hunterintheshadows

WOW, that is a nice one! mako?

Awesome catch!!! does he do chartering? i would like to get my old man out on the water again

i see them in the back field during the day often during the day, both fox and coyote. it seems last season was a bumper year for both fox and coons as i saw tons of them, way more than normal. as for coyotes they have been heavy here for several years now. hardly any fawns make it here it seems

I like my my single shots for hunting, but that is just my preference...for a survival situation that includes 2 legged predators, 12ga pump all the way

I usually go up to moose river plains every year, or up to my buddy's cabin on otter lake to go bear hunting. have not seen a shooter yet. this year i am thinking of going up for grouse and hares, as i see loads of them every time i am up there.so, i think this year will be a small game hunt with airguns( and i know damn well i will see a 400lb black bear just because i am carrying an air rifle!!!) LOL

i have used a 22-250 to take deer on several occassions. it works, but i prefer a larger caliber myself. last season i picked up a .280 remington and i really dig it so far dropped my buck in its tracks at about 230yds last season

i use a 3-9 on most of my guns. my 264mag and my .338 mag have larger 16 and 24x scopes on them, but i use them for long range shooting in bean fields and long range target. not r3eally neccessary for hunting though.

correct......the browning is made by hatsan in turkey

hatsan 25 supercharger air pistols....700fps in .177, about 550 in .22. i gave the 177 to my cousin and kept the 22...great for jump shooting bunnies at close range

Taken with a modified air force condor and a 35 grain pellet. Called in from my back field. iirc the range was right around 50 yds, head shot. It was one of those freezing rain days so he looks a little scraggly, but actually was a beautiful pelt

yeah we have some big ones. my uncle manages his 400+ acres for deer in howard and they take some monsters there as well. when it comes to deer, i am just a meat hunter. i have taken some decent bucks, but my passion is varmint,predator and small game hunting. I like hunting predators the most, with small game a close second. basically i only hunt deer to fill the freezer.....and because it is another excuse to be in the woods!

if it ever does pass, it will be a lottery system, and it wont be cheap.

More northerly....avoca/wheeler area. i hunt mostly in wheeler.

This one is an airforce condor in .25 caliber. it has a modified valve as well as some other work done to it. it will do over 120 ft lbs with slugs. right now i am working with 52 gr soft cast slugs right at 1000fps or so, with room to go on the power adjustment wheel. i am working on getting some swaged slugs sized to different diameters, they are pure lead and i think they will do better. also am in the process of getting a green mountain 27 inch bull barrel in .257 caliber turned for it as well as a heavier hammer made of brass, once the work i'm hoping to do on it is complete, i should be able to reach the 170ft lb range. the second gun is a modified talon ss with a 24inch barrel and shroud. the chuck was from last year, taken at about 75 yds. note the surgical placement, key with an airgun. i keep this one set on low power and it spits a 14.3 gr crosman premier at about 1100fps.

i dont do much group shooting, but it will keep all ten in a quarter at that distance, better if i use more precise pellets like jsb or H&N, but i set the gun up for fox originally and that pellet proved more than accurate for the 40 yards or so that i try to limit myself on predators with a .22 caliber, and i was looking for good penetration. as for energy, it work out to a tad over 44fpe...Also, i am about as far from urban as you can get. though i do live on the outskirts of a village. there is plenty of room here.i am in dairy farm country

This is a hatsan at44 long action in .22 caliber. i have it set up to shot 29 grain pellets at 860fps at the moment.been using it this week to knock the starlings out of the tree line in my yard at about 65yds. almost too easy!

i use an air rifle for almost all of my small game hunting...they are not your daddy's bb gun anymore!

coyotes have seriously damaged to chuck populations whe i hunt, though it could have been me as well!!! just waiting to see good numbers like i used to

gorgeous guns....i would love to get my hands on a .32 or .36 cal percussion some day!

i eat the younger ones. they are good eating if cooked correctly, you need to remove the glands and as much fat as possible. i used to hunt them hard core up till a few years ago, and would take 100+ a season. when the coyote population exploded, they became really hard to find in my farmland haunts. now i usually only see them close to outbuildings or houses, so i mostly hunt them with an airgun now

Thanks for having me!