered off to nothing and the animals were out in force.
I had shot this property during daylight hours to the point where I struggled to see a rabbit.
Amaising how many more you see after dark when using the IR scanner and IR scope.
There's 50 odd less of them now!
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Having breakfast this morning, rabbit runs out on to lawn and round garden. Get PCP out ,step outside and it runs away, finish coffee. 5 minutes later 2 rabbits come out ,one shot one dead[ rabbit. Back to reading the news on my tablet 10 minutes later other rabbit out looking at his dead mate another shot both dead.
Photo shows where they fell shot at just over 40 meters.
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I'm just in awe of the fact that you have 40m of lawn !!
Yep and you just killed the lawn mowers
Nice Brocock, what caliber you shooting?Quote:
Originally Posted by Localman
3 years ago when I first started shooting a particular apple orchard that had a seriously bad rabbit problem, after I'd shot several hundred rabbits off it the orchard manager mentioned that they were now having to mow the grass far more oftenQuote:
Originally Posted by 7mm Rem Mag
Mine are about 40 metres bloody high,haven't mowed since before duckshooting.:XD:Quote:
Originally Posted by Andygr
Using 22 jsb slugs 15.89gr gun just loves them. Had the rifle about 12 months and still really enjoy using it with good results.Quote:
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Yes I have a big lawn and garden over two acres.
Ah the sun came out and the hairs were out too
Nice and windy so ideal for the 22 wmr
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You need a few more 'buddy's'Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
Hairs / Hares
My spell check clearly doesn't hunt
After hammering the magpies for the last couple of years, the numbers have been a fraction of what they used to be and the valley has been much quieter. Have hardly heard a bird all winter and it was totally quiet through the autumn. Yesterday, they came back.
Interesting that the boss bird has a completely different call to anything I’ve heard here before. I was keen to record it, but unfortunately he’s dead. Counted 10 birds in the mob this morning, got five here with another two hung up in the trees, and one that the hawk got to before I picked it up. So two more to get tomorrow.
(Mrs Hawk turned up within seconds of me playing the first distress call. She knows that breakfast will be served… soon.)
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Hunting with vintage rifle scopes is great
You can see and shoot well out to a decent distance
But it's hard to tell how big the target is !
Let's just call this essence of rabbit
Certainly not a meal for two
Hare. .22 air rifle. klarus fh10 red/green/white light torch.Scope mounted picatinny, quick release torch mount. Attachment 20285233m. Picked up on red light, difficult to see cross hairs so switched to green. Green light spooked hare started to run, tried the old whistle trick ( which is pretty hit and miss) it worked. shot connected. Attachment 202850Attachment 202851
The whistle almost always works on rabbits when done right but when Hares are on the move they usually won't stop until they find a place to hide that they think you haven't seen.
what's the correct way? I have very limited success
Shot this over a year ago while stalking another wallaby when this one popped its head up about 10m away from me. Slocked a pellet straight between the ears when it turned its head.
Hatsan 125 Sniper in .25cal (break barrel), JSB Exact King 25.39grains doing 720fps
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Well bloody hell isn’t it always the way with these damn birds. By nailing the new claimants to our home territory, I’ve opened the floodgates again. As I drove out first thing this morning there was a cacophony of squabbling magpies flying around all over, as the two remaining birds from the shot-up mob yesterday were invaded by their neighbours from over the way. The other mob was eight or nine birds strong and they were going hard out on these two birds with a view to claiming the pines.
Luckily when I got back this arvo I noted straight away that the boss bird from yesterday with the new distinctive call was actually still alive, I thought I got him yesterday, so I was able to get a pretty good recording of his call. I nipped inside, edited the sound file and took it back out and played it to him on the Bluetooth speaker… Now that got him very instantly really excited.
I had to wait for ages for a clear shot as this canny bird has been hiding inside the pines rather than perching on the outside in a clear LOS. He’s known something is not quite right, but today he made his fatal mistake and showed his belly in a small gap. I drilled him slightly lower in the body than intended, as he fell through the branches he squawked loudly in a highly distressed manner before carking it. This had the immediate effect of bringing in his sole surviving buddy, and all the invaders…
When a new mob of magpies has never been shot at before, and they’ve not encountered the caller, it’s real mayhem. They haven’t got a clue what’s going on as their mates fall out of the tree. They take off at the shot but loop straight back round and take another perch as they squawk WTF??? Sometimes young birds won’t take off at all and stay rooted to the spot. Big mistake. The dead quiet suppressed .22 subs help a lot. I made a pretty reasonable dent in the new mob before the survivors finally worked out there was something very very bad happening, and went and perched on the territory boundary wondering what the hell it was. I’m pretty confident I’ll be into them first thing in the morning as they will not be able to resist exploring any new territorial opportunities.
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Very nearly fucked up though because our resident pet kereru was in the pines when all the action went down and I damn near shot him / her. Got a glint of colour just at the critical moment. I would have had my arse kicked big time if I’d shot that bird… It does amaze me that it just flies out of the pines and straight into the little stand of natives directly behind where I’m shooting from, onto its normal perch. It’s probably only 4m away from me as I’m blitzing away. I think he quite likes watching what’s going on. Probably farkin’ hates ‘pies.
If anyone would like a copy of the latest recorded call (and all the rest) just let me know, PM me your email and I’ll add you to the shared folder on Google Drive and you can download them. I’ve had some guys from the Forum let me know that the calls have totally revolutionised their magpie shooting which is cool. Use them on a decent Bluetooth speaker with a bit of volume and you will be amazed at how quickly birds will come in. Just remember that once they start to associate the calls with dying, it will become harder to attract them, so don’t over use the caller.
Ive always wanted to try it, have you frozen an adult magpie and used it as a decoy? could always stuff one :)
Bloody awesome. Nice shooting. Just goes to show what a springer in the hands of someone who can tune it and master the finicky temperament of holding it right can do. Hat off to youQuote:
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I use them all the time @Billbob. About three hours after you’ve shot them is perfect, when they’ve got rigour mortis. But usually I just prop them up with a little wire stand, and I’ve also doctored a couple of the fence posts so that I can stand a dead magpie on top of it - pull the legs behind the wire and stand the head up with a few inches of #8.
Haven’t tried freezing them.
Problem with using dead decoys is that Mrs Hawk pinches them within minutes. Not that I mind because she does me a favour with the cleaning up and there’s plenty more decoys available.
That's cool, I did actually try it once, downloaded an app with sounds on it but the background noise in the recording was so bad that the magpie never even blinked. I shoot starlings but the dozens and use dead ones wires up on a post an that works a treat. We have hawks here and they take advantage of any tit bits
