Photo prep?

[SPEEDY]

Some people have wondered how I can nail Rabbits etc with big guns up to and including a 375H&H, while most of my photos appear not to have any visible sign of damage at all.

The answer is careful positioning of game and some times a little preparation before taking a photo, Eg stuffing things back in or replacing missing bits or as in this example using a stapler.

I just think a little prep time can take a little ammunition away from the anti’s before they start shooting their mouths off.

 

 

[Frank]

Buck Shot was it?

[beatingisbest]

you could use a 375H&H or you could use a .22 rifle and save money on ammo, have edible meat and you wont have to make it look like it hasnt been blown up with dynamite.

[SPEEDY]

Buck Shot was it?

 

Actually it was a 1oz load of 7 & ½ shot it just happened to jump up from right under my foot as I was stalking up on another one and I was so surprised I shot when it was only a meter away from me.

 

 

you could use a 375H&H or you could use a .22 rifle and save money on ammo, have edible meat and you wont have to make it look like it hasnt been blown up with dynamite.

 

As Rabbits are a dime a dozen down here I like to practice with my big game rifles on them, my logic being that if I can hit a rabbit at 50m from the shoulder or even get close then hitting a large deer is that much easier.

Not to mention that it helps me get a feel for a new gun in actual hunting situation as opposed to only firing a few shots a year at game, and shooting from a bench just isn’t realistic practice for big game hunting IMO.

[dazza]

why not practice on paper targets?

[Hunter]

you could use a 375H&H or you could use a .22 rifle and save money on ammo, have edible meat and you wont have to make it look like it hasnt been blown up with dynamite.

 

Agreed

 

If you leave meat like that around it will only encourage foxes, so it will make more work for yourself too.

[SPEEDY]

why not practice on paper targets?

 

Because paper will always act like paper it doesn’t move around feeding and you don’t really need to practice stalking it, I find that people who spend most of their time shooting paper take too long to make a shot on game as they keep waiting for the perfect shot and that doesn't happen a lot where I shoot.

 

If you leave meat like that around it will only encourage foxes, so it will make more work for yourself too.

 

All the meat comes home for the dogs if it doesn’t come home for me that is.

[Hunter]

Dont mean to sound like a watsit,

But isnt stalking with a shotgun virtually useless to pratcicing for hunting with your big bore? I mean al you do is point, and pull, rather then steady your rifle, slip the safety off, aim, and pull the trigger. Thats anyway going to take a long time, and surely if you are stealthy enough you will have time to wait untill the animal offers a good shot while it is feeding etc.

Animals and deer act the same in most parts of the world. I dont see why you dont have the time to concentrate on a good well aimed shot? because its not possible if you do it like a shotgun.

 

Many stalkers here spend hours at the range practicing, and firing their homeloads to get the best accuracy. Target shooters do spend a long time because they want the perfect score. All a stalker cares about is putting every shot into a 30-45mm circle while standing, kneeling or prone.

 

Dont get me wrong, im not offending you, but this is generally how it seems here..

[SPEEDY]

I was whistling foxes that day with the 12ga, and I was just working a little gully for a bunny for my dog on the way home when I shot that one a little too close.

There are only a few properties that I use the 375H&H on and their all a good hours drive from my place but I feel more confident when taking a 3 second shot at a deer, after having practiced with it 1st in real hunting situations.

The photo wasn’t to illustrate shooting little things with big guns, rather that if you happen to put a big hole in something IMO it’s worth a little effort to lessen the visual, as opposed to glorify it as has been happening a little of late on Aussi forums.

I just thought that I might include it in this one as well as I’m quite proud of that tidy up.

[new to the flock]

Speedy;

 

Well done on the touch up, I think a little time over an over shot animal is good practice as I know I personally do not like pictures where they are blown apart.

 

I am also glad to see that you are out using your large calibres when aver possible. Nothing worse than guiding someone who only range shoots once a year, before going out after deer with a gun he is basically unfamilliar with. The fact that the meat goes home for you and the dogs instead of just into a fox bait pile is great too.

 

Keep it up,

NTTF

[Frank]

I was whistling foxes that day with the 12ga, and I was just working a little gully for a bunny for my dog on the way home when I shot that one a little too close.

There are only a few properties that I use the 375H&H on and their all a good hours drive from my place but I feel more confident when taking a 3 second shot at a deer, after having practiced with it 1st in real hunting situations.

The photo wasn’t to illustrate shooting little things with big guns, rather that if you happen to put a big hole in something IMO it’s worth a little effort to lessen the visual, as opposed to glorify it as has been happening a little of late on Aussi forums.

I just thought that I might include it in this one as well as I’m quite proud of that tidy up.

 

Well said.

 

I have taken out fellas that have been on the range most of their spare time.

When presented with live moving quarry, ect, they turn into a bag of jelly and end up missing an easy target.

 

I was out last season with a freind who was taking out a man that was in out local rifle range.

He never stoped talking about deer shooting and how he would love to come out and have a shot at some deer.

He bosted on how to shoot deer ect ect, but had only ever shot 2 deer in his whole intire life, he was 52.

We took him out one morning with his new Blaser .270 and Swaroski scope ect, took him 20 mins to get away from the landy .

Anyway, we were walking along the edge of a wood, when a grand fallow pricket walks straight out in front of us at 30 odd yds. He slowly put out the bi-pods, layed down and took for ages to get set up

 

The buck, amazingly still stood looking , Boom!!, he missed , when i looked down at him, he was shaking like a leaf and could hardly speak with nerves.

 

Frank

 

Frank.

[Hunter]

Buck fever gotta love it. Never been hunting anything bigger then fox yet, so I am curious how I will feel when I have the trigger ready to pull and a Deer in the sights..

[deadeye ive]

Some people have wondered how I can nail Rabbits etc with big guns up to and including a 375H&H, while most of my photos appear not to have any visible sign of damage at all.

The answer is careful positioning of game and some times a little preparation before taking a photo, Eg stuffing things back in or replacing missing bits or as in this example using a stapler.

I just think a little prep time can take a little ammunition away from the anti’s before they start shooting their mouths off.

 

Very impressive ..................I actually think that showing the close range devestation of a firearm gives the new and up and coming shooters a reality check of what power they have in their hands ..........Unfortunately you are correct by not everyone viewing the pics sees it from a hunters point of view

[leeboy]

Speedy, good work mate and a good attitude. have you ever considered working in a mortuary

 

I also agree with what you are saying, its good shooting practice on an extremely abundant target which is not wasted i.e fed to dogs. And more to the point paper targets dont give you buck fever ! although obviously you do your time on paper targets for zeroing etc.

 

In this day and age anything that keeps the antis at bay is good in my book.

 

regards

Leeboy

 

 

ps I bet that 375 does some damage !

[SPEEDY]

I actually think that showing the close range devestation of a firearm gives the new and up and coming shooters a reality check of what power they have in their hands

 

I actually had a few choice words with myself after I shot it and saw the damage caused, as I really should have let it get 10m away before shooting it.

 

 

I also agree with what you are saying, its good shooting practice on an extremely abundant target which is not wasted i.e fed to dogs. And more to the point paper targets dont give you buck fever ! although obviously you do your time on paper targets for zeroing etc.

 

On my 1st trip out with my new 375H&H, I had a shot at a great sambar stag as it made it’s through some fallen timber, it was in the scope for about 3 seconds all up before it disappeared into the scrub.

As I had only picked that rifle up 2 days before and had only put 30rnds through it at the range, I didn’t have the conference that I could make a good shot and so I didn’t fire.

After having used it on several trips now and shot numerous Rabbits & Foxes with it mostly snap shots from the shoulder, if I was faced with that same shot tomorrow I would take it.

[Frank]

Practice makes perfect.

 

Frank.