Impala with Grandad’s Hornet…
- Thread starter Foxyboy43
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Great to see youngsters getting a start, getting them into healthy pastimes like fishing and shooting are a great gift.
Took my four year old down the field to watch me finish off a fox in a snare, his first comment was “Daddy, we need to shoot more!” He’s has two khaki campbells that he doesn’t want eaten
He’s keen to go fishing as did a bit last summer, but a bit too small to take stalking yet, but his time will come.
Took my four year old down the field to watch me finish off a fox in a snare, his first comment was “Daddy, we need to shoot more!” He’s has two khaki campbells that he doesn’t want eaten
He’s keen to go fishing as did a bit last summer, but a bit too small to take stalking yet, but his time will come.
As per post #3 opening commentatory but if you're gonna teach any youngster to shoot please at least instruct in correct hold & cheek weld:
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I thought that too. I also think a 243 might be more suitable for such animal and quite manageable for a young man of that size.
Kind of grandad to cover his own ears but not the kids, what a prick!
Bavarianbrit
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Why? If the parallax is dialled out it will be fine. If the gun doesn’t fit then it’s the only way to go. There are world champion fitasc clay shots that habitually don’t have their head on the stock ‘properly’
Foxyboy43
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Hmmm.
I put this up expecting some criticism of using a .22 Hornet on such a relatively sizeable beast (75kgs or so) yet only one response suggests stepping up to .243 - a bit surprising considering the use of this relatively small chambering - or is it?
Class discuss….
I put this up expecting some criticism of using a .22 Hornet on such a relatively sizeable beast (75kgs or so) yet only one response suggests stepping up to .243 - a bit surprising considering the use of this relatively small chambering - or is it?
Class discuss….
Bo Diddley
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Well, I wouldn't be going for a heart/lung shot on something that size with my .22 Hornet, that's certain.
I don't have a problem with the idea of shooting a 75kg Impala with a Hornet, you just have to be competent and know where to place the bullet...
The whole video was another social media-driven $hite $how, the kid didn't appear to care less about the hunt, he was just tagging along with dad, and doing what he was told to do..
I wonder what a nice big Impala fillet steak tastes like
I don't have a problem with the idea of shooting a 75kg Impala with a Hornet, you just have to be competent and know where to place the bullet...
The whole video was another social media-driven $hite $how, the kid didn't appear to care less about the hunt, he was just tagging along with dad, and doing what he was told to do..
I wonder what a nice big Impala fillet steak tastes like
An old keeper friend of mine used a .22 Hornet for everything on a day to day basis. One day, whilst taking a break from helping him sort his pens out ready for the seasons birds, I suggested he should have something bigger than the Hornet for deer & foxes, he laughed & said he didn’t need it. He said he'd bought the Hornet new when he realised, after having to put 5 shots into a rutting fallow Buck, that his underlever .22WMR wasn't really up to the jobHmmm.
I put this up expecting some criticism of using a .22 Hornet on such a relatively sizeable beast (75kgs or so) yet only one response suggests stepping up to .243 - a bit surprising considering the use of this relatively small chambering - or is it?
Class discuss….
I was very much expecting nicely placed head/neck shots but frankly fast forwarded most of the video when noting the boy was left to his own devices at the bench.Hmmm.
I put this up expecting some criticism of using a .22 Hornet on such a relatively sizeable beast (75kgs or so) yet only one response suggests stepping up to .243 - a bit surprising considering the use of this relatively small chambering - or is it?
Class discuss….
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Rhodesianjess
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My headkeeper, late 1980's,was nearly 70 when I started working under him. He shot everything from roe downward with his BSA Sportsman 22rf and fallow with his "big rifle", a 22Hornet,a single shot Savage. No telescopic sight on either rifle.An old keeper friend of mine used a .22 Hornet for everything on a day to day basis. One day, whilst taking a break from helping him sort his pens out ready for the seasons birds, I suggested he should have something bigger than the Hornet for deer & foxes, he laughed & said he didn’t need it. He said he'd bought the Hornet new when he realised, after having to put 5 shots into a rutting fallow Buck, that his underlever .22WMR wasn't really up to the job
That was his generation way of doing things.
Under keeper that I had got every gadget known to man, couldn't hit a golf ball at 100 yards. Literally.
He never shot a deer whilst he worked here, I wouldn't let him. He's moved on now, blessing another estate with his "skills"
I fully encourage and applaud the desire for to involve the future generations in shooting. I watched this video but don’t wish to comment on the content except for the initial montage with the young lad practising with the bow and arrow, which was delightful.
Bo Diddley
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We all have some good stories of naughties we have done.. Go on, Smelly, spill the beans, mate...I once shot a red deer with my Hornet....nevermind.... the game dealer couldn't care less.... or something like that
Smellydog
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Bugger off...
Probably, apart from that the whole video is a fiasco, looking at the fences you could chase the animal all day, about as wild as VSS is fallow.
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