This made me think in a little different direction. How about a small parachute? A four line one made from a Walmart bag. Lay it out behind or to the side. Shoot it a second time on the way down.
Quote from: mobilehomer on January 27, 2021, 11:12:32 PMThis made me think in a little different direction. How about a small parachute? A four line one made from a Walmart bag. Lay it out behind or to the side. Shoot it a second time on the way down. Tried this but found it requires too much training on the part of the chicken. Also some parachutes would fail to open resulting in unwanted investigations which delayed everything. This idea was scrubbed.
Quote from: Lt. Dan on January 28, 2021, 06:47:11 AMQuote from: mobilehomer on January 27, 2021, 11:12:32 PMThis made me think in a little different direction. How about a small parachute? A four line one made from a Walmart bag. Lay it out behind or to the side. Shoot it a second time on the way down. Tried this but found it requires too much training on the part of the chicken. Also some parachutes would fail to open resulting in unwanted investigations which delayed everything. This idea was scrubbed. Haha! Cracked me up! I haven’t lost any, but we have had to look for them pretty hard. Almost everywhere we set them up I use a 2”x4” for the base. One of these days I’m going to tie each one to a nail and drill a hole in the wood to slide the nail into. I like your idea though, Dan. It should help a lot and you can still set them up where you want with a little more freedom than my idea.
Good idea.How about next time in Walmart go to the fishing aisle. Grab some heavy leaders and tether them to a 2x4 at your target area?
Quote from: avator on January 28, 2021, 08:07:15 AMGood idea.How about next time in Walmart go to the fishing aisle. Grab some heavy leaders and tether them to a 2x4 at your target area?I did that but the lines would cross and tangle and it really limited my placement. These silhouettes are fun to shoot when placed on my spinner racks. I was shooting the chickens at 20 yds and the larger ones at longer distances based in their size. With the accuracy of the Weihrauch rifles I've increased the distances even more.
WAIT! STOP!Where do you get those chickens from? I want some now!
Hey LTWhat about drilling a 3/16-1/4" hole thru the base, dead center of mass on the critters.The get some of those LONG legged fence 1/8" dia x 1-1/4" long staples, drive one leg thru the hole and the other leg into a 2x4 or 2x6.Or maybe a correct diameter nail driven thru the hole and into a wooden base,the critter would just spin around when hit.When hit the critters should flop over and lay down etc, sure would reduce chasing the crafty critters all over the place............ HTH'sDon
Try tying a 6 or 8 inch piece of white or yellow ribbon with about 12 inches of string to the chickens.Same principle as your plastic strips but easier to find. Or, you can tie surveyor's plastic ribbon right to the chickens.