Day and night session 12 Dec 09

[zini 1,939]

Hi people,

 

I met with Chris and Joey (AKA Reggaeman and Wuzzy) yesterday morning at 1030 hrs at my permission.

 

After a check zero of our equipment in the hanger we were off for a drive about to see what was in the trees .

 

The plan was to shoot some feather until 1400 hrs with my youngest lad and terrier with us and then go back to my house for a full cooked dinner with beer before nipping to the pub for a quick one and some pork scratchings before having a couple of hours lamping bunnies .

 

The day kicked off great with Joey borrowing my HW100KT and taking the first shot at a woody sat low in the branches of a cherry tree.

 

Joey likes to do things back to front so he shot the woody straight out the tree and onto the concrete before I actually got the range finder out its case .

 

As it was laying there on the floor I lased the place where the bird was and was well impressed to see it being a full 40 metres (nice shot Joey fella) .

 

The next shot was from Chris on a woody sat high in a tree at about 30 metres. The .177 pellet sailed on its way and down came Woody with a thump on the concrete .

 

After a bit of a drive around Chris pulled off a double 30 metre collard dove trick one after another high in a tree. They both landed on the grass with a bang .

 

Off we went again with Joey pulling off another great shot on a woody smacking him dead with a clinical shot.

 

The next shot was from Chris hitting a feral off the roof and onto the concrete from 40 lased metres. On retrieval I noted that the pellet at gone in the heart and out the back of the bird .

 

We then decided to go back to the hanger to have a coffee. There down the path was a feral pigeon just chilling out sat high on the hanger roof with not a care in the world.

 

I watched Chris sneak down to a lamp post and then shoot it straight off the roof. I thought that the shot could be the contender of the shot of the day so I went to lase the distance from the lamp post to the roof where the bird was. (40 metres) he was drawing with Joey .

 

After dinner and a beer we got ready for a night time session. The dog and my son were left at home and we headed back to the permission.

 

We didn’t intend lamping long as the weather man had forecast bad weather so 2100 hrs was our cut off time .

 

The only problem was that there were hardly any bunnies out last night and the ones that were, were sat deep in the undergrowth out of arms way .

 

Joey got the first bunny of the night hitting it straight between the ears at 1 mil dot hold over (35 metres). It was a cracking shot and the bunny just rolled over dead .

 

The next bunny also fell to Joey with a lovely head shot. I think that he is bonding with my HW100KT quite well, and I bet he now saves up his pennies to get one .

 

The last bunny of the night was from Chris with a nice shot at about 25 metres straight threw the head .

 

I tried my luck on one rabbit that was sat a mere 20 metres if that away and missed it. God knows how I missed, maybe over the top but I was very annoyed with myself to say the least .

 

So annoyed was I that I didn’t really sleep that well thinking about the missed chance.

 

All day and night I shot about 7 pellets in total. 5 to zero, 1 to kill the squizzer in the picture that I got before I met them both that morning with my son, and 1 on the missed rabbit .

 

I got up this morning with a new day dawning and decided to make up for my crap shooting yesterday.

 

Out came the R10 from its slip as I waited for the first corvid to land in my trees on the garden. Not long distant shots (23 metres) but there is something rewarding about watching corvids hit the deck hard .

 

I actually shot 3 but the next doors moggy stole one and did a runner over the fence . Next time the terrorist is going out the door to sort it out .

 

Zini.

[wuzzy 0]

nice writeup there fella shame about the bunnies last night, but i know where they are hiding,they were all on the side of the A1 on the way home but i knew you'd be out sometime today to make up for last night hope to see you soon either down this way or up your way oh and have fun shopping

[kev1986 0]

great write up si and good shooting lads my gun has been sent off to be tuned etc so i am sat here going cold turkey reading this write up :crazy: :tongue4: , great shooting lads

[reggaeman 1]

cracking read again zini and another good hunting sesh

regardless of how much we shoot up at yours its always a good do cos i love the banter we all have

tell the missus thanks for a smashing lunch mate

i reckon you could be right about joey saving up for a hw100 cos he can certainly shoot with that. he obviously feels comfortable with it(START SAVING JOEY LOL LOL )

Dylan seemed quite pleased with his new toy too. be nice to see him use it when we are next up through the day!!!

hopefully kev your gun will be sorted for wed and you'll be able to get out with us again

i cant believe you hardly slept si??

anyway thats me out for now so peace out all and be cool

regards

Chris

p.s. zin's gift is not to be opened til xmas lol lol

[Marksman 934]

Nice going lads!

 

Not like you to miss such an easy shot though Si!!

 

I was going to try and get out for an hour or so tonight but had my company christmas party last night, and after a LOT of FREE and am a bit on the delicate side today :sick:

 

Darryl

[Sweeney-Todd 208]

Nice write up again.....was it a windy night??.......just thinking....dinner.....Pork scrathings and beer....phtttttt

[zini 1,939]

Cheers guys,

 

I know Marksman.

 

I was so mad with myself deep inside for missing that bunny, I really wanted to make up for the embarrassing miss but there were no bunnies out to shoot .

 

Just shows that if you get complacent like I was Mother Nature has the last laugh, and last night see did .

 

Anyway I made up for it tonight pal with the 3 bunnies so I feel a lot better now .

 

Si

[davyt63 1,845]

hi zini

nice shooting lads! & pic, me tinks! your not the only one who missed today.

my self included ,but i did have a cracking shot pulled of as a consolation! it was also witnessed. but 5 seconds later the dove was stone cold, i do like to know my rifles limmits,

also it looks like tony and i have some post competition "as in long ones"

well done lads!!

 

regards

 

davy

[Phantom 631]

Nice work there gents and an excellent read as always Si

 

Its very reassuring to a lot of hunters (especially the newer ones) that someone such as yourself can miss a close range shot even if it is extemely rare.

 

There are people on here who often stick up their fantastic shots but I've noticed only a few of us actually put up our missed shots.

The same with people who make less than perfect shots, very few of us actually admit that we do it.

 

Well done

 

Phantom

[zini 1,939]

Hi Tony and Davy,

 

Your right lads everyone misses the easy 20 metre shots sometimes, and everyone makes the wounding shots which we all try to avoid. Thats part of learning to be a better shot.

 

When Joey and Chris first started shooting with me i told them about all the rabbits ears id pierced on my permission. I think that they thought that i was trying to pull the wool over their eyes until we re shot a few but this time dead and examined their ears to see my old pellet holes .

 

Anyone who says that they never miss or never wound i would say either dont shoot at all or is just a big fat liar .

 

I havent missed a 20 metre - ish shot in ages as i know i have to shoot 1 mil dot hold under to make a clinical brain shot .

 

You live and learn and then we go on to become better next time.

 

Si

[stealthy1 3,964]

Will your miss be on your DVD in the out takes section Zini, good shooting lads

[zini 1,939]

No luckily that day i wasnt filming mate

 

Si

[Marksman 934]

Not that you miss very often mate bur I think it would make a better and more honest film if you did include them. It shows a learner even an experienced hunter can miss

 

Darryl

[zini 1,939]

I have done Marksman,

 

The misses are on the DVD

[Marksman 934]

I have done Marksman,

 

The misses are on the DVD

 

nice one mate... Knew you wouldn't disappoint

 

p.s I'll have my copy of the DVD after crimbo

 

Darryl