a trip to moonlight valley

[davyt63 1,845]

hi every one

as im not back to work till friday

i had my self a trip to moonlight valley.on my arrival i had noticed that there were more pibolds about this time,so the gypsy must have put some more in there since my last visit.

 

any ways i got to moonlight field and had a wander down the fence towards moonlight valley,as im walking along the fence line i see 3 bunnys out about 150yds so a slow stalk towards them me tinks i got within 75yds before they clocked me and scarpered

 

so onwards i went,i just got to the brow of mlvalley and had a sit down and got me binos out again to see where all the activity is.as i looked through them i counted 20 + bunnys,so a quick rest now as i have forgotten how much hard work this particular permission is "loads of leg work"

but if i dont put any thing in to it i get nothing.

 

so after i get my breathing back under control,it was on for a hard decent down in to the valley.as im not getting any younger i thought they say life starts at forty and as im going down the hill, it sums it all up!! i make my way to some wilted nettles and use these as cover i get me poncho out and put it down as the ground is soden,ruck sack in front of me as a barrier and sit and wait.while im waiting i use my tuff gun range finder to range the spots were i see the bunnys earlier 48yds 38 yds 33 yds 35yds and checked my BRC so i had to use 1 mildot for the 48yds all the rest were in my zero!

 

an hour had passed and it was begining to get colder! then at the 48yd mark a bunny arrived, i let it settle for about 15 minutes THWACK! first one in the bag a nice clean head shot. i left it there and waited again and im tinkin this is the wrong weather for a bit of static! shooting :blush: any ways as im moving my toes in my boots and my tips of my fingers to keep em warm! i see another 3 come out.

 

one went straight up into moonlight field and the other two were grazing just behind some wilted nettles,and couldnt get a clean shot of. so had to see if i could move them with out giving my cover away. so a good old squeek of the lips and there heads were up,but they were reluctant to move so after another couple of squeeks one finally came in to shot 35yds THWACK!! straight down it went and so did its buddy "down a hole"

 

as i was loosing the light very fast i decided to take a treck back up moonlight valley,after acouple of stops to get my breath, i reached the top alive! and went back down the fence line. to see if anything was about but nothing,so gutted them both and home. a good couple of hours out although a bit cold 2c i still enjoyed itand 2 shots 2 kills!

 

group photo

 

 

happy hunting

 

davy

[zak-s410 0]

Nice shooting mate and great write up.

 

atb Zak

[zini 1,939]

Top notch as always Davy mate

 

Nice shooting and great write up.

 

You seem to have fallen in love with that Air Arms mate. Dont you take the 100 out anymore or are you just resting her?

 

Si

[kev1986 0]

nice shooting mate

[sibaldib 6]

Nice shooting davy, and a good write up.

 

That's a hell of a scope you've got on the S410

 

Cheers

 

Sib

[wuzzy 0]

once again very nice writ up there fella allways a joy to read

[davyt63 1,845]

Top notch as always Davy mate

 

Nice shooting and great write up.

 

You seem to have fallen in love with that Air Arms mate. Dont you take the 100 out anymore or are you just resting her?

 

Si

 

hi zini

i have just put the original camo scope back on it, as i lent it to andyz till he got a scope,so looking to get it out the week end .the HW100 that is! when spike25blue comes down.pitty the weather is gunna be shit! but we can only try!

 

TANKS! for the comments lads!

 

regards

 

davy

[andyz 30]

Good shooting Davy, and another nice wrote up. it's always nice when someone takes the time to put the trip down in words. Especially when I can picture exactly where you were.

 

Keep up the eexellent work,

 

ATB, Andy

[davyt63 1,845]

Good shooting Davy, and another nice wrote up. it's always nice when someone takes the time to put the trip down in words. Especially when I can picture exactly where you were.

 

Keep up the eexellent work,

 

ATB, Andy

 

thanks andyz

and congrats!! on the new arrival,i hope you get some sleep "in a couple of months"

regards

 

davy

[Phantom 631]

Excellent as always buddy

 

Your making me so green with envy, the weathers been so crap over here of late, even when its not been slinging it down with the wet stuff, its been thick fog :wallbash:

 

Just seen the forcast for tomorrow and its looking almost decent for the daytime. Problem is I have to babysit out grandaughter.

 

Maybe I can get my ass out of bed and down the paddock before sun up?

I'll try but no promisses

 

Desperate to drop a bunny or two again.

Hey I even managed to lay my grubby mits on a Crow deek today showed it to my budgie, he went mental and attacked the crow :boxing: did the same with the Maggie deeks Dumb ass birdbrain

 

Again, excellent work Davy.

 

Phantom

[Sweeney-Todd 208]

Hiya Davy.

 

Good shooting and write up, enjoyed the read.

[Lee85 44]

good shooting mate, nice ranges there aswell!

[Marksman 934]

Nice going there Davy!

 

Darryl

[ferretville 69]

Its nice to notch on hard permission davy i got a few places like that . Alot of fenceline crawling and stalking but worth it when you get a few cheers FV

[andy s410c 61]

Good on you Davy for going out with the pea shooter this time of year Soon as you get your Rimfire things get a bit easier .Roll on the summer,nudge,nudge,wink,wink,say no more