Finally, went to my permission and the damn rodents were out, boy were they out. A true target rich environment. Everything from 25 yards to 125 yards. Luckily they'd mowed the weeds at the 125 yards so it was way easier to see the pesky rodents.
Today I used my Raptor, 660mm 26in. barrel, AEA 30.2 SLUGS at 960fps. 56 ft#, 41 ft# at 115 yards. My marks were spot on from a few weeks back so close enough
Saw some out at my 75 yard mark and pretty sure I hit it, saw some more out at 120 yards had to play around with windage and elevation and thought I'd gotten a few, never did find them but a Turkey Vulture sure did. Saw more at 55 yards, nary a clue if I hit them but I scared them. Saw two at 25 yards nailed the small one then momma came over to investigate, bad mistake. Then 4 more at 25 or so on a log, how I missed them is beyond me, I think I had my elevation off, I've got to get new glasses. Then people started showing up and that was the end of it, eyes were getting fuzzy anyway so it was time to call it, hadn't seen any for close to half an hour, plus the wind was starting to kick up. Sadly my faithful retriever Pete couldn't make it, something about his birthday or some such nonsense and Fil wasn't available either to go and fetch.
It was strange how the 120 yard blew out the guts but the 25 yards were pretty much pass throughs.
25 yards 120 yards
Today I used my Raptor, 660mm 26in. barrel, AEA 30.2 SLUGS at 960fps. 56 ft#, 41 ft# at 115 yards. My marks were spot on from a few weeks back so close enough
Saw some out at my 75 yard mark and pretty sure I hit it, saw some more out at 120 yards had to play around with windage and elevation and thought I'd gotten a few, never did find them but a Turkey Vulture sure did. Saw more at 55 yards, nary a clue if I hit them but I scared them. Saw two at 25 yards nailed the small one then momma came over to investigate, bad mistake. Then 4 more at 25 or so on a log, how I missed them is beyond me, I think I had my elevation off, I've got to get new glasses. Then people started showing up and that was the end of it, eyes were getting fuzzy anyway so it was time to call it, hadn't seen any for close to half an hour, plus the wind was starting to kick up. Sadly my faithful retriever Pete couldn't make it, something about his birthday or some such nonsense and Fil wasn't available either to go and fetch.
It was strange how the 120 yard blew out the guts but the 25 yards were pretty much pass throughs.
25 yards 120 yards
