BIG GAME season is over. How is a guy to stay sharp on his high power rifle shooting skills? Bounty Hunter 6, Kenny, and I went jackrabbit hunting in the northwest desert the other day. I was shooting my mule deer rifle, a Ruger .30-06 light weight with a 4.5-14X 42mm scope. Bounty Hunter 6 was shooting a Winchester Model 70 in .223 with a 6-18X 40mm scope. We shot several jackrabbits each and I took these trophies. I have them hanging to dry in my garage and will mount them for display in my office one of these days. {Maybe I will just use them to scare the crap out of the Supreme Commander pretending they are mice that got into our house.} I can honestly inform everyone – a .30-06 rifle with a 130 grain bullet is a big enough gun to take jackrabbits to the next level. We both wore ear protection while hunting and so after firing about 20 rounds each we could still hear. We would walk through the sagebrush and jump up jackrabbits. The rabbits had been hunted lots in the area and would run quick when we were walking. The rabbits would run about 80 -125 yards and stop and look back to see if we were still in pursuit. I shot at several while I was way excited and didn’t settle down on the target and concentrate on breathing and trigger control. After about 10 misses Bounty Hunter 6 was laughing so hard at me he couldn’t hit the jackrabbits either. We had a serious planning session out in the sage dunes and I decided to not miss so much any more. I was getting low on ammo. We ended out the morning really doing pretty well. It was good fun with my amigo and good high power practice.
7 comments:
sounds like good, manly fun!
Hey Craig,
Was that all that was left of those rabbits? Anyway, I wanted to let you know that I am going to post CJ's letters on a blog page for him, so if you ever get curious to see what he's up to you can check it out. You can click my name and you should see his blog page there. Let me know if you have any questions.
Tyler
Hey Hoser! I wish I could have gone, that sounds like lots of fun, and good shooting practice. I think you need to come stay with me for a few days so we can go hunt coyotes and rabbits. I have been seeing lots of both lately.
Dax
Uncle Craiger,
I didn't know you had a blog! Animals need a fair warning when you're on your way.
Jenniepenny
lets see some new material on here, Craiger...just kidding, you are probably busy working on house bids for us. thank you so much, by the way!
You are making Spencer jeolous! Now he wants to go hunting, but to bad it is beyond freezing up here (-6). Hopefully he won't kill the cute bunny that likes to come by our house, or the skunk that made its stroll by our house on sunday.
Take care
What's this about using the jackrabbit tails to scare the beegeebers out of the Supreme Commander? Bring a few more home next time you're out practicing with high power ammo and I'll find an excellent new use for them. Paybacks can be hell!
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