Been making a few stands every now and then…



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What cal guessing.223/5.56. I got that reaction a lot with those and great shots with quality bullets. went up to 243 7mm-08 and 260 rem when that what I has out for deer and varmit ether came by or stand was convenient and it was bang flop. So I stopped with the little cal. I like being able to video that's nice thanks for posting it.

Nope, sometimes it just happens. Wanted to see what a heart shot does and that 165gr .308 bullet made an entry hole you had to hunt for and a softball hole on the other side. He ran until he had no more blood, lol. Even the dirt was coated in red. I could’ve followed that trail by touch alone. First one that’s run like that and still had to use discretion for the pic afterwards.

The cat in the second video definitely didn’t run, lol.

nice set up i have been looking at those tri pods for a while seem so versatile. Did you hit a lot of bone to get such a big exit? I hit one running once at 225 or so and hit solid in the hips with 120 gr 6.5 a max. Think mini basket ball off side exit. Always seems like bix exits I get Are when I hit a lot of bone.

Unbelievable how much damage critters can take and still run off.

Heart shot quite a few deer , and even a bear , right threw the heart , and they ran 50 - 100 yards!
Picked up speed also!

Way to go.

Wanna be can you share your night vision setup? How much cash you got wrapped up in it?

I have a Ruger Predator .308 with an IRay Bolt TH50C and a Banish suppressor that I normally run for coyotes.
And I have what’s pictured, a Ruger SFAR 16” .308 with an AGM Rattler TS35 640 and a Banish suppressor that I normally run for hogs.
The tripod is just a Bog DeathGrip with a Little Crow Gunworks ball head on it.
The caller is an Icotec Outlaw+.

I’ll let y’in total everything up, but everything was bought over time and with trapping/plantation money except for the IRay…the wife got me that for Christmas a few years ago. I’ll get an envelope, write what I want and the cost, and as checks came in I’d cash and add money to each envelope until I reached the total. Yeah, it’s ridiculous when you total everything up, but I get paid per dead critter. Find a landowner with a hog problem and at $50 a hog all it takes is a few sounders and you’ll start filling up other envelopes of things you want, plus it’s just flat out FUN!!

Everything we do cost money . No need to justify spend it on hobbies. Other guys would blow it in a bar, golf course, on cars or truck, or women. Maybe a combination and not even realize it.

Question for Wanna Be.... do you have a handheld thermal monocular or something like that to spot critters first or do you just spin your rifle and scope on the tripod until you see one coming in. I quit using a tripod when nite calling and leave my thermal monocular at home. I made a stool that swivels 360 degrees and just am constantly looking thru my thermal scope. I have a bad back and can't stand in one place too long before I turn into a cripple. This stool (weighs just a little more than a gallon of milk) is just the thing.... sit for an hour or more... back and legs work when you get up to leave !

Love hunting with a suppressor, hearing that bullet twist into their hide is "therapy".

Yeah, that was my most recent purchase…AGM Taipan V2 19-384.
What a HUGE difference a scanner makes. I can’t imagine all the critters I missed or spooked while spinning around on the tripod.
All I do now is lock my rifle on the tripod and just stand and scan 360 degrees around me. In the second video that’s exactly where it starts. I’d scanned East to West and as soon as I went back East that cat was standing there, I dropped the scanner and hit record on the rifle as I grabbed it.

And for the record, I buy everything from individuals who get me a much less than advertised price, even my rifles are through an individual. So when totaling up everything knock $200-500 off the listed prices. Still expensive, but if you love the darkness like I do it’s worth it. You’d be amazed at how critters react to you at night vs daylight. I’ve walked as close as 10-15ft from bedded deer and they stay put. I’ve had I don’t know how many deer alert me to a coyote or cat coming in and never move after shooting.

Haha, I even bought a new deer rifle just because it was threaded and I could suppress it. Dropped a doe between 4 bucks and they jumped and went about 15yds and came back trying to get her up to breed. In one video I posted from the scanner you can hear me say hit, miss, hit. Anyone close knows if you hit or miss, lol. That “thump” is solid. Of course that miss is very humbling, no guessing, you know when you miss.

The Predator and iRay



And the scanner.

Scanner paid off this evening. Went out to call some coyotes and after walking in and getting rifle and caller set up I walked back to the rifle and decided to scan before hitting the remote. Apparently I walked in parallel to the pigs and never knew it. All I saw was something black. Watching it I could tell it was small but quickly ruled out an armadillo or possum. I moved a few feet and saw the bigger pig. I realized it must be a sow with piglets.
I got on the rifle and had to move up to get her in the scope. I figured those 165gr CoreLokts would punch through the brush and sent it! All I could see afterwards was one piglet running off, but I’m sure there were more.

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