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General Discussion To Gateway To Airguns => Hunting Gate => : shadow April 21, 2010, 04:53:00 AM
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It had the making's for a beautiful day so I loaded up the Benji NP and headed for some private hunting grounds that I hadn't hunted since early last fall. The plan was to get into some G-hog's with her so I was on location and in my old hide by 7:30am with the Trail NP locked and loaded. I had scouted out the area the day before and had noticed fresh piles of dirt next to the G-hog hole's which told me that they were active. About two hours had passed without any movement from the den's but out of the corner of my eye I caught movement in the tree's to the side of me. My hide sits just inside the tree's with the wood's behind and to the sides of me and the field out in front. The Squirrels have had a free run of the wood's since last fall and I had left my private hunting grounds alone, give the area time to restock for spring hunting. :) This nutter was moving from limb to limb without a care in the world but then must have noticed the glint from my glass but it was to late. He turned to get a better look at the intruder then gave several twitch's of his tail but the cross hairs were already planted on the side of his fusebox and the FTS was sent away. The sound of a solid hit was followed by the nutter dropping stone dead from the limb and hitting the ground without a twitch. I reloaded and didn't bother to retrieve him he was down and I was still on the hunt for a G-hog. Three more hours had passed without a a single G-hog showing itself so I decided to call it a morning and headed over to retrieve my Squirrel harvest. I had dropped this guy at just under 23yrd's and with the NP's first Fox Squirrel under her belt I stowed him in the game bag and headed out. I placed some twig's on the den hole's to keep tab's on the active hole's and I will be back tonight, NP's first Night Patrol hunt. :o :) Ed
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good shootin hunt brotha.. lookin forward to some night reports...
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Thanks bro and hopefully something will show tonight. Ed
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Fine shooting my friend :)
I guess the MI nutters didn't get the word from their SC relatives just how deadly that rifle and you are when you walk into the woods :)
Looking forward to tonights night hunt....
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Thanks Bro and it should be a interesting night since I haven't bee out there since last summer. Ed
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Been waiting for this post Ed! Now that your back home, Nice shooting!
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Thanks Dave and I did like dropping the Gray's down at brother Gene's place, gotta get up north for em here though so the Fox nutters will have to do hehe. Ed
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Nice shooting Ed. I'm sure a it's only a matter of time before we see that gun again with a ground hog. Great looking shooter too.
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Good shot Ed - and good hunting tonight !!!!
Paul.
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Nice shooting! I think that NP would do a great job on groundhogs. It makes me want one a lot, but I've blown too much money lately on hunting....:( :(
Hopefully you'll get something tonight! I've seen a GAZILLION raccoons lately! I've got a lot of video on the game camera out at Jim's too.
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Thanks brother's and I had a successful Night Patrol hunt. :o :) Ed
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Nice shooting!
There's nothing like hunting fox squirrels,by far my favorite animal to hunt.
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Thanks Frank I do enjoy hunting them myself. Ed
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Wow....that`s a pretty big nutter. Anyhoo...your powerful Benji Trail took care of him.
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Thanks bro and he was a good sized nutter. Ed
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congrats
nice shooting
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Thanks bro. :) Ed
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great shooting ed!
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Great job Ed,
I want to see what our NP will do to a
G-h
Make sure we get a pic when u harvest one.
Thanks
Matthew
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Thanks bro's and will do Matthew. It dropped a Bandit already so I'm thinking that a G-hog should be no problem for her if I do my part. :) Ed
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Ed,
How many yards & where did you place the shot on the coon?
Thanks
Matthew
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23yrd's and right through the eye socket and into the fusebox.
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Nice,
I missed your post the other day
that was awesome!
Just read it!