Photo Thread: Quarry and the Airgun that Took It

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Ezana4CE said:
Benjamin M357 topped w/Vector Continental 5-30x56mm FFP shooting NSA 110 grain hollow-point dish-base slugs took down this young spike. Shot was 55-60 yards out from a kneeling position, no shooting rest used. Body braced against an open door. Yep I shot from inside of the house.

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Stopped him with a male whitetail vocalization and shot while he was quartering towards me. Complete passthrough, broke a rib and kept on trucking out of the other side. There was no blood trail (it was raining around sunset anyhow). For more details and photos on this hunt click the link below.

Whitetail Spike Taken Christmas Eve 2023 With Benjamin Bulldog M357

T'was the evening before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring except I..... I was playing a game with a football game playing in the background (Cleveland vs Houston I think). That's when I'd looked out of a window and noticed a deer grazing in the yard. I'd been...
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Fantastic, well done.
 
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Ed gun Lelya .25
JSB hades 26.54 gr
Sightmark wraith 4k hd mini
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Nomadic Pirate 66 said:
OK I play ;)

MAX full auto .25

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Winchester .25

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Rainstorm PUP .357

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Rainstorm .30

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Okay so if I'm following your pics and descriptions correctly, you've taken wild pigs with .177 and .22 and .25? I'd like to ask, what distances were the shots for each? Also, I'm assuming you were using slugs? Do you know what FT/LBs you were getting with each? This is fascinating because I've been pondering getting a .30 or .357 but if a .25 can do the job just as affectively, I may decide to go that route. Thanks for any guidance you can give.
 
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@BlkAirRiflemanOfGA Manny has been hog hunting with small bores for yearsss. If you look him up on AGN, you will see older posts under an old handle “AirArcher66.” He has several videos posted on YouTube and a gate on the GTA forum (Manny’s Corner). He has discussed plenty of details that you’re asking about in several threads. Check him out. Here’s one of those threads.

Benjamin Hog.

Ok, Ok it's an old hunt nothing new here :) :) but I have not much time to hunt nowadays and I got this video popping up that I forgot about so I decided " why not just post it ? " Benjamin NP2 shooting the H&N Baracuda https://youtu.be/CUcyrfIO--4
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BlkAirRiflemanOfGA said:
Okay so if I'm following your pics and descriptions correctly, you've taken wild pigs with .177 and .22 and .25? I'd like to ask, what distances were the shots for each? Also, I'm assuming you were using slugs? Do you know what FT/LBs you were getting with each? This is fascinating because I've been pondering getting a .30 or .357 but if a .25 can do the job just as affectively, I may decide to go that route. Thanks for any guidance you can give.
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Short distance is my game 8 to 30 pretty much covers it, small bores are always brain shots so slugs aren't what I use, always pellets.
 
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Ezana4CE said:
@BlkAirRiflemanOfGA Manny has been hog hunting with small bores for yearsss. If you look him up on AGN, you will see older posts under an old handle “AirArcher66.” He has several videos posted on YouTube and a gate on the GTA forum (Manny’s Corner). He has discussed plenty of details that you’re asking about in several threads. Check him out. Here’s one of those threads.

Benjamin Hog.

Ok, Ok it's an old hunt nothing new here :) :) but I have not much time to hunt nowadays and I got this video popping up that I forgot about so I decided " why not just post it ? " Benjamin NP2 shooting the H&N Baracuda https://youtu.be/CUcyrfIO--4
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That's awesome to know. I'll definitely check him out and see what techniques he uses and his distances and pellet/slug choices for wild hogs. Thanks!!!
 
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Nomadic Pirate 66 said:
Short distance is my game 8 to 30 pretty much covers it, small bores are always brain shots so slugs aren't what I use, always pellets.
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Okay great that's good to hear. I know getting up that close to hogs here is a bit tricky with wind and them smelling you. But, I guess in a blind situation or sitting somewhere still until they cross my face. Awesome. I appreciate the insight. Did you find either caliber to be more effective than the other or all about the same results and humane kills?
 
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Don't even mention shifting winds, over here down into the valley is a constant.

To be honest with you when you talk about small bore brain shots both .22 and .25 are extremely effective as long as you have enough juice you choose the right pellet and make the perfect shot ( I used to have a great thread on GTA for Hog shot placement but when I didn't renew my Photobucket membership unfortunately I lost all the pictures )
 
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Few photos for you to hopefully enjoy of hunting with a sub 12ftlb air rifle here in the Yorkshire Dales. The balance of modest power Vs the animals natural defenses makes for great sport. Every kill is a head shot.

Below Diana 280 .177 takes a Grey Squirrel.
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Above s400 .177 with Nikon Prostaff 3-9x40ao

Below Air Arms ProSport .177 does what it's supposed to.
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Above it's the Air Arms s400 .177 providing meat.

Below Diana 280 .177 get one for the pot if the dog don't get it first!

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Above my old HW 80k .22 sorts out a rat problem in the garden.

Below TX200hc in is original stock does some hedgerow rabbiting.
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Above and below s400
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Above TX200hc .22 takes an evening one for the pot.
Below Air Arms .177 s400 with some rabbits.

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woogie_man said:
Lovely area to shoot at Barn!! I to enjoy hunting with a 12ftlb from time to time. While it is fun to smack a rabbit from 100+ yards with a blistering fast slug, there is a level of satisfaction from stalking in close and placing a precision shot.
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It's not a bad place to live when the weathers nice. Tedious when the wind blows and it blows a lot!!
Love stalking rabbits though my old bones are starting to complain when I start crawling about. 😀
 
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Shot at 35yds or thereabouts and 30ft up - when you take the shot expecting to miss and the Sniper XR says, "I got you!"
Missed the first shot because I tried to get him on the run. At that point he ran up the tree, like way up the tree. Then I saw his head poke over the crook of the tree. I took aim, pulled the trigger and he just slumped over. And hung there and hung there. I thought I lost him to the notch in the tree so I went to get my camera to take a picture of him hanging in the tree. By the time I got back he had already fallen to the ground.
 
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