Hide And Seek Or Seek And Hide ?

[mark williams 7,568]

Seriously thinking of trying something new for the winter months, maybe summer months too.

I have for years built traditional permanent hides as i`m pretty much old school but i get good results - "usually" ish.

Anyways a very good air gun hunter mate of 40 + years is having great results with a fraction of the work and i`m being prompted to follow suit "forgive the pun".

Paul bought a Seeland leaf suit a year or so back, and simply sets up these days when he seeks out a spot to shoot and he is getting the same results as old school hides. So i fancy a new challenge and change after borrowing his leaf suit.

I set up well into cover, under over hanging branches, drooped a little camo netting over the shooting sticks and HW100 kt and wildlife was clueless to me being there. Mind you i love the challenge of "getting real close" and the Seeland made this capability available.

First time out over two broken eggs and dead Magpie on a cradle i took a further two this morning at 27 yds, they had no idea i was there what so ever.

Change with the times i suppose , any of you lads shoot static hunting with ghillie suits please ?

I noticed one "glaring difference"- you would struggle big time, to equal with a pcp like my HW 100 kt , on this deadly type of shooting, with a springer, - the noise and movement involved with cocking, aiming and shooting. A second shot would be impossible to attain.

 

 

atb

Edited October 11, 2015 by mark williams

[bigmac 97kt 13,842]

Thats a bit Extreme, get it

 

do you,

 

get it

 

extreme twat :tongue2:

 

 

atvbnt :thumbs:

[bigmac 97kt 13,842]

Was thinking of getting one my self mate for the crows in lambing season .

 

Clever bird are them crows

 

but its not nice when you see new born lambs with no eyes

 

after the crows have pecked them out

 

atvbNT :thumbs:

[mark williams 7,568]

Yes mac, seen that and hate it with a vengeance, the corvids can be so, so cruel with their habits.

[bigmac 97kt 13,842]

Me and vis take good numbers with the spring rifles in lambing season as one of the perms has three good rookery s on it

 

and its a good few shooting days to be had on it

 

atvbmac :thumbs:

[villaman 9,982]

Just this weekend been given one , tried it on , stood by a tree in the garden ,my mate called the wife out to see if she could find me , she looked and looked in the end I jumped out in front of her , she nearly wet her self and called me a big twat , I looked behind me and thought big mac was there

[bigmac 97kt 13,842]

Just this weekend been given one , tried it on , stood by a tree in the garden ,my mate called the wife out to see if she could find me , she looked and looked in the end I jumped out in front of her , she nearly wet her self and called me a big twat , I looked behind me and ethought big mac was ther

Thats the best one yet bud

 

nice one

 

sitting here pmsl

 

atvbmac :thumbs:

[mark williams 7,568]

HA! HA! - i can understand that

[Rez 4,961]

Please post us a picture of you in your extreme leaf suit. Please.

 

Please?

[mark williams 7,568]

Up yours James,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheeky twat

[David.evans 5,323]

Mark

fec what others say , camo does work , ive got the jack pyke deer hunter suit , and in summer lay up , ive had great results shooting this way and have had rabbits , and crows less than 20 yards away , as yes they havnt had a clue that i was there , dont forget the face vail tho and gloves

 

the only probblem is laying up in winter , and can get very cold !

atb

dave

[mark williams 7,568]

I forgot nowt Dave, i looked like a walking bush but as you say - it works !

[David.evans 5,323]

Sneek on to mac perm , he wont even know your there

[mark williams 7,568]

I`ve been a few times now - stinks

[j j m 6,630]

my mate uses one in the winter months to good effect