Boxing Day Hide Shooting.

[mark williams 7,550]

Hi all,

Sneaked away today from the frowning struggle and strife (wife) and built my hide 30 yards away from a large oak tree with a smaller oak either side of it out in the fields of my permission.I placed four decoys for pigeon and one for magpie with two broken eggs to the front of it and waited.

At 8-30am through to 2pm a slow visitation of pigeon came to this oak tree,i was using full camo`, a HW 100 kt (.177 cal), Hawke 4-12x50 sport scope and shooting sticks, with zero wind.(AA fields used)

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Magpies took a look a few times but from behind me and way out of range.

Shooting through the spindley oak branches was hard but the 177 comes into its own when trying to head shoot after threading a pellet through such abundant little branches and managed 14 woodies.

When the woodies head was behind a branch or twig I made the same noise as we all do when trying to make a rabbit raise its head - worked for me today

 

 

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Edited December 29, 2013 by mark williams

[ryanod90 17]

Brilliant when a plan comes together good shooting

[sull85 36]

I went out for an hour and a half today two shots bagged one woodie took breasts out , and back home in time for tea

Merry christmas

[salop sniper 32]

Well done, good shooting !

[bugg 84]

Good on you, wish I had the chance,

[j j m 6,536]

well done

[Longers7 720]

14 woodies with air rifle is good going mate, fair play to you! I'd struggle to do that with a shotgun!! Haha

[davyt63 1,845]

well done Mark,i do like a bit of hide shooting.

[mark williams 7,550]

I took the HW 100 KT to my range today (Atherton indoor range) and checked the zero and the craic with the lads - the guns last zero was in August and I was amazed to see the zero was still absolutely "on the money" - 38 yds (the back wall of the range) and my fav` sitty tree range .

I also picked up a HW 100 s with an AM cylinder fitted and I was stunned at how much lighter the rifle is for the change over.

 

Thanks lads and "all the best"

 

 

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