Fly hunting...

PisnNapalm · April 18, 2007, 08:55 PM

So I spent some time at the range today. There was only a mild breeze today. I wanted to try out a different ammo too.

I setup my targets. I just used 1 inch diameter sticker dots today at 50 yards. Here's some of my better ones.

Then about 20 minutes before I was finished, a fly landed on the paper next to the target I was shooting at. So of course I was unable to resist.

I lined that sucker up and....

T'was a good day at the range. I hope to go again on Friday.

fisherman66 · April 18, 2007, 09:06 PM

beats chopsticks

nice shot

MDman · April 18, 2007, 09:12 PM

nice shot, I once hit one with a cheap air soft from across the room, god was I pleased.

so what were you shooting?

FirstFreedom · April 18, 2007, 09:24 PM

Very niiice [/borat]

If you do a search over at rimfirecentral, there's quite a few peeps who have posted pics of fly remains on their targets like that. Beats tiddly-winks anyway!

PisnNapalm · April 18, 2007, 09:24 PM

This is my rifle. http://www.pisnnapalm.com/pics/04-03-07_1341.jpg

Anschutz 54 model 1413 I think... It's technically my wife's rifle from our days shooting for the high school rifle team. The stock was customized by her uncle to lighten it.

PisnNapalm · April 18, 2007, 09:25 PM

First Freedom,

I have posted this over there as well. I'll do a search though.

Dead-Nuts-Zero · April 18, 2007, 09:25 PM

Splat!!!

Nice shots!

MDman · April 18, 2007, 09:29 PM

well I dare say thats one nice gun

elkman06 · April 18, 2007, 09:36 PM

Would this be similar to the sparrow I decapitated at 90yds w/ my .243 the other day? LOL
elkman

PisnNapalm · April 18, 2007, 09:36 PM

Thanks. I've since bought it a proper Caldwell front benchrest. It helped cut my group size almost in half. The bag I got is too wide for the stock though. I'm waiting for the medium width bag to get here.

I've got a Bushnell 2-12x40mm scope with parallax adjustment. I had no problems seeing the fly at 50 yards.

Hitting it though was a bit of luck.

lockedcj7 · April 19, 2007, 08:32 AM

I killed a swimming minnow with a BB pistol once. My buddy didn't believe me so I waded in and recovered it.

Nice shot.

kingudaroad · April 19, 2007, 03:05 PM

You must put a "GRAPHIC" warning in your title if you are to post these bloody pictures.

PisnNapalm · April 19, 2007, 04:20 PM

LOL! I was quite surprised that it left a bloody mark on the paper. I wasn't expecting that.

Scorch · April 19, 2007, 08:17 PM

Nice shot! I assume you recovered the carcass, skinned it and tagged it. Are you going to have it mounted?

roy reali · April 19, 2007, 08:25 PM

Was it fly season? Did you have the proper license and tags for that?

PisnNapalm · April 19, 2007, 09:15 PM

I haven't been able to recover the carcass. I'm pretty sure the bullet skinned it. We all know that I tagged the hell out of it.

I do not know if it was fly season or not. Shhhh... I'm using the story that it just flew in front of my bullet. I wasn't actually aiming for it. Yeah... that's the ticket. I sneezed and jerked the shot wide right.

fisherman66 · April 19, 2007, 09:34 PM

A woman walked into the kitchen to find her husband stalking around with a fly swatter. "What are you doing?" She asked. "Hunting Flies" He responded.
"Oh. Killing any?" She asked.

"Yep, 3 males, 2 Females," he replied..

Intrigued, she asked. "How can you tell?"

He responded, "3 were on a beer can, 2 were on the phone."

April 18, 2007, 08:55 PM	#1
PisnNapalm Member Join Date: April 5, 2007 Posts: 61	Fly hunting... So I spent some time at the range today. There was only a mild breeze today. I wanted to try out a different ammo too. I setup my targets. I just used 1 inch diameter sticker dots today at 50 yards. Here's some of my better ones. Then about 20 minutes before I was finished, a fly landed on the paper next to the target I was shooting at. So of course I was unable to resist. I lined that sucker up and.... T'was a good day at the range. I hope to go again on Friday.

April 18, 2007, 09:06 PM	#2
fisherman66 Senior Member Join Date: August 22, 2005 Location: Rhome, TX Posts: 4,630	beats chopsticks nice shot __________________ la plus belle des ruses du diable est de vous persuader qu'il n'existe pas!

April 18, 2007, 09:25 PM	#7
Dead-Nuts-Zero Senior Member Join Date: August 26, 2004 Posts: 498	Splat!!! Nice shots! __________________ . . BANG------------ >>> !

April 19, 2007, 08:17 PM	#14
Scorch Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2006 Location: Washington state Posts: 11,033	Nice shot! I assume you recovered the carcass, skinned it and tagged it. Are you going to have it mounted? __________________ Never try to educate someone who resists knowledge at all costs. But what do I know? Taylor Machine

April 19, 2007, 08:25 PM	#15
roy reali Senior Member Join Date: August 23, 2005 Posts: 3,248	Re:pisnapalm Was it fly season? Did you have the proper license and tags for that?

April 18, 2007, 09:12 PM	#3
MDman Senior Member Join Date: March 19, 2007 Location: maryland Posts: 535	nice shot, I once hit one with a cheap air soft from across the room, god was I pleased. so what were you shooting?

April 18, 2007, 09:24 PM	#4
FirstFreedom Junior member Join Date: May 31, 2004 Location: The Toll Road State, U.S.A. Posts: 12,452	Very niiice [/borat] If you do a search over at rimfirecentral, there's quite a few peeps who have posted pics of fly remains on their targets like that. Beats tiddly-winks anyway!

April 18, 2007, 09:29 PM	#8
MDman Senior Member Join Date: March 19, 2007 Location: maryland Posts: 535	well I dare say thats one nice gun

April 18, 2007, 09:36 PM	#9
elkman06 Senior Member Join Date: March 15, 2006 Location: Wyoming Posts: 880	Would this be similar to the sparrow I decapitated at 90yds w/ my .243 the other day? LOL elkman

April 19, 2007, 08:32 AM	#11
lockedcj7 Senior Member Join Date: February 15, 2007 Posts: 922	I killed a swimming minnow with a BB pistol once. My buddy didn't believe me so I waded in and recovered it. Nice shot.

April 19, 2007, 03:05 PM	#12
kingudaroad Senior Member Join Date: March 11, 2005 Location: austin Posts: 735	You must put a "GRAPHIC" warning in your title if you are to post these bloody pictures.

April 19, 2007, 04:20 PM	#13
PisnNapalm Member Join Date: April 5, 2007 Posts: 61	LOL! I was quite surprised that it left a bloody mark on the paper. I wasn't expecting that.

April 19, 2007, 09:15 PM	#16
PisnNapalm Member Join Date: April 5, 2007 Posts: 61	I haven't been able to recover the carcass. I'm pretty sure the bullet skinned it. We all know that I tagged the hell out of it. I do not know if it was fly season or not. Shhhh... I'm using the story that it just flew in front of my bullet. I wasn't actually aiming for it. Yeah... that's the ticket. I sneezed and jerked the shot wide right.

April 19, 2007, 09:34 PM	#17
fisherman66 Senior Member Join Date: August 22, 2005 Location: Rhome, TX Posts: 4,630	A woman walked into the kitchen to find her husband stalking around with a fly swatter. "What are you doing?" She asked. "Hunting Flies" He responded. "Oh. Killing any?" She asked. "Yep, 3 males, 2 Females," he replied.. Intrigued, she asked. "How can you tell?" He responded, "3 were on a beer can, 2 were on the phone." __________________ la plus belle des ruses du diable est de vous persuader qu'il n'existe pas!