Let the games begin!

[snert]

love it...I will live vicariously thru you i guess. Today my long farm went under the plow. I left it alone last year for this year, letting it build up a population, and even loaded all winter working up a 105Amax load, and the farmer decided to plow em under and plant something...much sadness here.

Looks like my second farm may not get mowed. Farmer went organic blah blah etc etc. Que wailing, nashing of teeth.

My third farm was shot hard last year and I nipped the edges early this year....

Looks like my PD hunt may have been the high water mark.

Been soaking my 222 and K hornet and scrubbing for two days...borescope says "keep at it".

That looks like fun shooting, even if it is chip shots. Love the "eyeball" that one is giving you! Plese keep posting, even if it gets my goat!

 

[MrMajestic]

Love the "eyeball" that one is giving you!

He's keeping an eye out for you!
He was "Snert-ed!"
Sorry about your killing fields I'm sure you'll find new one.
Let me know when you're coming down and I'll set up some slayin'

 

[MrMajestic]

Only two today however I was entertained by a pair of Kit Fox. They were at 46 yards and played and sunned for 1/2 hour. First Chuck was at 46 yards and the second 146, both with the 17 Fireball. Twice yesterday I jumped a large Red from the same spot and I found out why today. I shot a Pup today and saw another from the same spot, it was hunting! My Son is already excited for Fox hunting to arrive!

 

[snert]

Looks like that one had his mind blown with thoughts of being snerted!

No hunting today but my kid and i landed a couple 14-18 inch brown trout on nymphs fished in a nearby riffle

 

[MrMajestic]

Three today, two pups(no pics) and a Sow. Saw another kit fox at another farm and the hunter again at the same set of holes! It knows the Pups are there and must hunt during daylight for a chance at them. I placed the Sow by them so it fattens up for the fall! 20 total now!

 

[snert]

Ok, i can't take it anymore. I am "unfriending you"..oh...this isn't FB....drat!

 

[SenderoMan]

Thanks for the pics and stories, I'm jealous! We see the occasional groundhog here north of Kansas City, but not often enough to go look for them. Scheduled our second prairie dog trip to SD in August, can't wait!

 

[Quickoz]

Sooo whens the next story coming out?

Im also missing the other bloke you used to contend with for numbers. Cant remember his name but.

 

[MildBill]

^ If I recall right his username or part of his username was Nomad or something about like that

I enjoyed reading about his groundhog hunting adventures too.

also enjoy reading about the others folks share on here too.

not enough ground hogs around here to get many (if any) chances to shoot them

 

[MrMajestic]

Sorry for the lapse in posts however my Son graduated from Drexel, Cum Laude no less , and I was diligently working on the "Honey Do List" in preparation for the celebration. Perhaps if I would have stayed on top of it it wouldn't have been so daunting.
I did make it out yesterday afternoon and finally was able to stretch the legs of my .22-.284 build! Got this one at a laser-ed 900 yards! 14 1/2 MOA from my 200 yard zero with the 80 grain A-Max. Had a steady 3 MPH at my 7 while watching it. I was ready to give it 10 clicks left when it died and was just a light breath on the back of my neck. It was in a good position so I sent it. Could of sworn I heard the hit and it looked like something was laying where I shot but had to drive to verify. It was from the north end of one farm to the south end of the adjacent! Of course when I saw it a big smile overtook my face. Got another chip shot at 117 yards to take me to 25 for the season.
Bill, aka Nomad, hasn't posted in a while. I know some things but am not at liberty to say. Sure do miss his posts and he is a great person and shot!

 

[snert]

Dang it anyhow Majestic! As soon as I get ahead in numbers, you go and change the rules and shoot one in the next county! Now I have an impossible goal...beat 900 yards and I do not think my K-Hornet is up to the task!

NICE rig, nice photos and great job.

Snert
PS, I miss Nomad too

 

[Quickoz]

900yds!!!!! Darn it thats awesome. Good work. My longest kill recently has been about 100m on a rabbit with my CZ 452 22LR.

If your able, my regards to Bill. Tell him his mate from down under hopes hes going well.

 

[fredo]

Impressive shot!
Knowing how those big Amaxs fly at warp speed, a very doable one...
Well done, Mr. M!!!

 

[MrMajestic]

8 today! 4 in the afternoon with the .17 Fireball. 2 at 80, one at 156 and one at 232 yards. All standing off my BogPod. 3 were in a Bean field and I backed out to save the area for an old school friend that's been wanting to kill some with his Contender in .17 Remington. This evening started with a 100 yard-er then a 445 and a 525 all with the .22-.284. When walking for confirmation I carried the 788 in .222 and nailed one at 197 off the BogPod. 33 for the season and trailing my pal Snert! Didn't photograph all.

 

[snert]

A 788??!!! Oh, gun lust!

Just so you have a target in mind, I am at 48...

But 8 in a day is a fine amount to get. I have been housebound with "responsibilities". what a drag! I hate it when I have to act all grown up.

Cooler tomorrow and rain tonight. heading out for some shooting tomorrow! Great work Mr. M!

 

[MrMajestic]

Made it out tonight and while no long range shots presented themselves I got two off my hit list. The first was at the base of a tree and I've hunted him for over two seasons. He made a mistake tonight by exposing his head from 90 yards away as I was walking in. The .17 Fireball and 25 grain V-Max at 4023 fps made short work of him. I was standing and was able to extend my BogPod for a rest. The second I called John Deere because it's burrow looked like it was dug by a back hoe! Turns out it was Jenny Deere! Once again from 82 yards was no match for the "furball". 35 total now and sucking hind teet to Snert!

 

[snert]

Love it! Keep it up! Nice photos

 

[snert]

Old thread but brings back memories. I have only hunted two or three times since then. Spent two days in NY last summer and popped about 24 between me and my buddy and my daughter.

 

[msinc]

I had no idea they were that aggressive towards property,I’m always outta touch of course but NOW I believe I’ll hunt the little buggers

The mistress of finance has three horses...not cheap ones either, one was flown over from Holland!!! You get that?? Not only is there not a horse she can ride on this continent...but there aint even one in this hemisphere!!!
Anyways, crop damage is not the only problem these things cause...they dig big holes in the fields. Now we can fly to the moon 50 years ago, but we cant do anything but put down a horse with a broken leg. Bottom line...crop farmers are not the only ones that are glad to see guys that use "lead poisoning" to get rid of woodchucks!!!

 

[msinc]

I get the holes to break a horse leg in the rest is a little deep for me

I don't know about the "tons" of hay, but I have seen where they have a den in the middle of a soybean field and they will eat the bean plants right down to the ground for 75-100 feet out from the den hole in a near perfect circle. You have to hunt from a treestand and be able to look down on it to appreciate just how perfect of a circle it sometimes is. A circle 200 feet across is not too much less than a square 210X210 {1 acre}. Probably not just one but a mother and two or three little ones.
Also, cattle can break their legs in a den hole too. Had a buddy twist his ankle in one while coonhunting one night...he might as well have broke his leg. Don't even try to plant a garden around them.
Woodchucks are strange little animals, and very political. Some prefer to live out in the woods and seem to do no damage at all, but the democrat ones, you know the ones that always need a free ride, move in and destroy the neighborhood.....they'd like to see my guns taken away too!!!