Author Archives: Jim Chapman
Rabbit Hunt Texas Style
Just got back home from a 6 day hunting roadtrip in Texas, which was comprised of a few different hunt for small game, pest/varmints, and predators. On the good side there were a lot of small game and varminting opportunities, on the not so great side the predator hunting was touch. And it was one … Continue reading
Hams on the cloven hoof
I guess you may have heard about the recent trouble with YouTube, many popular channels (like AoA) were shut down, and many of us received community strikes (get three and you’re gone!) on the way to being shut down, It appears tho have been related to a change in some of the algorithms they use … Continue reading
Airgun Hunting by Night
One of my favorite predator hunting venues is Texas, where the variety and the sheer numbers of predators is incredible: coyote, bobcat, fox, and raccoons, and the possibility of a mountain lion always present. I’ve been traveling to the Lone Star State to hunt for about 15 years, and for the first five I only … Continue reading
Notes From Shot Show
I’m sitting on the plane winging my way home from the SHOT Show in Las Vegas, and as usual found the exposition interesting and the chance to meet with all the airgun related businesses very interesting. As I’ve mentioned before, I quite taking my video equipment or writing product releases a few years back. My … Continue reading
Pest Control with the Bantam!
I just got back from a 9 day hunt in Texas, and had a great time! Started out at a ranch that was a couple hours north of Fort Worth, where I took a nice blackbuck and a fallow buck during filming for American Airgunner. Then I headed out to a ranch in West Texas, … Continue reading
Texas Bobcat Hunt
I wrapped up at my office early, walked out of the building, and jumped in my car for the half hour drive to the airport. I’d been spending just about every spare minute of the last few weeks acclimating to my new job and moving my family from the cold weather of Indiana, to the … Continue reading
Texas Hunting Trips: One down and two to go before SHOT Show!
Was down in Texas on a hog hunt last week, had some luck and put some meat in the freezer. I hunted both from blinds and out stalking, taking two pigs from the blind and two while on the move. An interesting aspect of the outing was that I used a .25 caliber BullBoss and … Continue reading
Took the Bantam Squirrel Hunting!
Hello All, After a short break, I’m back at it! The beginning of this month was the squirrel season opener up in my norther neck of the woods, and I laid down my fishing rods (especially tenkara) and started hunting again. Over the summer I was in South Africa, and then a couple prairie dog … Continue reading
Out For Dassie…..
I spent the first half of June at my buddy Robs ranch in South Africa, and had some great big bore airgun hunts for Wildebeest, impala, springbuck, bleesbuck, taking one wildebeest but several each of the other species using different guns and ammo. I also got in a fair bit of small game and pest … Continue reading
A Couple Notes From South Africa
I just returned home from South Africa …… the flight seems soooo much longer on the way home than the trip over, I was worn out (we hunted hard) and I wanted to get home to my family, and delays only made it seem that much longer. I did get a chance to stop in … Continue reading
