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Saturday was a chance to head to the hay fields and rid some varmints for some very appreciative farmers. Leaving in a light sprinkle of rain that turned to a downpour we figgered we may be out luck. The two of us both members here hadn't done a chuck roundup together in a couple of years so we had looked forward to some shooting and maybe some fishing if the shooting got slow or the hay was too deep. Turned out the hay was fresh off and we drove out of the rain and into sunny skies. Sunny skies didn't last and we got some light drizzle with an occasional heavier rain. None made us put the guns away and if anything may have helped to mid day shooting. We worked one field only this time rather than shooting then moving farms and coming back and forth between them. Worked out good. The field we shot was only about 30 acres and dang if'n we didn't shoot 30 chucks off of that field. Took us 10 or 12 hrs but we did some serious population control on that field. 280yrds was the longest shot of the day. Won't get much more than that in a field that small I didn't get a lot of pictures as my camera weighs better than 3lbs on top of lugging a heavy barrel rifle so the pics taken are near the car. Both of us were using .243's, mine a 70's era Remington 700 varmint and his a model 70 Winchester sporter. I was shooting 65 Vmax and the other rifle 55 Noslers.
My Old 700 with a dead male.
This is how this one landed after a round with a 55 Nosler. The 55's aren't exactly fur friendly
From the other side
All in all a great day shooting!
Saturday was a chance to head to the hay fields and rid some varmints for some very appreciative farmers. Leaving in a light sprinkle of rain that turned to a downpour we figgered we may be out luck. The two of us both members here hadn't done a chuck roundup together in a couple of years so we had looked forward to some shooting and maybe some fishing if the shooting got slow or the hay was too deep. Turned out the hay was fresh off and we drove out of the rain and into sunny skies. Sunny skies didn't last and we got some light drizzle with an occasional heavier rain. None made us put the guns away and if anything may have helped to mid day shooting. We worked one field only this time rather than shooting then moving farms and coming back and forth between them. Worked out good. The field we shot was only about 30 acres and dang if'n we didn't shoot 30 chucks off of that field. Took us 10 or 12 hrs but we did some serious population control on that field. 280yrds was the longest shot of the day. Won't get much more than that in a field that small
I didn't get a lot of pictures as my camera weighs better than 3lbs on top of lugging a heavy barrel rifle so the pics taken are near the car. Both of us were using .243's, mine a 70's era Remington 700 varmint and his a model 70 Winchester sporter. I was shooting 65 Vmax and the other rifle 55 Noslers.My Old 700 with a dead male.
This is how this one landed after a round with a 55 Nosler. The 55's aren't exactly fur friendly
From the other side
All in all a great day shooting!
