So got a pig today at 664 meters first animal taken at +500. Got piss poor reception so will sort some photos and a beter story tomorrow. Any way heres a couple pics of my new back yard.
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So got a pig today at 664 meters first animal taken at +500. Got piss poor reception so will sort some photos and a beter story tomorrow. Any way heres a couple pics of my new back yard.
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Good shit mate. The shooter is going well with
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Nice shot. That's a pretty sweet backyard.
Mean bro, is that with the 284?
:cool: Told you it will be a goldfield
Looks like a stink back yard...... NOT!
Lucky bastard
Nice backyard you have there :cool:
Jealous much? ah well yea I am a bit.:thumbsup:
Well done CD. Will have to visit some day soon.
Bout time! Well done!!
Well done mate; bet all the hard work, research and practise feels worthwhile now.
kj
Thanks guys yep very gratifying after all the range time. Yes bob bout fukin time allright. Rushy its on the cards mate just gettin the house sorted. I was actually after some venison but there barks tood me they had me sust. Then out in the swedes I saw some young pork and did my thing on shooter and dialed them in , I was just practicing dry firing and not intending to shoot one then a nice 100lber walked out so I held on the shoukder and squeezed of the shot and few seconds later a solid whump was heard of a good connecting shot. I lost the picture in the scope so picked up the rangefinder and the pig was out of sight with the rest of the mob non the wiser and carring on feeding. Walked back to the truck and drove round to the base of the swede paddok and went for a look. First lesson Ive learnt is to take much better visual reference from the firing point as ive searched for about 40 minutes and still havent found it but I will find it today waste high swedes makes it easy to loose an animal but the dog can prove her worth when I go back down. I am confident of a clean kill as it was a good 100meters from the boundry and I would have picked up a running pig before it covered that distance. Anyway a big thanks to tuiman for the most accurate rifle ive ever owned a couple of mates that through there help we have taught each other the ways of longer range shooting through trial and error. I will get some pics up later today. Cheers for the good comments aswell.:)
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Good stuff CD. Is this your new place since you left Galatea?
Yea bro been here two days. Cant get hold of yuor man for parking till sunday but he seems to think it will be fine just need to sort the dates with him.
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Yeah mate, know what you mean about getting better visuals on where to look.
I learnt (the hard way) to always take the range finder with you when retrieving yur kill and use it to triangulate your position. Just range back to the spot you fired from until you get the same distance as the shot. If you get two distances from two location then its even better (just like a map and compass really).
Good luck, I hope you find it today
kj
Yea what he said good advice!!! Also find to prominant rocks or trees near the position that interline with animal position so u can use them as a reference as well whenur searching!!
I know how hard it is to find some things.. we got a spiker a few years ago at 450 accross a clearing in titty height scrub... same thing as u! Had to go back with the dogs!!!!!
Yep what they said and also if you have two of you one stays where the shot was taken and guides you in using radios ,hand signals
or good old fashioned yelling your guts out.
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Got some photos of my barrel, I mean, your rifle?
Bwahaha. Bet your lookin at vulcans website right now. Yea in hindsight I had plenty of visual references but was to excited and just flew down there. Ill start today by going up to where the shot was taken and make the correct visual aids ect then go for a looksie
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And the further out you get the harder the finding game gets:) especially when your shooting deer at 1000yards 30 minutes before dark a good time is guaranteed:)
Sweet as mike. We will be practicly neighbors
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Did ya find it yet bro?
Up here now strangly enough where I get best reception. Anyway heres were the shot was taken from. No zoom then 4x off my phone.pig was basiclt dead center above the shadow. Haha as im tying this up just spooked a stag or spiker hes in the bush right now snorting and stamping and thrashing a tree. Good times:)
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CD, you have one cool looking backyard :cool:
No love ran out of daylight im pissed cause I know its there somewhere but thigh high sweedes suck balls. Havnt taken the pup down yet so will do that first thing there was still frost on the ground in some places so hopefully will be ok? At least for dog tucker. Im really disappointed but its a learning curve of long range I guess. Anyway some pics of whereabouts I think the pig wasish to where the shot was taken. Shooting point is the high spot between the trees.
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And some sign.
Bloody pigs make a mess alright
The meat will be fucked by now, but at least the wee beastie isn't doing anymore damage to your crop.
kj
Yea I kniw kim wishfull thinking. I absolutely hate losing animals I will definitely be thinking about recovery before squeezing the shot off next time. Its a gutting feeling knowing its lying there somewhere.
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Yea dude after searching high and low im thinking maybe I missed and it gapped if through fhe long shit. The thump of a solid hit I heard may have been a basketball sized sweede! Might have jumped the gun with this thread a search with the dogs will tell me either way. Anyway went for an early mornin stroll this mornin and spooked a deer and had it barking at me for a good ten minutes then walked over the hill and found a little mob of pigs the wind turned around and scared what sounded like I decent sized porker off into the scrub.
Some nice areas with good sign.
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Yea shes still a pup but time for here to start learning she just has basic commands like sit she stays sometimes haha. Now I have the time and the means its time to put some effort into her
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How old CD? The rabbiting pups come out from 3 months....
That is beautiful looking country. I have just been out with Barefoot's range finder bono's looking at what range I can get on my property and was surprised when I started looking that with a bit of moving around I can get out to 800 yards. Can't wait for the rifle to get here
I havnt found any sign (I know there wouldnt be on a gut shot) of blood and there are too many animal tracks to determine which it could have been. Im still 80% of the shot and im only second guessing myself. My mates comin out today with his mut and ill go down with mine so an outcome will be sorted today. Wire hunt my pup is a visla lab bout 6-7mnths but shes ready for work just needs more manners shes one of the harder animals ive had to install the basics on. But frequency and positive reinforcement should get some results im hoping.
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Put her on a lead and take her up there CD. Just don't let her off to run away and find it by herself.... Dogs are invaluable for finding Long Range kills...
Also, sometimes taking a photo of the "crime scene" before you take off from your firing position to find the animal can help once you get up close.