stealthy1 3,964 Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 Now then you airgun fanatics, sat in last night, nowt on TV, so I thought I'd go for a walk with the HW100T and see what was lurking around in the darkness on some pasture just up the road from me It was more than a little frosty, it souded like a herd of cow's chewing the cud as I walked in the not so pitch darkness, the moon was full which did'nt help my cause But the object was to be out and about on the chance of bagging something for the ferrets or the dogs. Isn't it amazing how many Wood Pigeons take flight at night when you take a walk with your guns. I think the pigeons put most of the rabbits to ground with their flapping and crashing into branches But if airgun hunting was easy, it would lose much of its appeal maybe. Anyway, I had planned to walk down to a small stream which is about six feet wide, and two feet deep with a little Island in the middle, the stream flows down each side of the island, there's normally some pigeons roosting in the willow tree that grows in the middle of the island, and because the pigeons seemed to be up for it, they would be my first port of call After walking around the willow it became obvious the pigeons had done one I could just make out five objects sitting in the willow, but could'nt make out what they were, so on with the lamp and WHACK! and then chaos in the tree, what I'd whacked was a magpie, as it was tumbling down through the branches, the others were kicking off big time, and I think it hit every branch on the way down I tried to take out another but they flew off in the opposite direction using the tree for cover. A walk over to retrieve the Magpie showed that it had been washed down stream, ten minutes later I gave up looking, one up to the Magpies. I had a walk down there today to see if I could pick it up, but but found no hide nor hair of it, bugger. There were quite a few rabbits disapearing into the undergrowth in front of me, but all were out of range, or heard but not seen. I only had two shots at sets of eyes, put both down, but could only find the one, he's the lucky one, because he gets to appear on THL in the airgun section And here's a pic of the bonny lad, he's now cut into three, and will be appearing on the ferrets menu later tonight, so all in all, not a big bagging session, but its nice to have a wander even if you blank, I was going to leap across onto the island to look for the Magpie, but after a certain member getting his wellies filled I changed my mind Keep at them people stealthy. 2 Quote Link to post
pest hunter 151 15 Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 nice write up mate and glad to see you got a nice big un 1 Quote Link to post
festa 206 Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 lol stealthy i wonder who filled his wellies lol ..cracking write up buddy looks like you enjoyed it ,,,, i managed to bag 6 ferals today there was a few more but by the time number 6 dropped the others cottoned on lol ... atb gary Quote Link to post
Sweeney-Todd 208 Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 Hiya Stealthy. Enjoyed your write up mate, and nice shooting. When I saw the picture I had a good laugh. Most people have hanging baskets.....not you......ohhhhh no Dont think youll get Britain in bloom with that one Buddy ATB. Bill. Quote Link to post
stealthy1 3,964 Posted March 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 lol stealthy i wonder who filled his wellies lol ..cracking write up buddy looks like you enjoyed it ,,,, i managed to bag 6 ferals today there was a few more but by the time number 6 dropped the others cottoned on lol ... atb gary It does'nt take long before pigeons catch on, the clever little gits Quote Link to post
festa 206 Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 Hiya Stealthy. Enjoyed your write up mate, and nice shooting. When I saw the picture I had a good laugh. Most people have hanging baskets.....not you......ohhhhh no Dont think youll get Britain in bloom with that one Buddy ATB. Bill. he might of if it had flowers coming out it arse atb gary Quote Link to post
stealthy1 3,964 Posted March 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 Hiya Stealthy. Enjoyed your write up mate, and nice shooting. When I saw the picture I had a good laugh. Most people have hanging baskets.....not you......ohhhhh no Dont think youll get Britain in bloom with that one Buddy ATB. Bill. There used to be a hanging basket on the bracket, but I hung three rabbits on it one day, then my lurcher hung her self on the rabbits, good bye basket 2 Quote Link to post
JackReid 35 Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 Good post mate. Those demonic magpies probably ate their buddy for breakfast the next morning off the side of the stream!! Jack Quote Link to post
stealthy1 3,964 Posted March 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 Good post mate. Those demonic magpies probably ate their buddy for breakfast the next morning off the side of the stream!! Jack Only four left to dine today though 1 Quote Link to post
Phantom 631 Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 Wehayyyyyyy The Stealthy Man is back in town And he's not lost his touch since putting his baby away for the winter in favour of the Ferrets Was only thinking early this morning, "Wonder when Stealthy will get the gun out again" Awsome post buddy, welcome back Looks like me and davy have some catch up to do now don't we Phantom Quote Link to post
stealthy1 3,964 Posted March 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 Wehayyyyyyy The Stealthy Man is back in town And he's not lost his touch since putting his baby away for the winter in favour of the Ferrets Was only thinking early this morning, "Wonder when Stealthy will get the gun out again" Awsome post buddy, welcome back Looks like me and davy have some catch up to do now don't we Phantom One of those have to get out moments where you just have to give way to your urges, I'm going to check out some new land soon, hope there's some good Summer airgunning land amongst it 1 Quote Link to post
Phantom 631 Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 One of those have to get out moments where you just have to give way to your urges, I'm going to check out some new land soon, hope there's some good Summer airgunning land amongst it I know that feeling http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=144900 Phantom Quote Link to post
jasper65 6 Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 Top Bombing Stealthy Sounds like a cold one in your neck of the woods mate, nice to see Bugs Bunny in the bag pal and the Ferrets getting the rewards ..... atb Jasp Quote Link to post
Marksman 934 Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 Nice going mate!! Looks a good size bunny. Good to see you're also thinking of others when you're out.... Lmao Darryl Quote Link to post
camelion 4 Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 Sometimes certain factors dont fall in your favour, on those days, one rabbit is as good as a hundred Quote Link to post
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