not my thing either, but ridicule has no place in the yard. now think of some better posts so you can hit JYD already!

Flat-land entertainment? Get a pickup, some folding tables, some rifles, and a guy with a telescope, and shoot prairie dogs? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

(I think I'll stick with hills and mountains and trees!)

You know when your addicted to long range shooting when you take 10 mins to prep a shot...take it...then walk 1500 yards to see if you hit where you aimed.

I used to do some daft things like that when I was younger....now I use sand on the ground so you can see your splashes and mark off some stone circles at given MOA sizes....but I only practise on none living targets....shooting foxes etc I try to keep my shots under 300 yards and at that range there is an element of certainty so the animal would never suffer.

1500 yards is about the maximum I can squeeze out of a .243 Ackley when moderated on a 30 inch barrel....over here 6mm/.243 is the maximum calibre for vermin control on the moors unless you are deer stalking with something bigger and happen across a fox...on that basis then technically I can use a 7mm Boo Boo out to about 1750/1800 yards again on a 30 inch barrel...but I have'nt got those barrels turned for a moderator so I stick with the .243 Ack and use Tubbs D-TAC bullets. There are too many people often on the Moors to make any loud noise. Sheeple will walk towards gunfire out of curiosity.....so a moderator helps from a safety point of view.

My next job is to try to get one of my 7mm barrels cut for a moderator....but as a general principal I don't like hunting things which can be wounded at long range. Crows are my favourite target because if you hit them they are dead...it does'nt matter where...they basically "explode"...I have shot some crows with probably lucky shots at some very long ranges...one or two I have walked the rounds onto them...but I try to hit them with the first shot...it is good practise and helps the hill farmers when lambing time is here ( like now ).

You can cover quite a number of fields at long distance up here on the moors...



One of the greatest times to be had in my view is watching the sun come up at dawn from a vantage point where you are waiting on passing foxes or crows...I usually listen to the radio on an ear piece and have a flask of tea handy whilst tucked into my bivi bag and sleeping bag waiting to see what happens...absolutely marvelous fun... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />