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<blockquote data-quote="Jonathan" data-source="post: 413" data-attributes="member: 161"><p>I took three ultra short range hunteres pidgeion hunting this eveing. we all met</p><p>at acoffe shope and I briefed them on the</p><p>farm location and all of is points of concern</p><p>ie,shoot and no shoot zones where livestock</p><p>and pets would be and also what we could and could not shoot. As I have hunted and helped out on this farm for 13 years a simple wave</p><p>to the land owner and I am always greated </p><p>with a smile and a node of aprovel. On this</p><p>hunt we were targeting the many pidgeions </p><p>that inhabitied the farm and as the farmer also colected atique farm machinere this was a well neaded hunt(bird !@#$ is hard on colectibles aparently). </p><p>The three gents that atended the shoot were</p><p>short rang hunters(read shotguneres)and all </p><p>but one had no prior exp. in long range short</p><p>range or any accuracy form of rifle shooting</p><p>the one that did had a profeshional background,emergency responce tac police.</p><p>As we unloaded and geared up we went over</p><p>the plans again and this time it went alot</p><p>faster as every one was able to put a place to a picture. When we were ready I felt eyes</p><p>all over me in antisapation as to what kind </p><p>of firearm I would be using and as I unloaded</p><p>a funny looking,black, bow like case from my</p><p>Blazer I informed them that I would be acting as spotter on the first half of our </p><p>shoot and I would have my turn later <img src="http://images/icons/grin.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> .</p><p></p><p>Well as we neared the barn the order of make</p><p>ready so to speak and the birds about 40 of</p><p>them seamed as anxious as my comrades and as aproched the magic 40 yard line thay started to lift and as every one was safley in position the fire order was given. </p><p>After 9 quick reports from 12 guage shotguns echoed the barn yard, 5 pigeons had the wind knocked out of their sails and one had a broken rudder/who's ship was quickly sunk with a tenth round. After all this noise there wasn't a pigeon to be found. We calmly picked up our birds as one of the gents asked me if I thought the birds would be back. I answered "If you were a pigeon would you be back!" lol...He answered "No I'd be away from here hiding". I asked him to follow me were we proceeded to the loft of the barn. Through a hole we could see that the birds that they had not killed were feeding contently on a nearby (412 yards) field with a conveniant backstop <img src="http://images/icons/grin.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> I then packed my rifle (a Remington mod. 700 Police in .223) After a short ewe and awe sesion I dug in the side pocket of my funny looking pack and out came a pair of binos, and big eyes with legs. I then assigned spotters and readied the gun. At the report the first bird turned inside out the other birds not hearing the report continued feeding. This really amazed the gents. I repeated this scenario 3 more times and after making scope corrections to eliminate holdover and a brief intro to the firearm all three had a chance. Needless to say my local group of long range hunters has just gone up by three. P.S the one thing that astounded them the most was the visible vapour trail connecting with the target. </p><p></p><p>Show them the path and they will follow</p><p>Let them lead and they will learn</p><p></p><p>Jonathan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jonathan, post: 413, member: 161"] I took three ultra short range hunteres pidgeion hunting this eveing. we all met at acoffe shope and I briefed them on the farm location and all of is points of concern ie,shoot and no shoot zones where livestock and pets would be and also what we could and could not shoot. As I have hunted and helped out on this farm for 13 years a simple wave to the land owner and I am always greated with a smile and a node of aprovel. On this hunt we were targeting the many pidgeions that inhabitied the farm and as the farmer also colected atique farm machinere this was a well neaded hunt(bird !@#$ is hard on colectibles aparently). The three gents that atended the shoot were short rang hunters(read shotguneres)and all but one had no prior exp. in long range short range or any accuracy form of rifle shooting the one that did had a profeshional background,emergency responce tac police. As we unloaded and geared up we went over the plans again and this time it went alot faster as every one was able to put a place to a picture. When we were ready I felt eyes all over me in antisapation as to what kind of firearm I would be using and as I unloaded a funny looking,black, bow like case from my Blazer I informed them that I would be acting as spotter on the first half of our shoot and I would have my turn later [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] . Well as we neared the barn the order of make ready so to speak and the birds about 40 of them seamed as anxious as my comrades and as aproched the magic 40 yard line thay started to lift and as every one was safley in position the fire order was given. After 9 quick reports from 12 guage shotguns echoed the barn yard, 5 pigeons had the wind knocked out of their sails and one had a broken rudder/who's ship was quickly sunk with a tenth round. After all this noise there wasn't a pigeon to be found. We calmly picked up our birds as one of the gents asked me if I thought the birds would be back. I answered "If you were a pigeon would you be back!" lol...He answered "No I'd be away from here hiding". I asked him to follow me were we proceeded to the loft of the barn. Through a hole we could see that the birds that they had not killed were feeding contently on a nearby (412 yards) field with a conveniant backstop [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] I then packed my rifle (a Remington mod. 700 Police in .223) After a short ewe and awe sesion I dug in the side pocket of my funny looking pack and out came a pair of binos, and big eyes with legs. I then assigned spotters and readied the gun. At the report the first bird turned inside out the other birds not hearing the report continued feeding. This really amazed the gents. I repeated this scenario 3 more times and after making scope corrections to eliminate holdover and a brief intro to the firearm all three had a chance. Needless to say my local group of long range hunters has just gone up by three. P.S the one thing that astounded them the most was the visible vapour trail connecting with the target. Show them the path and they will follow Let them lead and they will learn Jonathan [/QUOTE]
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