Out with 22lr tonight

[trappa 518]

Out tonight with my son , 7. Promised him i would put a photo up. we had a quick hours mooch (friday night etc) but we bagged a respectable 13. Took this photo at 9 rabbits. Shot another 3 that managed to dissapear down the hole with their brains missing (how do they do that?) and missed a few too . Obviously the sights were out , cough cough.

[the Verminator 0]

good little bag there. well done. i see you also use x3m1 sticks. they also make life so much easier when shooting at this time of with the crops and grass at the hight it is

[trappa 518]

Totally agree veminater. The bipod is a "must have" this time of year! cheers mate

[redeye jedi 39]

nice shooting mate.

[trappa 518]

He's as keen as mustard dixy. He went out twice last year when his mother didnt know as she isnt happy about kids with guns, but he has been out a few times ferreting with me.

This is the second time this week he has been out as he has been going on and on about coming, so he can come regular from now on- im shoot around 4-5 times a week so it will be nice him coming on weekends.

My philosophy is teach em young, let them know about safe shots and backstops etc while they are kids, plus its better tan him sat watching a feckin tv or videogame.

[Guest MickyB]

good on you trappa, my lad is only 8 months so ive got it all to look forward to.. for now ill just have to keep up with his demands for food and his grumblings about teething pains lol

[mattydski 560]

Good to start them young Trappa, mine go ferreting , but I haven't had the courage to give em a go with the the .22lr.

Maybe next year

[cyclonebri1 8]

He's as keen as mustard dixy. He went out twice last year when his mother didnt know as she isnt happy about kids with guns, but he has been out a few times ferreting with me.

This is the second time this week he has been out as he has been going on and on about coming, so he can come regular from now on- im shoot around 4-5 times a week so it will be nice him coming on weekends.

My philosophy is teach em young, let them know about safe shots and backstops etc while they are kids, plus its better tan him sat watching a feckin tv or videogame.

 

 

You just can't understand the modern generation of kids that sit glued to a friggin games screen when the could be out fishin, shootin or ramblin about in the countryside, sorry, must be my age, just know what I liked at that sort of age.

 

I have a 12 year old nephy, cant get him out of the house, hates games,(physical stuff). Decided to try and help out and took him night fishin for barbel. Longest night of my life and never to be repeated

 

 

are we going yet, are we going yet, are we............

[arveyboy 0]

speaking from the viewpoint of the modern generation i have to say that videogames are great fun. however, if given the choice i will always go out shooting or motorbiking or anything to be mischeavous outside rather than inside. i have to say im lucky in that my old man is a farmer which gives me plenty of leeway to get out and about, but, since getting my first rifle last December, i havnt touched my x-box. far more fun being outside and im just glad my dad got me into it from an early age

[Malt 379]

Nice one Trappa!

 

I think it's down to the parents. Too many go down the easiest route of parenting, I see it all the time. Most of the young kids on the little estate where I live, never leave it. There's a little park out the front, and the kids are out of the houses soon as they've had they're breakfast, sometimes before 9 in the morning, get called in for lunch & dinner, and then for bed time, every weekend/school holiday without fail. All the time their mothers sit around in a group talking about other folk, drinking tea/coffee/wine. When it's raining, they're sat with their faces in a DS or the TV.

 

Fecking terrible way to bring up kids IMO.

[cyclonebri1 8]

speaking from the viewpoint of the modern generation i have to say that videogames are great fun. however, if given the choice i will always go out shooting or motorbiking or anything to be mischeavous outside rather than inside. i have to say im lucky in that my old man is a farmer which gives me plenty of leeway to get out and about, but, since getting my first rifle last December, i havnt touched my x-box. far more fun being outside and im just glad my dad got me into it from an early age

 

I'm in my mid/late 50's now.

Boy did we have some fun and some narrow escapes as kids.

 

Eg, shooting ducks of the local Nat trust lakes, nobody around then, stuck a crossbow bolt into a wagon on the M1 by accident, , played cowboys with an old No 3 garden gun, and we did actually shoot each other.

Took grandads 12bore from the garden shed, we were all too scared to shoot it so tied it to a fence rail and shot it with a length of string. Got gassed in a garden shed after my cousin threw in a mole gassing stick and locked the door

 

I could go on,but considering the old rural background I don't know how we survived, but we did

Edited May 9, 2009 by cyclonebri1

[arveyboy 0]

speaking from the viewpoint of the modern generation i have to say that videogames are great fun. however, if given the choice i will always go out shooting or motorbiking or anything to be mischeavous outside rather than inside. i have to say im lucky in that my old man is a farmer which gives me plenty of leeway to get out and about, but, since getting my first rifle last December, i havnt touched my x-box. far more fun being outside and im just glad my dad got me into it from an early age

 

I'm in my mid/late 50's now.

Boy did we have some fun and some narrow escapes as kids.

 

Eg, shooting ducks of the local Nat trust lakes, nobody around then, stuck a crossbow bolt into a wagon on the M1 by accident, , played cowboys with an old No 3 garden gun, and we did actually shoot each other.

Took grandads 12bore from the garden shed, we were all too scared to shoot it so tied it to a fence rail and shot it with a length of string. Got gassed in a garden shed after my cousin threw in a mole gassing stick and locked the door

 

I could go on,but considering the old rural background I don't know how we survived, but we did

 

most memorable one to date was a campout me and my mates had about a year back. massive bonfire, quadbikes, a barely used teleporter and inebreation led to half a copse being destroyed. i think we may have been a bit lucky to get out of that one

[RicW 67]

speaking from the viewpoint of the modern generation i have to say that videogames are great fun. however, if given the choice i will always go out shooting or motorbiking or anything to be mischeavous outside rather than inside. i have to say im lucky in that my old man is a farmer which gives me plenty of leeway to get out and about, but, since getting my first rifle last December, i havnt touched my x-box. far more fun being outside and im just glad my dad got me into it from an early age

 

I'm in my mid/late 50's now.

Boy did we have some fun and some narrow escapes as kids.

 

Eg, shooting ducks of the local Nat trust lakes, nobody around then, stuck a crossbow bolt into a wagon on the M1 by accident, , played cowboys with an old No 3 garden gun, and we did actually shoot each other.

Took grandads 12bore from the garden shed, we were all too scared to shoot it so tied it to a fence rail and shot it with a length of string. Got gassed in a garden shed after my cousin threw in a mole gassing stick and locked the door

 

I could go on,but considering the old rural background I don't know how we survived, but we did

Yah well I'm 60+. When I were a lad me and me mate used to pull bullets out of 22shorts, fill 'em with sand, drop a spot of candle wax in and go rat stalking in the barn with an old single shot BSA. NOT RECOMMENDED but it was ratsville splatsville.

Ric

[Mr_Logic 5]

Nowadays there are more regulations, less land to shoot on and more distractions. Remember shooting is so frowned upon that it takes a rare lass to her kids out with dad and his gun. Those that do should be forever commended.

 

Trappa - I salute you, more parents should be like you.

 

I always liked shooting when I was young, but I got into it via school. My mum was distinctly anti me and air rifles, but being school shooting champion for 4 straight years allowed my dad to persuade her that an air rifle was OK. During that time I also joined a smallbore club for 'practice mum, honest!' and the rest as they say is history.

 

But even since then, times have changed - Plod being called to a 15 year old with a semi auto rifle blatting bunnies would likely be somewhat more grumpy than the one I got. He just said to me "Nah that's OK mate, don't need your paperwork or anything, we get calls from people about shooters, gotta check 'em just in case. Have fun!" Funnily enough, this was pre-Dunblane!