young airgunner Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 hi, i went to my friends grandads land where he is a gamekeeper. my friend took me out for a wander round and see if we could get anything. seen a couple of squirrels about but they were far to quick for us. after walking through several fields, we entered one of the woods. the woods were buzzing with pheasants which didnt make it too good for our stalking. any way we looked through the woods seeing a couple of squirrels etc. i quickly saw a squirrel scarper across a track so i followed round the track and saw the squirrel, i raised my rifle to my shoulder took aim and BAM, the squirrel was down- 20 yrds standing ( my first ever live quarry- nice headshot!). to be brief i was extremely pleased, i had been waiting for this moment for ages.i picked him up and decided to leave him on a fence post and my m8 said we would come pick him up later in the pickup. after that first excitement, i had caught the hunting bug. me and my friend eagerly walked round a field to see what was about. keeping close to the hedge i could see a rabbit in the open about 30 yrds away. i slowly dropped to one knee, raised my rifle and placed the cross hairs between eye and ear, THWACK another addition to my first hunting trip. as i walked up to the rabbit it was a clean kill, no movement. then to my sheer disappointment i saw the rabbit had mixy- poor little ******. although the rabbit had mixy, i was pleased with my second kill. i really enjoyed my first hunting trip and im sure il be back for more. here's some pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fulltimeshooter Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 Well done mate and happy hunting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPARKIE Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 nice 1 m8 keep it up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronttuk Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 thats the way to get started well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 Well done James. The reason I went off MSN when you were telling me earlier was because of a nasty Trojan advert virus so I'm on the other comp while my comp is being fixed. FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferretboy111 Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 Well done ba, i remember my first hunting trips with my air rifle, was shooting rabbits around an old railway embankment (disused), cracking rifle you have there aswell. I really need to cull a few squirrels at the farm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 well done mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckytrigger Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 Well done young un..Good choice of pcp too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flash Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 nice one james, c you blooded the 400 on swuirels just like me, beautiful airguns to use. cheers flash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poacher Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 Good work bud,,,p.s your english is very good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 Keep it up young man! More lads like you about and we wouldn't have half the problems we have today. As TLE's sig I think it is, says "Young lads that hunt fish and trap don't mug little old ladies".. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
young airgunner Posted October 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 thanks for the kind comments everyone. flash it must be an s400 thing with the squirrels lol. hope you got the trojan sorted ollie. cant wait till my next trip cheers james Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jonrms Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Nice shooting bud. I have to say.. the way you stood to take the first shot.. and judged the range.. then with the longer second shot... I am well impressed!!!!! Who taught you how to shoot? they deserve a good pat on the back..... and of course you do as well for taking in the information like you did.... Keep up the great work... we need more like you on the forum.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
young airgunner Posted October 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 well i've recently joined north oxon field target club and there are some great people there with some good advice. also i have just been practicing shots at different ranges to know my aim point. thanks again for the kind comments. cheers james Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ratcatcher Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Nice shooting fella, youle always remember your first, i still do m8 :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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