Big Game Hunting With the S410

[Millet 4,497]

Ive seen this monster running around my chicken pen for the past few day's so i thought i would sit with my little .177 pea shooter about 10yrd's away..i put a hand full of chook food down about 3ft from the shed so it had to venture out..well here is the end result.. ..i have to aim 1/2 higher at that kind of distance but here you go..

 

[festa 206]

sorry mate but ...why ??

 

atb gary

[benji benji 60]

atleast he hit it you miss loads of rabits and a few squirels on your vid

[Millet 4,497]

sorry mate but ...why ??

 

atb gary

 

Why what..?

[DottyDoo 500]

[festa 206]

lol

atleast he hit it you miss loads of rabits and a few squirels on your vid

 

aye my shooting is like your spelling benji lol .... but on a serious note it make no difference if you hit or miss ,,,, but why shoot a field mouse ...

 

atb gary

Edited September 3, 2011 by festa

[Millet 4,497]

Festa it is 100% not a field mouse ..it's a common house mouse and if you look it's full of youngster's which would of been in the house when the weather cool's of..they is more out there eating and fowling my chook food and they will get the same treatment..and even if it was a field mouse i would of still put a piece of lead through it's rib cage as they are not wanted in my garden.

Edited September 3, 2011 by Millet

[festa 206]

Festa it is 100% not a field mouse ..it's a common house mouse and if you look it's full of youngster's which would of been in the house when the weather cool's of..they is more out there eating and fowling my chook food and they will get the same treatment..and even if it was a field mouse i would of still put a piece of lead through it's rib cage as they are not wanted in my garden.

 

ok buddy thats answered my question of why ... but its a field mouse mate

 

atb gary

[zini 1,939]

Hi Benji,

 

Got to say the best shots in the world miss sometimes mate and anyone that tries to make out that they don’t miss is being very naïve indeed.

 

Festa is a realist and shows exactly what he does in the field, if he misses he shows that and if he makes a kill he shows that too buddy.

 

I find this very amicable to tell you the truth buddy.

 

In the DVD that we are making at the moment there is a full section of many misses pal. Some of them are as close as 15 metres on rabbits.

 

Doesn’t mean I or any of the lads filming are poor shots it just shows we are human and humans make mistakes from time to time.

 

Regarding the mouse I think Festa was getting at the mouse is a field mouse and so wouldn’t really cause any damage.

 

I think his comment was taken the wrong way by mistake. He is a nice bloke and wouldn’t have meant anything more than that.

 

ATB

 

Si.

Edited September 3, 2011 by zini

[Millet 4,497]

No it is not.. can you explain what you see from the picture that makes it look like a field mouse ..

Edited September 3, 2011 by Millet

[zini 1,939]

Nice photo any way Millet and a nice looking combo that you have there buddy.

 

Si

[Millet 4,497]

Im not aggravated or peed of in any way Zini and hold no grudge toward the coment ..i know what i have shot and don't by the colour as the picture has been edited as it was dark..i also don't shoot to kill for the fun of it..them day's have long gone in my younger teen year's..i just thought i would stick the post up for a bit of light hearted banter..

[Millet 4,497]

Nice photo any way Millet and a nice looking combo that you have there buddy.

 

Si

 

Cheer's..it serves me well..

[festa 206]

ok where do i start

They have fur which is sandy / orange brown on the head and back, yellowish on the flanks and white on the belly

.Adults: Head and body – 100mm; Tail 70 – 90mm. Male can weigh 25g, and the female 20g.Their lifespan averages two to three months, but they can survive as much as 20 months in the wild, or two or more years in captivity. The breeding seasons are March/April to October/November and gestation lasts approximately 25 days. They grow their first fur after six days; their eyes open after 16; and they are weaned at around 18 days old. Survival of the young and adults is poor during the first half of the breeding season as adult males can be aggressive towards one another and to the young, who are then driven from the nest They eat a high proportion of the seed crop of trees such as oak, beech, ash, lime, hawthorn and sycamore Small snails and insects are particularly important sources of food in late spring and early summer when seeds are least available and larval and adult insects are plentiful.

 

atb gary

[zini 1,939]

Yeah its all good buddy .

 

Its always good to see different posts and see different things shot that we dont always see on here pal.

 

A small target like that at a close range is harder than a small target on your zero range.

 

You would of have to gave plenty of hold over to hit that at close range a shot that many would of tried to give hold under to and missed by miles.

 

Got to aplaude you for that buddy.

 

ATB

 

Si.