secretagentmole 1,701 Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 The wife said "Fancy a day out down the permission tomorrow?" yesterday so I replied in the affirmative and she got me the stuff to do a packed lunch. Which I got up and made this morning. 11am saw me deposited at the farmyard and 11:30 saw me set up and checking zero in the woodland. I waited for a while, ate lunch and then declared war on my new mortal enemies. A pair of rabbits I had named Castor and Pollux, or bar steward and bow locks for the number of times I had been laden down with gear, on my way down to setting up and unable to get the rifle out of the bag! The Daystate Mk 3 had been topped up to 220 bar (WP) and the gun had been charged up. I had checked zero and started up the track. A couple of rabbits saw me and dived back in the dead nettles. I carried on as I saw one of the dastardly duo in the middle of the track. There is no cover, none, I stood out like a sore thumb. I continued towards the rabbit. it sat there, ears up, The other one appeared from the edge of the track and ran past it's friend and down another hole. I continued to advance, slowly. I got to 45 metres away and as I advanced so the rabbit retreated, the line was drawn! 45 metres.No wind. Lift up to 3 marks over zero, fire, rabbit flipped over, kicked and expired! Rabbit casserole with black pud on the meal planner now! I went back into the woodland. Three pigeons came in from the left. Landed high up. I took aim, fired and broke the branch in front of the damned bird! All three evacuated more quickly than they came in... The big wave came in. I managed to drop one who landed high and left 10 yards away horizontally, 30 foot up vertically! Nice head shot. Mixed casserole now! They fluttered around unsure and landed again. I managed to bag a second with another headshot, this had landed behind so I turned round and managed to get a line through the fir branches! Clink, thwack, thud! 2 up. Pigeon pie and a rabbit and black pudding caserole! Some had broken from the big wave and settled at the far edge. I would not be able to stalk these as there was a lack of cover along the path. I guessed at 30 metres, second zero point and aimed. Once again, click, thwack, this time there was a rustle as it hit a few leaves on the way down then thud! Big pigeon pie! The sun had set and I had about 15 minutes of light left when the last came in to settle. The pigeons landed in the sitty tree behind me again. Shot through the fir tree, hit another. Casserole!!! So a stalked rabbit and 4 roost shot pigeons later I called it a day! 4 Quote Link to post
random 659 Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 Good day out then,looks a lively permission,and options in the kitchen now with that mixed bag... Quote Link to post
mattwhite 1,993 Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 Wild mushrooms, onion, carrot and a splash of red and your laughing with that tasty bag mate! Quote Link to post
stealthy1 3,964 Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 So where's the wife's report then? Or did you sneak out and leave her at home. Quote Link to post
secretagentmole 1,701 Posted January 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 Mary has given up shooting Stealthy, caring for her mother when she had cancer then caring for her dad in his final 18 months (after her mum died) took it out of her a lot. She does come out on the boat though! Quote Link to post
j j m 6,561 Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 nice shooting mate Quote Link to post
The one 8,511 Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Nice read mate your fairly thinning out the pigeons Quote Link to post
villaman 9,983 Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Nice bit of pigeon shooting Quote Link to post
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