Fly Shoot

[horseman2]

The format is quite simple but results have not yet found results.

Spray a sheet of white paper with an attractant and post in the sunlight at 50 yards on a sunny day.
Most hits (with some evidence of a kill) in 15 minutes.
The concoction I tried was water, honey and maple syrup.

Suggestions to increase success was yellow paper, a dead animal nearby and urine versus water.

On two occasions the swallows were particularly active.

it is a thought and may give it another run today.

 

[horseman2]

It is possible but but this target was incidental. There was no baiting. Perhaps a little colour is the answer.
The first one left a small smudge and the second came to eat of investigate. That was a solid body hit. There are two shots so in order to score "2" hits there neds to be some distance between hits so the evidence is not obliterated.

 

[22forever]

Here's one from a few years ago Mel. I shot at 100 yds with my Stiller 2500X.

https://imgur.com/a/sl5AxqB

 

[Williwaw]

Any advice as to what to do when the bear shows up?

 

[grauhanen]

Some years ago this bear made noises near me when I was out changing targets. I walked backwards slowly to the shooting building before the fellow ran across the range.



As far as flies, they are a common feature at the range. I suppose if someone wanted to attract them to alight on a target, they could use something sweet and sticky or pin a piece of apple or something similar. I shot my first fly with a .22LR over ten years ago when I began shooting at a range. (As a boy I shot a lot of things with a springer). Others followed if the distraction amused me.





If the flies get too big for .22LR I could use the 1 mile squirrel gun but it's not something I would usually take to the range.

 

[wolf300H&H]

Hahahah awesome. Great idea

Some years ago i smoked a fly at 100 with my 222 rem 700. Was an awesome bragging story

 

[.22LRGUY]

Awesome thread-fly shooting (and fly fishing) are a couple of my favorite hobbies. lol Don't typically take photos but have a couple to share from a few years go. A buddy of mine is a pumpkin farmer, and every fall/around Halloween there are unsold, or bug/bird-compromised pumpkins as surplus to his operation. Naturally, they come apart pretty nicely with 22LR HV/HPs so that's what I was doing with a buddy that day. @ a ranged 50 yards as usual.

Anyhow, at the warmest part of the day I guess the pumpkins getting blown into pcs. attracted a good # of flies and I was showing them a good time with the T1x. Just a bonus=sending hunks of pumpkin into the air was plenty fun enough. Anyhow, I was calling some of the shots...I think my buddy was watching through his spotting scope when I called this one (honestly can't remember) but it kept moving up the pumpkin as I was lining it up and was at the top when I touched-off the shot.

Through the scope, I saw the pumpkins stem fly off and the fly still there. I think I called it a miss and re-chambered when my buddy said "I think you head-shot it. I think you head-shot a fly!" lol

Well, sure looks that way. Anyhow, what was more memorable was the success rate just hitting them-solidified my ammo preference for this rifle -even though it's remarkably accommodating with a lot of different ammo out there.

Believe it or don't-thought I'd share. And no, I wouldn't bet I could make that shot again.

 

[Snider shooter]

No flies shot but you may find this amusing. I was siting in a new scope and my second group I had a flier about 5 inches left. I knew the rifle was shooting 1/2” at 100. All the way to the target I was thinking bad round or did I pull it left. I was standing in front of the target and the fly took off. 5 shots into 1/2” and a fly on my target. From the scope the fly looked like a bullet hole.

 

[guntech]

Back in the 70's we held a night shoot at the Namaka Benchrest range... with lights on the targets, field mice ventured up the supports... no pictures today but there were some 'splats'. Quite entertaining at the time.