snow white Posted September 22, 2021 Report Share Posted September 22, 2021 Hi lads would you go shooting rabbits in very strong wind 25 mile hour or more with 22lr I shoot of quad sticks but I find the wind blows me about a bit so don’t go out when very windy don’t like wounding them I can’t lie down to shoot owing to back injury and I would never get back up old age Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted September 22, 2021 Report Share Posted September 22, 2021 No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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snow white Posted September 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2021 That’s what I keep telling farmer it’s to wind I forgot to say the farm is right on the beach with winds mainly of the sea which get quite wind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver fox 1 Posted September 22, 2021 Report Share Posted September 22, 2021 Hi in a 25 mile an hour 90° wind at 63 yards it would push your bullet off course by about 2.8 mil The only real way to find out this is to get out and shoot in the wind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 I wouldn’t with a 22 lr or any 17 I may take out a 22 hornet or 222 if the must be shot but most likely I’d use a shotgun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 12 hours ago, snow white said: That’s what I keep telling farmer it’s to wind I forgot to say the farm is right on the beach with winds mainly of the sea which get quite wind Sounds like perfect ferreting ground! 🙂 Do you know no one with ferrets who could do you a favour? Shotgunning would be the way to go then, or just let them ferret them to nets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver fox 1 Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 I shoot once a month on a range that is right on the seafront I’ve shot in all weather conditions, don’t have a choice on the weather as the ranges are booked well in advance I know it’s a different kettle of fish shooting at targets but I have learnt quite a lot and still learning, what I have learnt has helped me in the field tremendously And made me a lot more confident been able to practice is the key, surely the wind can’t be 25 mile an hour all the time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 4 hours ago, silver fox 1 said: surely the wind can’t be 25 mile an hour all the time? And that, I find, is the biggest problem with rifle shooting quarry in a wind. Whatever the wind is doing, it never blows at the same strength or from the same direction for more than a few seconds. Sailing dinghies proved that to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow white Posted September 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 it’s not 25 all the time but when it’s gusting and your shooting of quad sticks you can keep stead one minute your spot on the next minute you’re moving all over the place it’s no good saying you will be only a few mill out it’s not fair on the bunny to wound it I like so mean on here like a clean kill shooting Papper doesn’t matter it’s not going to roll round on the floor till you can dispatch it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good shot? Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 I try my best to position myself with any wind over 5mph to be from behind or directly in front. Not always possible but at any decent range a varying wind is very difficult to judge and is an often used reason for my missing.😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver fox 1 Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 50 minutes ago, Good shot? said: I try my best to position myself with any wind over 5mph to be from behind or directly in front. Not always possible but at any decent range a varying wind is very difficult to judge and is an often used reason for my missing.😉 This ^^^ spot-on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old farrier Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 The wind is usually from the sea and tbh if I didn’t shoot into a wind I’d never get a shot off where I am reduce the magnification of the scope to absolute minimum this will reduce most of the wobble I find that walking into the wind means I can get a lot closer rare that I have to take a 50 yard shot with the 22rf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver fox 1 Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 1 hour ago, snow white said: it’s not 25 all the time but when it’s gusting and your shooting of quad sticks you can keep stead one minute your spot on the next minute you’re moving all over the place it’s no good saying you will be only a few mill out it’s not fair on the bunny to wound it I like so mean on here like a clean kill shooting Papper doesn’t matter it’s not going to roll round on the floor till you can dispatch it I do understand it’s not easy and I’m not suggesting you should shoot rabbits in a 25 mile an hour wind, you could put targets up in different wind’s and different positions and perhaps wait for the wind to die down before a shot is taken. I shoot off of Quad stick’s tripod off the back of A vehicle and out of the driver-side passenger-side windows and faced the same trouble as you, maybe not quite the same as you living in North Wales A beautiful part of the country by the way been there many times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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