| Yesterday's Weapons Forums http://www.yesterdaysweapons.com/phpBB3/ |
|
| First of the Season. http://www.yesterdaysweapons.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=15511 |
Page 1 of 1 |
| Author: | Doc Sharptail [ Wed Nov 02, 2022 2:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | First of the Season. |
 Young sharptail fell to the 52 at about 30 yds in very thick black willows. Bit of a chore recovering him. Oddly enough, the crop was filled with pine needles. The Rem thunder-turds I was using had a very hard time brush busting through all those willows, and it took a bit more than one shot to connect.  52 repro with Vortex DiamondBack 4-12 X 40mm A/O, and one happy hunter. Great tasting bird! Regards, Doc Sharptail |
|
| Author: | NebrHogger [ Wed Nov 02, 2022 9:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: First of the Season. |
I'm surprised at its diet. It affects flavor? SW |
|
| Author: | Doc Sharptail [ Wed Nov 02, 2022 12:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: First of the Season. |
| Author: | lyman1903 [ Wed Nov 02, 2022 9:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: First of the Season. |
you are my hero, and I say that with respect bird hunting with a Winchester 52,,, even if it is a modern japanese gun, F'ing A!! I will be having lunch with a few old fellows I used to work with, a couple are Grouse hunters, I will be sure to tell them of your skills, they are members of the local Ruffed Grouse Assoc, but have to travel to the midwest to kill birds, usually with a 20 or 28 ga, |
|
| Author: | Doc Sharptail [ Wed Nov 02, 2022 10:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: First of the Season. |
My preferred method of taking them is with a .177 air rifle and an 8 gr. class predator pellet. The willows are a major problem this year though, and the shooting opportunities with the air gun resulted in every shot deflected away from the target. When I was younger, and quicker, the best way was to take them on the wing with the old NEF Pardner .410 f/c. That little gun was a perfect fit for my lanky frame, and the majority of my takes were on rising birds with a 3" load of 7-1/2's. We are fortunate here with our regs- us slow old farts can still take birds with a rimfire or pellet rifle. That Miroku rifle with it's chrome lined bore has seen all sorts of practice for me- I very rarely miss with it. That is not bragging- it is the result of better than 25 years work with the same rifle. I would like to be able to shoot more than I have been for the last couple of years- the rust shows a bit in my pellet rifle shooting. Regards, Doc Sharptail |
|
| Author: | lyman1903 [ Wed Nov 02, 2022 10:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: First of the Season. |
52's, Japanese or not, are an amazing rifle, I used to take great pleasure in outshooting some of the 10\22 folks regularly back in the day, the super uber cool modern 10\22 did not stand a chance against a nice 52 ( then it was a pre A) with irons or a Unertl, only drawback was irons with an orange target, hard to focus, but that 16x Unertl did not care , only irons was trouble for me |
|
| Author: | A square 10 [ Wed Nov 02, 2022 11:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: First of the Season. |
lookin good , |
|
| Page 1 of 1 | All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ] |
| Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group http://www.phpbb.com/ |
|