It Started Off So Well...

[Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701]

Ayuo guys I would like to share my recent trip with you!

 

as the title says it all started off so well! but soon tured bad! lol

 

got to the farm with about 1 hour of light left. found a small lump of wood and put it up with a shoot and see target to check zero , this was 31 yards so I was hoping it would be abit low. but it was a bit high.. must have nocked the scope. ah well, I setoff to my proper zeroing tree, hoping to see a few squirrels on the way. knowing the zero was ok and I would just aim off slightly.

 

 

seen a woody about 40 yards so took a kneeling shot. it went well and was a great shot if I do say so myself.. but with the zero being off I just skimmed the feathers at the top of its head giving it a free haircut. watching it fly off through the scope and then 4 small feathers floating down to the ground made me feel quite gutted!

 

got to the tree where I usually sit and set up a target at 28 yds. heres 3 shots as big as 2 pellet holes. bang on the crosshair after a few adjustments that will do in a slight breeze

 

 

then set it out at 34 to calculate the drop, bang on as it should be at about 3/4 mildots 2 shots through the same hole before the card fell over lol

 

then it all went terribly wrong!!

 

wandering around slowly I can usually see crow/ woodpigeon silhouettes in the dark at about 60 yards easily before I stalk closer. but there was a full moon and no clouds so the birds looked almost invisible!!

they were flying off left right and centre mocking me! and when I did get them in the scope I couldn't see anything with the reticle illuminated, even on its lowest setting! and if I turned it off I could not see the cross against the birds so didn't want to guess wether I was aiming on their heads- that's not fair.

so I didn't take another shot in about 2 friggin hours!

I went to all the usual trees where theres loads roosting but just could not see them!!! until they flew off!

 

feeling very deflated I went home empty handed and sad that I had nothing for my tea!!

[treecreeper 1,136]

unlucky skot, at least you got out though, youll have to knock yourself an nv up.

[Gaz 177 263]

Can't win em all Skot and not very often you come back empty handed

 

Altho very generous of you giving out free haircuts to the local wildlife

 

Nah as said before at least your out and about with your HW family

[risingfriend 1,042]

woz the auto aim not working OSS good to get out though mate

[Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701]

woz the auto aim not working OSS good to get out though mate

Nah bro forgot to turn it on

 

maybe if I had a gaystate I wouldn't have missed it

 

or a bsa ultra if villaman is reading this :laugh:

[j j m 6,564]

cant win them all bud

[Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701]

cant win them all bud

aye but I still feel disappointed. if I would have turned the turret a few clicks down before I set off it would have been a different story!!

[mark williams 7,563]

You got out and about mate which is more than I managed this weekend (work)

 

 

atb

[villaman 9,982]

Its about time you got your self pulsar N550 or N750 night vision and not one of those TVs on top , then a ultra to put it on

[villaman 9,982]

woz the auto aim not working OSS good to get out though mate

How did you get on to day mate ?

[risingfriend 1,042]

Putting post up in mo mate

[The one 8,513]

Aye at least you where out doing a bit