Author Archives: Jim Chapman
My Field History: Hunting with Daystate and Brocock Rifles
One of the questions I’m asked a lot, is what is my favorite hunting air rifle? To be honest, I hate this question because there is not an easy answer. There are a group of rifles at the top of my personal list, that come from several different manufacturers. I could base the answer on … Continue reading
The Brocock Commander XR .25
From the first shot, I knew this was a gun that I wanted to shoot more! I’ve always been a big fan of Brococks rifles, but the Commander XR exceeded my expectations on our initial shooting session. My testing is ongoing, but here I’ll give you a brief status report It doesn’t happen often, but … Continue reading
Squirrel Hunting with the Prophet
I’m getting ready for my first squirrel hunt of the 20-21 season, traveling to Nebraska to take advantage of their early August 1 opener as I write this. It got me to thinking about the guns I used last season and the hunts I took them on, and I started thinking about a tough one! … Continue reading
Going for the Squirrel Grand Slam: Get that Black Squirrel First!
I’ve been going after this small game challenge for several years now, and my strategy is get the most difficult one out of the way first! I’ve written quite a bit About the squirrel grand slam, which I coined to describe taking the four most common types of tree squirrels in the USA: the fox … Continue reading
Javalina: On My Airgunning Bucket List!
There was nowhere to legally hunt javalina in the States for many years, but the laws have changed and there are now a couple destinations! If I was asked to list my five favorite things to hunt with an airgun, javalina would certainly be in the mix. Part of the reason is I wanted to … Continue reading
I took the LCS SK-19 out on a Jackrabbit hunt…. Great Experience!
I got out on my first hunt of the summer a couple weeks ago, and with a week off work loaded up my gear and headed down to a friends ranch in West Texas. With the LCS SK-19 calling for me to get it into the field, and jackrabbits everywhere, it was a good week! … Continue reading
A Prophecy Fulfilled
Based on the RTI Priest, expectations were high for their next product release. I get a first view setting up the new Prophet for hunting season! Jim’s initial experience with the RTI Prophet A gun I’ve been shooting and hunting with since EBR, is the RTI Prophet, which is an evolutionary step from the companies … Continue reading
Texas Aoudad Hunt
I’d been down in Texas hunting deer and javalina for 9 days and was on my way back from a friends ranch when I got a call. It was an invitation to delay my return home a few days to hunt aoudad, also known as Barbary sheep. The hunt was in conjunction with a group … Continue reading
Back from a great week in Arizona for EBR……. and some hunting!!
Today was my first day back at work, and it was hectic trying to catch up after a week away. But that week was worth it! I had the chance to do a squirrel hunt up in the mountains, then I came down to a dairy farm to shoot pest birds, then I spent the … Continue reading
After my Squirrel Grand Slam…..Again!!!
Several years ago I proposed a small game hunting challenge I called the North American Squirrel Hunters Grand Slam. This was intended to be an activity that took effort, but was within reach of most people willing to work at it. It is tough to do every year, but as a one time mission the … Continue reading
