shooting in the night

[Joey]

i have been shotting the last couple of days with a friends cometa 300s he gave me. i have had 4 rabbit and quite a few woodmick and some magpies. does anybody else have this gun its doin quite good? does anybody do night shooting without the lamp. and could you tell me what you guys go for and how you get on?




cheers joey

[Berkut]

Joey,
You,re not shooting woodcock at thiis time of year surely ?

[Sprout]

Whatever time of year, I thought it was illegal to shoot gamebirds with a lamp anyway?

[Puddle]

Whatever time of year, I thought it was illegal to shoot gamebirds with a lamp anyway?

TRUE it is illegal to shoot gamebirds with artifical light at night!!!

[Saker-Sucker]

i have been shotting the last couple of days with a friends cometa 300s he gave me. i have had 4 rabbit and quite a few woodmick and some magpies. does anybody else have this gun its doin quite good? does anybody do night shooting without the lamp. and could you tell me what you guys go for and how you get on?




cheers joey

I don't use a lamp or artificial light............................I use night-vision. Fox and rabbit mainly but occaisionally pigeon if the lie of the land allows.

Is night-vision classed and artificial light?;-)........................

[Puddle]

I don't use a lamp or artificial light............................I use night-vision. Fox and rabbit mainly but occaisionally pigeon if the lie of the land allows.

Is night-vision classed and artificial light?;-)........................

Im the same I use night vision shooting foxes and rabbits but there classed as vermin and pests which you are allowed to shoot at night using artificial light just not allowed to shoot game!!

[Hacker]

Pigeon are not game!
But why woulsd anyone wish to shoot something that is disadvantaged by the lack of light?
Okay, rabbits foxes etc tend to be more nocturnal, but birds?

[Saker-Sucker]

Yes mate I know............I was just dangling a carrot:goodman: on a clear night, just the scope is ofte good enough, so in theory, not artificial light:D ;-)

[Puddle]

Pigeon are not game!
But why woulsd anyone wish to shoot something that is disadvantaged by the lack of light?
Okay, rabbits foxes etc tend to be more nocturnal, but birds?

Im not 100% on the law but I know you cannot shoot birds at night

[Saker-Sucker]

.......................also it is NOT acceptable to shoot a fire arm into the air, for obvious reasons.
Only shoot with a safe back stop and you know exactly what is behind the target, and that your target IS what you are shooting at. At night a fox just might be a cow at distance..........................but there again, the eyes might show up as a different colour!!!!!!!!!!

[Joey]

Joey,
You,re not shooting woodcock at thiis time of year surely ?wood pigeon wouldnt shot woodcock this time of year there not in season

[Joey]

Im not 100% on the law but I know you cannot shoot birds at nightno even wood pigeon i though they were vermin

[Saker-Sucker]

.......................not allowed to shoot game with an air rifle anyway; not classed a powerful enough to do the job cleanly:supz:

[Joey]

.......................not allowed to shoot game with an air rifle anyway; not classed a powerful enough to do the job cleanly:supz: only the head shots do for me every rabbit ive stopped is in the head every pigeon is through the heart

[Saker-Sucker]

......as stated earlier, they are not game but vermin.:supz:

[Puddle]

.......................not allowed to shoot game with an air rifle anyway; not classed a powerful enough to do the job cleanly:supz:

Depends on how good of shot you are I do most of my shooting with airguns and rimfires never had any problem a pellet in the heeeead does the trick

[Saker-Sucker]

..it is also deemed 'un sporting' to shoot game on the ground or in trees; that is why shoots are either driven or beated.

Anyone can hit a sitting target!!!!:roll:

[Joey]

......as stated earlier, they are not game but vermin.:supz:knocked over many a pheasant and partridge with my rapid 17 befor i got rid of it always for the head or next to the breast bone turns the right off

[Joey]

..it is also deemed 'un sporting' to shoot game on the ground or in trees; that is why shoots are either driven or beated.

Anyone can hit a sitting target!!!!:roll:
well if i was aloud a bullet rifle or a shot gun i would get everything on the move not with a air rifle ive only had 2 wood pigeon on the move with my old rapid

[Puddle]

..it is also deemed 'un sporting' to shoot game on the ground or in trees; that is why shoots are either driven or beated.

Anyone can hit a sitting target!!!!:roll:

SS you can stand next to me any day of the week driven shooting (HA HA)
hope you got long barrels

[Saker-Sucker]

SS you can stand next to me any day of the week driven shooting (HA HA)
hope you got long barrels
Although I have a 12g. its only for playing with; I much prefer my 'real' hardware, centrefires and my Anschutz carbine .22. To tell you the truth, I'm bloody hopeless with the 12g.

[Saker-Sucker]

We've gone right off topic now!!!!!!!

[Puddle]

Although I have a 12g. its only for playing with; I much prefer my 'real' hardware, centrefires and my Anschutz carbine .22. To tell you the truth, I'm bloody hopeless with the 12g.

my toy is a .243 with £6500 on it :snipe: and Im still a cowboy:lol:

[Joey]

what happens to the things you shot with the bullet rifles seen a few fellas by me make things just disapear literally like rabbits minus a head or fox minus a nose and half its headjoey

[Joey]

We've gone right off topic now!!!!!!!keep it goin lets hear a few stories then lads about you shoting

[Hacker]

.243,.308,.22 oh and a very deadly .204 shooting 40gr pills.

[Puddle]

keep it goin lets hear a few stories then lads about you shoting

up to you m8 your thread

[Joey]

up to you m8 your thread go a head then start shoting out with the stories


joey

[BrianM]

i took a big dog fox on saturday night ,,,, paced out at 250yards , with my trusty 223

[Saker-Sucker]

My .222 and old .243 would turn rabbits inside out and there's no messing with foxes but then again, unless stated on the ticket, anything bigger than a .22 is not 'suitable' for rabbit. Over kill.

A head shot on rabbit leaves the meat in tact......................

[Joey]

i took a big dog fox on saturday night ,,,, paced out at 250yards , with my trusty 223nice keep them coming

[ChrisRobbo]

well if i was aloud a bullet rifle or a shot gun i would get everything on the move not with a air rifle ive only had 2 wood pigeon on the move with my old rapid

Maybe its a good thing your not aload a bullet gun if you intend to shoot moving objects with it (gamebirds)!

BTW you must be an awesome shot with an air rifle to get moving pigeons.

[ChrisRobbo]

I find a .177 hmr suitable for longer range rabbiting nice flat tragectory.

[Puddle]

i took a big dog fox on saturday night ,,,, paced out at 250yards , with my trusty 223

longest Ive shot with my rapid 7 is 82 yards no bull!!!
243 was a vixen about 280 yards friday just gone in milk

[Saker-Sucker]

some have seen this one before.......................these were lurking around my enclosures not too long ago..............

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/Saker-clive/Gotem1.jpg

[Joey]

Maybe its a good thing your not aload a bullet gun if you intend to shoot moving objects with it (gamebirds)!

BTW you must be an awesome shot with an air rifle to get moving pigeons.i think it was abit of a luck shot but ive had a woodpigeon from 50 yards with my old rapid no joke in the eye i was made up

[Puddle]

some have seen this one before.......................these were lurking around my enclosures not too long ago..............

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/Saker-clive/Gotem1.jpg

GREAT 2 less. How many do you shoot a year. I shot 267 last year january to january

[Joey]

GREAT 2 less. How many do you shoot a year. I shot 267 last year january to january a fella by me had 14 in one night

[Puddle]

a fella by me had 14 in one night

had 11 out of a straw stack at workcubs inc.

[Joey]

is anybody out tonight cos hopefully i am if its cloudy

joey

[Hacker]

Big dog fox at approx 285 yds, paced with .204 40gr hp Berger.

[Joey]

had 11 out of a straw stack at workcubs inc.nice this man by me has been shoting since he could walk hes shot more things than ive seen i will try and get some pics of him and hes got a bow

[Joey]

Big dog fox at approx 285 yds, paced with .204 40gr hp Berger.you lucky ******* you have all the fun with they bullet rifles

[ChrisRobbo]

Nice pics hacker!!! Good shootin

[Puddle]

Big dog fox at approx 285 yds, paced with .204 40gr hp Berger.

popeye poor little charlies :supz:

[Hacker]

70 foxes last season between two of us!

[BrianM]

i took 54 last year,, just me ,,, record was 7 in one night

[Hacker]

a few more!

[Joey]

nice shooting hacker

[ChrisRobbo]

Is that a .22 underlever you shoot the rabbits with?

[Puddle]

Is that a .22 underlever you shoot the rabbits with?

looks like a winchester 9410

[ChrisRobbo]

Could be its a bit hard to tell from the pics though it does look like a .410 barrel now you mention it.

[Joey]

so is anybody out tonight shooting that is

joey

[Hacker]

correct, but mostly with a .22, rabbits that is, all foxes .204

[ChrisRobbo]

I thought he was shooting western style without a scope! LOL

[Hacker]

9410 brilliant gun for shooting out of the motor, full weight and carbine length with 3 shot, superb little bit of kit.
Handles superbly!

[Joey]

so does everyone just go for foxes and rabbits or more

[Hacker]

nothing more to shoot at night, hare, deer and game illegal.

[Berkut]

I have a 25-06,.22,.17hmr and my 243 is getting re-barrelled in .22-250.

Shoot approx. 50 foxes a season and 40-50 roe.

[Joey]

nothing more to shoot at night, hare, deer and game illegal.true do you go out in the day or anything though

[Hacker]

yes,
day and night, went out roe buck stalking last night, ended up with a 100yd belly crawl to within 40yds of buck due to land falling away, when stick broke and spooked the buck and away he went.
But , it is about being there and participating and being at one with nature, not always the kill!

[GosFlyer]

just got back in now had nine rabbits out of a high seat last hour of light. furthest one 155 yards head shot with 17 HMR.
best shots on deer was three hinds knocked out of a herd as they moved up the hill, first one 220 yards, second 274 yards third 329 yards, all measured with the range finder after the shot and using a 25-06 100 grain home loads.
picture of the last day of the roe doe season below,

[Hacker]

Nice one mate!

[Joey]

nice shooting gosflyer

joey

[GaryPCO]

Im not 100% on the law but I know you cannot shoot birds at night
Correct it is illiegal to shoot any bird at night even magpies and crows,john darling from the airgun world got in a bit of trouble for writing an article on night shooting magpies years ago.......

[Joey]

Correct it is illiegal to shoot any bird at night even magpies and crows,john darling from the airgun world got in a bit of trouble for writing an article on night shooting magpies years ago.......i think i will leave them alone from now only shot them in the day



joey

[OwlsFoot]

nice pic there mick can just see your head on the pic though thats some good camouflage lol pmsl:rolleyes: