Hunter Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 I was out today testing a new scope on the RabbitStopper today, after fine tuning the internals properly, and giving everything a good clean. Here she is ready to go Went for a small walk, once again I couldnt hit 2 rabbits with it.. its the same every time, I can only get squirrels with it. I think its name should be changed This female squirrel has been around my place for a longgg time, and has been very difficult to hunt down. It has taken me 3 years to finally pull it down, and is the last squirrel in the top woods of our house. (we have 2, one above and one larger bellow our house) So I have more or less wiped out all the squirrels from that section this year and last (16 squirrels) The one is my number 50 squirrel taken by airgun with a good head shot fairly high in a tree. She wasnt moving when she finaly hit the ground. Im sure she was about to produce a litter of 4-5 new squirrels as she was pretty heavy and felt very full. Scope seems to work well now, but the Co2 consumption is terrible in the cold winter.. bring on summer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatingisbest Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 (edited) nice shot! What make and model is the scope? How many full power shots do you get with 1 co2 capsule? (i'm interested) Edited March 12, 2006 by beatingisbest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted March 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 No idea.. its a fixed 6X42 (My favourite for squirrelling). I got it cheap at the shop I work in, theres no label on it. Nice and solid.. Heres a couple more pics If I knew what cope it was I would buy a few of them. Pretty good one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ratcatcher Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 nice shooting m8, did you eat him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted March 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 Not this time.. was a rather plump female, so the wrong time of the year to bring on the knife.. next time though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth Stalker Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 Well done hunter I've had 5 squirells, 1 each morning this week on me nuts at the end of my garden. S.S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted March 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 Nice, do you use bird food or similar? I may give that a try if it works well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth Stalker Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 I put peanuts out for the birds in a feeder made from wire mesh, the ******* chew straight through it, letting all the nuts trickle out the bottom. I haven't seen so many around this weekend S.S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted March 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 Hunter sees a new bait feeder project comming up.. I have a virtually infinate amount of squirrels to shoot in my forest, less then 50 meters from my house the forest starts. Its mostly beech and chesnut.. the squirrels eat the beech saplings as theri main diet in spring. There are litlery hundreds of them nibbling away in th trees ovove, even if you see them and they see you, they carry on eating as they are so amused by the food. Hopfully if the shotgun certificate clears, a nice 20 bore and some '5's will bring lots of squirrel this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 Nice set up their Hunter , good shooting too. keep it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted March 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 (edited) Thanks Frank! Im thinking of investing in a good new airgun and selling the others. The rabbit stopper is lovley for squirrels as its so light. Nice and easy to aim up. But its a real fiddle, requires lots of care, adjusting and tweaking it does get a little hard sometimes. I think I will by the Webly Raider .22 back off my dad, give it a good clean up and get it going.. I have never used such an accurate airgun, but since I sold it I havent had enough money for something good, so I have made do with this fully customized rabbit stopper, but it has dropped a squirrel on almost every stalk! I still spend half of Sunday every week keeping the gun working to its max. Accuracy isnt too bad. The main reason I stick with it is I can walk around with it all day without busting the arms, and it is very silent even the squirrels struggle to pinpoint the location sometimes They run around my side of the tree thinking the noise was from another location, only to get popped Edited March 13, 2006 by Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wol the hunter Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 my two boys 10 and 6.we ended up with 3 tree rats.just a stroll in the woods for 3 hours,while mum and go shopping,not bad life is it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted March 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 (edited) Very good They look so proud. Keep em going, they will be skilled hunters soon enough.. Those camo suits are great! Edited March 13, 2006 by Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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