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General Discussion To Gateway To Airguns => Hunting Gate => : Splash March 18, 2008, 10:15:13 AM
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I was working on a stock Saturday, when I looked up to see 7 nutters runnin around the yard. I've been leaving them alone for the last few weeks, but 7 was too many,hehe. I went inside and grabbed my 2250 and slipped back out. The first was sitting about 3yrds in front of my target box, put the crosshairs on his little eye and took it out. The next one was right in front of my shed about 52yrds, he got the same. I shot 2 more and watched them through the scope and they never moved, but when I went to retrieve them they were gone. Oh well 2 for me and 2 for the other varments,hehe.
Mike
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That's some nice shootin Mike,
And what a pretty baby you have there ! Great photos also !
Thanks for sharing your hunt with us...:)
Bill
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Thanks Bill and I'm glad that Gene decided to let her go.
Mike
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It looks to me as if he might have made a mistake !
She's a Beauty Mike ! ;-)
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Excellent shooting and excellent pic !! :)
That shooter certainly did the job right !! 52 yards,,,, that one good shot ;)
Jeff
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Thanks Jeff. I just wish that I could have found the other 2. I've been shootin paintballs at 30-50yrds, so a nutters noggin, was a walk in the park,hehe.
Mike
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50yd shot? wow! Good shooting. How much power (FPE) does that 2250 put out? I 'm surprised it had enough kinetic energy to take out a squirrel at over 50yds. Was it quick or did it take him a while to die?
BTW, is small game season still in effect where you live? Normally it's over by the end of February.. unless you have a spring hunting season there.. but since you didn't bother them for several weeks, maybe it's ok? :)
They are running all over my property as we speak. Hadn't seen any in at least 2-3 weeks and was getting worried, but I took 20 of them just on my property alone this past winter so I 'll wait until Sept. when the season opens again. I 'm just going to try and fatten them up for now and help them increase their #'s.
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Great shootin Mike and Gene sure let go of a sweetheart but Gene loves to see his ex-shooter's get out and hunt. The pic is fantastic and some shootin to match, thank's for staying ontop of the nutters while I was on the trail Airbud. Ed
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Harry, I'm not sure what it's puttin out, now that the weather has warmed up abit more, but at 66deg was 705fps with a 14.3 Benji, 15.78fpe. It was about 77 on this day, so may have been alittle more.
Ed, I had to get after them, they've been chewin up my shed and most of what's in it. I guess I should have added that they were taken, while I was seated at my bench.
Mike
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Relaxing hunt then:) and they were getting destructive so it was for the best buddy. Ed
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Very relaxing, for about 15min.
Mike
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Hey Splash&Shadow,Tim here. Man you guys got it going on!! Thanks so much for joining over at Kliffs.I must set the record straight,over there I said "keep it clean like TV huntin shows" You must understand as a moderator,I must bow to the "Mary Poppins" there to some extent. Here I will say POST on my friends! I gave fair warning to all that may not hunt. The pics. above give me great pleasure,I hate rats! (ground or tree)! I just made a post at D.W. to Harry about a loophole I found in the law pertaining to your "percieved" threat from Crows to your crops. Man that leaves alot open to interpitation!! They are eating my grass seed,they are harrasing the he$$ out of my "crop" of nesting Hawks. They must be dealt with.,,I will post pics. here soon.Thanks for having me here,& thanks for your support at Kliffs,,Tim.
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P.S. After looking further here, I see alot of other names here that I have seen as new members at kliffs,Sorry I cant remember all, I have the "old timers"LOL! Thanks to all here at GTA for your support,& thanks for having me as well,Tim.
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Just haven a little fun Tim. I don't get to hunt as much as I would like to, but try to do some every now and then. I'll be droppin by Kliff's and if I post any pics, I'll be sure to snap a few from the other side,hehe.
Mike
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Thank's again Tim and the forum over there has got a great start and we hope that we can contribute to it. Ed
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Chewing on your shed? Get them all!! hehehe
I had 4 of them on my property today, 2 in the back and 2 in the front. I watched them for about 20min. as they were making their way diagonally to the same spot towards the side of the house coming from the front and the back. They seem to be 2 different pairs of nutters because when they got within 25ft or so of each other, they stared at each other for about a minute, and then the bigger one that had come from the back gave a small chase to the other 2 that retreated quickly. But so did the 2 in the back after that quick launch at them. It was pretty funny. They avoid contact and altercations. They seem to be smart enough to avoid getting injured so it was like a mutual decision. You go your way we 'll go ours. The 2 retreated into my trees in the back yard where they came from and the other 2 ran across the street to the neighbor's. I know they came down from up the street and the other 2 were the resident ones from my oak tree. The thought did cross my mind to take one out since they seem to be abundant now. I had counted 5 on my property a couple of days ago so I walked toward the 850 .22 but then I remembered I had to load a fresh CO2 cylinder and just let it go. The longer I put off putting a new CO2 bottle in, the longer I can postpone taking them out of season. I 'm also afraid they may have young ones in the nest so I don't feel bad better just leaving them alone for now. It be interesting to see what it looks like around here in the summer time if the young ones start coming out.
The crows are gone. They don't stay around here all year round but the weird thing is a big raven has moved in and is hanging around a neighbor's tree 2 houses down. I see it almost every morning on top of that 70-80ft tall tree. It flies directly over my property or house a few times throughout the day. I 'd say it's about 40-50% larger than the common crow that we get up here. I have no idea what the laws are on the ravens. I only see crow in my NY state small-game hunting guide & regulations.
Tim: We have similar laws in NY state. If you think animals or birds are acting as a pest and destroying personal property or crops, you have the right to take them out even during the out-of-season as long as you possess a valid hunting license. The only law I don't like is the one that says if you shoot something on private property that's not yours, you better have written permission from the property owner :( I don't like this law because there is a very large oak tree that seperates my property and one of the neighbor's. Half the tree belongs to me and the other half is on his property (go figure). If I shoot something on that tree (there 's plenty to shoot on that one all the time), I can't be sure sometimes where it will fall, his property or mine.. and he is not a big proponent of me shooting things in my back yard to begin with..
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The Oak Tree is "half on/half off",Hmmmm,As the crow drops?? Welcome to the "gray" side!LOL! Its a tough call. Just funnin Harry,I have neighbors too for now. When I complete my new house,ANYTHING GOES!! LOL! On a brighter note, my new 350 has 5 "confirmed" kills!! Not even sighted in yet (open sights) I had to hold over a tick. 5 snapping turtles are missing most of thier heads! I had GREAT fun today! They are so stupid, they will give you many follow up shots! By the end of the day,resting on my truck mirror,I am dialed in w/open sights& Crow Mags. I swear Harry I think some of my shots were pushing 50 yrds. (hard to judge distance across water). I am so much in love w/ my new 350 even though most will "beat me" cause it is 177 cal. ,,It spits Crow Mags (8.8) & Silver Arrows (11.5) like no other airgun I have ever owned. (open sights). Cant wait to round up a decent mount to put some "Glass" on her! Sorry about the Bla,Bla, guys,Tim.
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That's funny about the turtles! Don't you mean "they are so slow"? Of course they 'll give you many follow up shots because it takes them an hour to move 12ft :-) Just kidding.. I have not seen a turtle around in years. Does the 350 penetrate their hard shell? I wouldn't mind having something like those to shoot at in the off-season :) I know what you mean about water. It's much harder to judge distance on water and across to the other side. Do you have the OEM spring in yours or a JM one?
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Harry,Tim here. Follow up shots? These guys are in the lake,& only show there heads above water,If they are spooked,they dive down in an instant! I would not think anything other than a direct head shot would be appropriate.(Im shure the 350 would have no problem going thru the shell) It was very obvious when I had a "confirmed kill",, the water is clear& you could see the "perp." sinking to the bottom, as opposed to swimming off. Man that was great fun! Today I painstaikenly mounted "glass" on my new 350 Its doing great!! Cant wait to get back to the pond!! In the meantime,today while I was on the Ph. W Harv., I noticed the "carpenter" bees are boring new holes in my porch rafters,time to get out my XX,s,Great fun!! Man I forgot about that! The fun never ends for us dedicated airgunners,its year round!! Tim.
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Turtles also like to sun themselves on a warm rock like most reptile type critter's so keep the peeper's open for afternoon sunner's and take em on the snooze:)..........just a tidbit from snaggin em off the rock's and cookin and em by sunset, shell and all, makes a great roaster:) Ed