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stonykill · « **Reply #80 on:** October 18, 2015, 06:12:24 PM »

Thanks Cam and Harry! I haven't had much nutter time lately. I gonna have to fix that

stonykill · « **Reply #81 on:** October 19, 2015, 06:32:18 PM »

I managed to get a little hunting time in today. Got this red nutter right away. I walk out and it starts it's yelling. It ran across a tree branch and paused for a second or 3 with it's vitals exposed at 18ish yards. About 15 feet up. I squeeze and it drops, dead before it hit the ground.

This young gray female nutter I got a little while later. As I approached an oak tree nutters started chattering and went all different directions. 4 of them. This one paused going down the truck and was only about 10 feet up and 15 yards away. In a reletively clear area ( no brush to hide in) so I took an offhand vitals shot. By the time I got to her, in the time it took to reload, pump 12 times, and walk the 15 yards, she was dead in a pile. Good short outing in the woods!

dk1677 · « **Reply #82 on:** October 19, 2015, 07:38:10 PM »

Nice shooting tom! I had the same day only in the reverse order

stonykill · « **Reply #83 on:** October 19, 2015, 07:46:08 PM »

Thanks Dave! Like you I have been seeing a LOT of reds this year. They don't often stand still however

stonykill · « **Reply #84 on:** October 20, 2015, 06:46:06 PM »

A quick hunt this afternoon netted me this nice young Red taken sideleaned on a tree at 20 yards.

The chipper was taken standing, offhand, with the red in my pump arm hand, at 15 yards. Not a bad shot while holding a Red by the legs in the non trigger hand, while standing

Both were taken with the 901 that has been converted to .22.

I NEED to find the time to sight in my stock other than trigger mods .177 901 and take it hunting. I figure it is about time to give some stockers some love

dk1677 · « **Reply #85 on:** October 20, 2015, 09:57:45 PM »

Nice ones Tom! I haven't seen a chipper this week

stonykill · « **Reply #86 on:** October 20, 2015, 10:18:29 PM »

Thanks Dave! I'm seeing fewer chippers. They must be slowly heading to bed for the winter.

shadow · « **Reply #87 on:** October 21, 2015, 07:23:24 AM »

Keep the pumpers pumped and dropping nutters.

Great shooting and pics bro.

Ed

stonykill · « **Reply #88 on:** October 21, 2015, 08:57:43 AM »

Thanks Ed!

stonykill · « **Reply #89 on:** October 21, 2015, 06:26:29 PM »

A red nutter and a chipper today.

I got home a little earlier than I expected today, so I sighted in the stock, other than trigger mods and tape on the muzzle end 901. I figured I should give some stock .177's some love

As you will see in the pic, I hadn't even put the windage cap back on yet. I sighted it in, turns out much to my surprise it shoots winnie domes surprisingly well. So for a short walk I go

I get to the fallen log I was sitting at the other day when I shot the red nutter at 15 feet, and to my right I see a red nutter standing still at 15 yards. I'm standing and I was too wobbly for an offhand shot. Must have been the 2 cups of coffee I chugged 15 minutes earlier

So I watch him scurry out of my line of sight and move a few feet to a large hemlock and side lean on it. And wait. Less than a minute later he scurry's up another hemlock. Barely 15 yards from me. He tries to hide about 20 feet up on a branch, no chance

. Crosshairs are already on him and I put the pellet through his neck into his brain for a quick kill and short death dance.

As I'm walking to the tree, which means sliding down a bank a ways over a 3 foot round fallen hemlock, I look up. I see something, not sure what. I scope it and a good 15 feet up the same hemlock is a chipper. I load another winnie dome, give it 6 pumps and put it in the chippers brain.

When I go to collect them, the red is right next to a coon skull from last year. So a group photo was in order.

dk1677 · « **Reply #90 on:** October 21, 2015, 08:11:05 PM »

Nice ones Tom! I saw another red and a grey later but no chance for a shot, then late I saw a chipper in a willow tree but by the time i got out he was gone.

stonykill · « **Reply #91 on:** October 21, 2015, 08:21:58 PM »

Thanks Dave! I saw 2 grays and another red. One of the grays spotted and me, and didn't run away he SPRINTED away.

. The other gray and the other red were just traveling the wrong direction. There is always next time

Bicycleman · « **Reply #92 on:** October 21, 2015, 09:39:02 PM »

Well done, Tom. I have been helping my son move some stuff for the past several days and just got back. So it is gratifying to see that someone has had time to do some fine hunting.

Tater · « **Reply #93 on:** October 22, 2015, 01:49:21 AM »

Good hunting Tom.

stonykill · « **Reply #94 on:** October 22, 2015, 07:02:24 AM »

Thanks Mike and Jerry!

shadow · « **Reply #95 on:** October 22, 2015, 07:06:37 AM »

Great shooting and pic brother and may need to pull out my M4 and see what she will drag home.

I like your avatar pic (skull), cool.

Ed

stonykill · « **Reply #96 on:** October 22, 2015, 07:09:37 AM »

Quote from: shadow on October 22, 2015, 07:06:37 AM

Great shooting and pic brother and may need to pull out my M4 and see what she will drag home. I like your avatar pic (skull), cool. Ed

Thanks Ed! Yeah, you were the inspiration for that avatar

shadow · « **Reply #97 on:** October 22, 2015, 08:16:15 AM »

I'm inspired by all the other fine hunter/ pest control brothers here and push's me to hang just a little longer out there in the shadows for a possible harvest. I'm bushed right now from another long night of pest control but it paid off. I will post alittle something when I emerge back out of my cave lol. Ed

stonykill · « **Reply #98 on:** October 22, 2015, 08:49:07 AM »

Well congrats Ed, looking forward to the pics. I just got another large gray nutter. Just got back from the quick morning hunt. I'll weigh him, my be my biggest yet. He has eluded me for a few days so today victory and dinner is mine

I'll post up pics and the rest of the story later. Gotta tke care of my chickens and ducks, clean a nutter and get my butt to the job site to make some $$$$$$$.

stonykill · « **Reply #99 on:** October 22, 2015, 10:01:17 AM »

So the last few morings one large gray nutter has eluded me. Creature of habit, comes down from his tree about 7:15, takes basically the same route along the tree's to get to his favorite oak tree. Rarely pauses, and when he does, his head is usually blocked.

A few mornings ago he paused hanging off of a really small branch. JUST as I squeezed he fell from the tiny branch. Clean miss. He also was not startled and just ran up the oak. I reloaded and pumped and about 10 minutes later, like clockwork he returned to his home/tree. Never stopping to give me a shot.

I saw him yesterday morning. Yesterday moring I decided to really challenge myself and carry an 880 with open sights. The cloud cover and the deep woods I was in, I just couldn't see well enough to take a shot. Even when he was at about 18 yards. So he got a pass yesterday morning.

so this morning I go out with the .177 901, stock except for a nice short crisp trigger. It wears a decent Bushnell scope. I figure it's on!

It was pretty dark this morning but at 7:20 I see branches wiggling at his tree. Sure enough Mr. Gray is on the move. He stopped exactly once on his way to his favorite oak tree. He stopped on a small branch, to scratch himself. With his entire hed hidden by another branch. He then went non stop to his oak tree fro breakfast.

He was up there a good 10 minutes. Hidden in the leaves, shaking down acorns. I could always tell where he was even though I could not see him. Finally like I said about 10 minutes later he makes his way back to his home/hemlock tree. He paused, acorn in his mouth at 16 yards, only about 15 feet up a small tree. The 901 was up and the cross hairs were already on his little nutter brain. I squeezed and he death danced down a steep hill to the bottom. I reloaded, pumped 6 times in case I needed a follow up shot, slugged down some java and got up to retrieve him. Nice nutter and the Winnie dome made a mess of his noggin! I LOVE 10.5 dome pellets in .177. Deadly stuff.

He weighed in at 1 lb 4.4 o so he is not my biggest but in the top 4 or 5. Nice nutter comfortably resting in freezer camp as I type

I figured I should show the stock or nearly stock Daisy .177's some love, and show one does not need to go to the extremes I like to mod to. I do those mods as I enjoy it. This 901 does not even have a flat top. Just trigger mods. I just finished putting together an 880 from the late 90's that I got for $1 at a tag sale this summer. Once I dial that in, it'll see some hunting time. That one just has a flat top piston and trigger mods and new seals of course.

Anyway, thanks for reading! I enjoy sharing my little adventures

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Tis the Season! My 2015/16 thread

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