tikkamark Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 I went out on sunday with the hmr to try and get as many grey crows and magpies as possible to see could i win a competition our gun club do every 3 months or so.I went out with a lad in a jeep,the tactics were simple drive round a bunch of quiet private lanes on the chaps land and spot Mr magger or Mr grey rest hmr on a support bag mounted on the jeep window and give the magpie or grey crow a sharp shock I was very impressed with the hmr had a few very good shots,one magpie was feeding along a hedge later stepped out to be 140yrds got the x settled on him really took my time squeezing the trigger then CRACK....pop and puff of feathers the fella that was with me couldnt believe the little bullet was capable of such accuracy and power.Another shot that stuck in my head was at another mag around the 150yrd mark it was in a wheat stubble field we spotted the magpies feeding from the main road so we drove into the field(all gun club land)and seen the magpie sitting on top of a hawthorn bush was not going to fire at it as there was no background whatsoever so we played the waiting game and after 10 mins the magpie foolishly flew down and landed on the ground i waited for it to settle...x on its white bib CRACK........pop made bits of the magger We continued this for about 3 hours and finished up with 7 magpies and 3 grey crows for the grand total of 10 hornady 17grain v-max's. I headed home for dinner and my mate went out with his patterdale terrier and another lad with his jack russel they got a lovely big dog and a vixon in the one earth and another vixon in another earth we met up with the rest of the gun club fellas with the maggers and greys and three foxes that was the best out of the 11 or 12 other lads which all said they couldnt get in shottie range of the winged vermin The hmr is really something else Me and the other lad that was driving and that got the 3 charlies won 2 turkeys for the christmas dinner Sorry i do go on a bit Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 Excellent Mark, congratulations. You deserve it, after all the vermin control you have been doing. Grey and maggies are nowt but leveret and pheasent chick theives ect, along with Mr fox, good man and keep up the good work. Frank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conor Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 well done mark was out with terrier lads on sunday with ronan nee on here, flushed 5 nice foxes out to guns, i had my lurcher but sadly no chase was given best craic i had in ages then on the way home we shot one with my hmr was a great day. sadly no gun club here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 could it be pesticides or herbicides sumthing like that or landowners using illegal poisens. But I hope he is fine now and wish him a speedy recovery. nice shooting its just what the HMR is made for. Theres something very satisfying about shooting winged vermin with it as they really don't like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soreshoulder Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 """"Another shot that stuck in my head"""" did it hurt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 Nice trolley - jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
08shooter Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 well done mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tikkamark Posted October 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 Excellent Mark, congratulations. You deserve it, after all the vermin control you have been doing. Grey and maggies are nowt but leveret and pheasent chick theives ect, along with Mr fox, good man and keep up the good work. Frank. Thanks frank the magpies and greys are nasty pieces of work alright I found a wood there yesterday that is home to thousands of grey crows we shot 4 when they were coming in to roost we were in the wrong part of the wood we have a good idea where the bulk of them are roosting now so there going to get an awful hammering one of these days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rabgoat Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 very good shooting mark , excellent stuff, lovely looking gun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john faul Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 great shooting mark the 17 you got is a good piece of kit the ground nesting birds are doing well around you i would say well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loopy bunny blaster Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 nice one i hate the ******* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 Excellent Mark, congratulations. You deserve it, after all the vermin control you have been doing. Grey and maggies are nowt but leveret and pheasent chick theives ect, along with Mr fox, good man and keep up the good work. Frank. Thanks frank the magpies and greys are nasty pieces of work alright I found a wood there yesterday that is home to thousands of grey crows we shot 4 when they were coming in to roost we were in the wrong part of the wood we have a good idea where the bulk of them are roosting now so there going to get an awful hammering one of these days Nice one Mark, the less of them the better. Hope you have good luck with them. Frank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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