After seeing some of y'all's threads about hunts I thought I should post about mine from a couple of weeks ago.
Took a couple of friends to a farm north of Kermit, just a couple of miles south of NM, to try and thin the jackrabbits that are eating cotton plants. It was way too windy at times so the hunting could have been better but we did have some luck at night with a spotlight and one mornin when the conditions were right.
We are all Savage guys so that brand was well represented. I have a Stealth in 6.5 Creedmoor, a 12 LRVP in 6BR, and a 17HMR. I also brought my AR in 6X45. For the Stealth I worked up a load with 95gn VMAX. I couldn't run them too fast as they came apart sometimes but I was able to find an acceptable load. My 6BR and 6X45 both used a 87gn VMAX.
He is a bad picture of how we hunted one night. My 17HMR and Win model 12 on the right. My buddy's 22 and Benelli on the left. The 17 isn't as dramatic as the larger calibers but it dropped some big jackrabbits like an anvil fell on them.
I used my Caldwell Stable Table for the first time. I may mod it a little but it worked just fine as is.
Here's a couple of shots of our set-up.
Took a couple of friends to a farm north of Kermit, just a couple of miles south of NM, to try and thin the jackrabbits that are eating cotton plants. It was way too windy at times so the hunting could have been better but we did have some luck at night with a spotlight and one mornin when the conditions were right.
We are all Savage guys so that brand was well represented. I have a Stealth in 6.5 Creedmoor, a 12 LRVP in 6BR, and a 17HMR. I also brought my AR in 6X45. For the Stealth I worked up a load with 95gn VMAX. I couldn't run them too fast as they came apart sometimes but I was able to find an acceptable load. My 6BR and 6X45 both used a 87gn VMAX.
He is a bad picture of how we hunted one night. My 17HMR and Win model 12 on the right. My buddy's 22 and Benelli on the left. The 17 isn't as dramatic as the larger calibers but it dropped some big jackrabbits like an anvil fell on them.
I used my Caldwell Stable Table for the first time. I may mod it a little but it worked just fine as is.
Here's a couple of shots of our set-up.
