Air Rifle Hunting Extreme Geordie Style....

[Marksman 934]

How do folks......

 

Well, I've just made it into the house after what I can call an eventful night....

As some of you have already read wor kid fell in some sh*t and came out smelling of roses(as usual) and landed himself a NV unit. As it happens I was already looking at a few on eBay and managed to grab one, and so it was decided that tonight was going to be the night we tried them out, and so the "adventure" began.....

 

It all started with this....

 

 

Got to the ground after 40-45 mins drive, setup the NV and away we went. "Hang on" wor kid said....." Forgot to tell you the weather forecast says that between 0100 and 0400 visibility will be very poor" Anyway, I headed up to the Railway sidings whilst wor kid headed over towards the large warrens.

Getting used to NV after being lamping for so long is gonna take some getting used to let me tell you!

I managed to knock 2 bunnys over but couldnt find them due to the horrendous undergrowth so I think Mr Charlie will be getting a free feed tonight!

Then it happened...... The "Poor Visibility" as the weather forecast so mildly put it was a total white-out...Bang on time too....If only I was a betting man!

 

That was that, we hot footed it back to the 4x4and decided to have a photoshoot in the snow.....

 

Oooops.... Forgot to set the timer....

 

Thats better.... Oh...Hang on the cameras in the wrong place....

 

Sorted....

 

Wor kid did manage to knock one over, it turned out to be a young leveret, pretty hard to distinguish through NV when it's flat on it's belly....

 

Then there was the drive home in the 4" of snow that had fallen over the last hour.... the return journey took us 2hrs 10 mins

 

 

cheers for reading as usual!

 

Darryl

[Sweeney-Todd 208]

Hi Darryl and Gary.

 

 

There was me thinking you geordies were canny folk like

 

No, seriously, that looked like a lot of fun .

There is somthing about walking around in virgin snow, kind of magical.

If you keep warm and dry its great, if you start getting wet and cold, not so good

 

Congrats on the leveret, was that taken with the NV mate?

 

Brilliant effort me dears, enjoyed the pictures and write up too.

 

SP for braving the conditions

 

 

 

 

ATB.

 

 

 

 

 

Bill.

[pianoman 3,587]

Dear Darryl and Gary.

 

I must tell you lads how much I really enjoyed reading this piece. An adventure with new NV kit in extreme conditions and one in the bag! Brilliant stuff. :clapping:

 

Gary dear lad you need some decent gloves mate, nothing worse than trying to shoot with frozen-to-the-bone hands. (I know, I'm turning into my dad! But he would have loved this too.)

 

Sincerely, all the very best for your night shooting, you fellas.

 

Cheers.

 

Simon.

[jasper65 6]

Spot on Gary/Darryl

 

Thats what I call Hard Core Hunting , I'm far too much of a pussy to brave the elements like that these days! Looks like a cold un to say the least.

 

Just out of interest was there much about in them conditions? looks like a total white out.

 

atb Jasp

[BASE JUMPER 18]

mate that is some major dedication how cold was it lol

[gurtwurz 792]

you absolute nutters!! , brilliant read and photo's, i love mooching in snow, and doing it in virgin snow at night sounds amazing

 

SPA for excellent behavior gents

 

all the best, wurz

 

its still not snowed doon sooth, and its been so clear that bugger alls ventured out from the hedges so far

[davyt63 1,845]

Hi darryl. Gary.

Would of loved to be there with yas like! !

But you know i was busy! ! doing some footage.

 

Well done on getting out in not so hardcore conditions lol

spa for getting out and baging

 

see yous in a couple of weeks like

 

 

regards

 

davy

[rossy08 33]

mate that is some major dedication how cold was it lol

 

 

hay mate does this remind you of when we went camping an shooting last year, got out the tent at 5 in the moning to find 4 inch of snow on the ground....

 

nice one fellas for going out in it,spa from me for that.

 

or was it the new toys, come on, you just coldent help going for a play could you.

 

cant fault it

 

atb

 

Andy

[redeye jedi 39]

nice one gents thats some dedication, boys and their toys eh? what NV did you get daryl and how much you get it for mate?

 

ATB

Dom

[rossi_j 99]

Nice one lads spa great to get out in the snow, wish we had some, what with geordies calling everything extreme these days, example, robson green's extreme fishing and darryl and gary's extreme hunting,

 

Well done lads and happy hunting with the new nv.

.atb. .ste.

 

Im just of to do some extreme plinking like, in my 4m x 8m back yard as it happens like !

[hunter1989 91]

hi lads

 

nice pics but where jack frost

 

ahhhh he must be the one on the left

 

atb lads

[Marksman 934]

nice one gents thats some dedication, boys and their toys eh? what NV did you get daryl and how much you get it for mate?

 

ATB

Dom

HI Dom

 

Got a Vomz 4-6x52 mate with a Deben 100m Addon IR and also a Yukon 400m Addon IR charger and batteries for £275+ post

 

Darryl

[rossi_j 99]

Hey daryl is that new or s/h?

.atb. .ste.

 

If new could you post the link please

[Marksman 934]

second hand mate..if they were that price ne everyone would have one....lol

 

Darryl

[rossi_j 99]

Thaught so , I got some fly fishing gear if gary wants a swap

Will keep my eyes peeled for one,

Cheers .ste.

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