Hunting this weekend…
Submitted by dave on Fri, 08/03/2007 - 6:44pm…was OK, nothing huge. I was able to get 2 jack rabbits. I'm really getting pretty good at placing the shots with my .204 now. As long as I don't get a lot of movement from the rabbit I can pretty much pick where I'm going to hit it within a reasonable distance. Several of my shots that were in excess of 250 yards weren't really that easy to place because a rabbit (even a big Jack) isn't big enough to really say with any degree of certainty that you will hit it here or there at more than 150 yards or so. I'm sure there are people out there that can out shoot me, but none of my friends can currently. I'm going to really start to concentrate on the coyote's now, or at least as it starts to get colder (hunting in the 85 degree heat at 7:00 am isn't exactly what I call fun. I'd much rather wear a coat at that time of day. I'm going to start going out more and more when the days get shorter again. I have this really ideal space for hunting coyote's but I still can't get them to come near me. I have called them up to where they had to have been within 500 yards or so, but I couldn't get a sight on one, in fact I couldn't even see one. They don't call him wiley for nothing!
Varmint hunting time again…
Submitted by dave on Fri, 08/03/2007 - 6:01pm…this weekend. Looks like it might just be an excellent time. I haven't been out with the .204 in a few weeks so the population where I hunt should be nice and calm. The weather recently has been cool (which makes the hunting easier on me) and it's been raining, so there should be plenty of food out there to lure out the rabbits. I may try calling a coyote but I don't know if I really want to spend the time for the small reward I get in the end. At any rate I'll try to post some pictures soon. I have several pictures with the distances at which I made the shot (some are fairly impressive for a rabbit, I have two in excess of 250 yards and that doesn't leave much room for error on such a small target). I still haven't setup a photo gallery for my hunting photos because I think it should be password protected, not because I'm poaching or anything but because I don't want just anyone to see the pictures, after all, they might find my spot ;-)








