First Hunt With My TX200

[ShadowShot]

I decided to go out today and see what I could get.

I ended up killing three tree rats, lost one of them to him laying down and dieing in a knot hole.
One old boar squirrel didn't want to die. This is a sad but true story. PETA PLEASE DONT READ.
I Put a hollow point through the neck of this old boar. I thought  that was the end of him.
The rascal kept on going. I then put another through the head just bellow the ear.
He dropped then and stopped moving. I left him laying and went to
see if I could get the other Houdini I caught out of the corner of my eye. He lived up to his name and disappeared.

I went back to pick up the one I left laying, The sucker was setting up and looking around.
I put one more through his head again around his eye. If I'm not setting here, I'm lying.
The thing got up and ran about 10 yards and stopped. Unable to believe my eyes, he was still alive. I put one last round through the top of his head. That did him in that time. I was feeling bad. My shots were well placed and He should have been down the first shot. This was the squirrel from hell. Once I picked him up, I figured he needed a girl. This old boy looked like a bull if you know what I mean.

I also saw 7 deer running around. I got two in one shot..... with my Canon A630 using 8.0 megs.

The last thing I did was to see if I could hit a pan I found down by the wood pile. I took my first shot at just over 100 Yards. I went prone on the ground, dropping down to the last dot on my cross hairs, squeezed the trigger. Twap, then about .5 seconds later came the sound of success, TINK. It was about the size of a pie pan. Shaking my head I walked back up towards the house.
I looked, I guess I was about another 40 yards or so away from where I was and decided to try it again off the top off a well house. I missed a couple shots until I pulled my sites a little higher and made a better rest on my arm with the rifle. Pow..Tink. Pow..Tink. I had to walk this off and see how far this actually was. 145 yards.
I guess thats not bad for a boy who has gotten older, 41.

Pics bellow.
 

[longislandhunter]

That's a great harvest for the first hunt with the rifle.  Hollow points are good hunting pellets and I've done well with them, but try some Predator pellets,,,,, if your rifle shoots them accurately I would suggest using them for squirrels.  They are awesome pellets, especially on tenacious critters like squirrels.  

Congrats on a fine hunt....

Jeff

[scotsman]

Great story, and great pics too. whew, that's some fine long range shootin...maybe there oughta be an airgun Palma match, ya think? Or maybe Creedmore style so I could lie down..lol. Merry Christmas! Robert

[luckycharm]

great story  and nice shooting  my friend

[only1harry]

Good shooting.  Impressive plinking at those long distances too!

[TCups]

Good shooting, Paul.  As I get older, I suppose I could still get down to shoot from the prone position -- but it's the getting back up afterwards that is beginning to be the problem, hence the tripod and stool for this senior shooter.  BTW a tripod rest isn't that big an expense.  You can pick up a light weight tripod for about $25 at most of the discount stores.  Gene Curtis was kind enough to cut me a 5" piece of aluminum bar and tap a 1/4" SAE thread in the center -- which is the standard thread used in the base of camera for mounting them on a tripod.  Then a decent quality front rest can be easily attached to the bar and the bar attached to the tripod.  A small leather front rest is what? another $15 to $20.  Come to think of it, you could just take some epoxy glue and glue a counter sunk 1/4" nut into the bottom of a small piece of wood, then tack a piece of carpet on and save yourself the cost of a leather front rest bag.  And you could certainly sit on an empty 5-gal. bucket cheaper than one of the folding camp stools.

[ShadowShot]

Your right, its not that bad. Show me a good pod setup and I'll see if I can start working on sneaking this in with the blind.

It would look more appropriate in my backyard next to the washer and dryer and beside the old Ford Pinto.
I'll mow the grass next year.  I'm too ashamed to let anyone see my double wide  so I keep the grass high.

I am kidding about the washer/dryer and Pinto.
"Proud Owner Of  Fleetwood" Low millage.
 

ShadowShot.

You would have to see this topic to understand this post. Gotta loveya Tcups
http://www.gatewaytoairguns.com/airguns/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=12892&posts=15#M102426
 

[gamo2hammerli]

Great shooting at the three nutters with the new TX200....too bad one got away.  And amazing long distance shooting and photos of the 2 deers.

[TCups]

Paul:

Again, here is the link:  http://www.gatewaytoairguns.com/airguns/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=10006&posts=13&highlight=portable&highlightmode=1#M79947

A portable tripod with front rifle rest attached to a metal bar.  Not also the small cake pan lined with green felt screwed in to the bottom of the tripod.  Makes it much more user friendly.

Here are a couple of more pictures of the front rest.

[ShadowShot]

Thanks Tcup, I didn't see that post.
Great info.
 

<S> = Salute.

[shadow]

Great shootin Paul and pic's, fine first harvest with the shooter. Ed