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Pellets or Slugs For Hunting
Pellets or Slugs For Hunting Airguns have evolved dramatically over the past decade. What used to be a world dominated entirely by traditional diabolo pellets has expanded into a new era of high‑BC airgun slugs capable of long‑range precision and improved knockdown power. But with this evolution comes a natural question: Which projectile is better—pellets … Continue reading
My Favorite Brocock Hunting Rifles
Besides being a fanatic for Performance and Precision in my Air Rifles, nothing is more appealing to me than a hunting rig that is compact and ergonomic. In this article I’ll take a look at one of me favorite brands, Brocock. While not as widely known as its parent company Daystate, the Brocock/BRK lineup of … Continue reading
My Favorite Destinations – Part II
In this weeks blog I’ll pick back up on the topic of my favorite regions and location for traveling Airgun hunts. If you want more information on these just post a reply or shoot me an email. We’ll start back up with a look at big game! 4. Deer Hunting: Virginia is another state that … Continue reading
Warthogs and Airguns
While cleaning up my archives, I found this article written about three years ago for one of the hunting magazines, and realized I never submitted it! This was from the hunt where I had Kip and a couple AOA friends along with me to the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Better late than never, right!?! I’d been in … Continue reading
Getting My Airguns Ready to Hunt
This has been a busy week for me; I received a couple new big bores that I’ll be talking about in coming months, and started doing range work. I’ll save the details for later, but it’s hard to imagine the out of the box performance being delivered by todays production big bores! Just a few … Continue reading
Enter the Wildcat…. A Personal Game Changer!
Over the last few years I’ve written about several PCP Bullpup rifles, and while I’ve liked some better than others, I often said things about the class like they are good examples of form following function, a good example of the class, but mentioning my preference tends towards carbines when I want a compact gun. … Continue reading
Getting time to hunt??
I was thinking about my airgun hunts this year, those after the Christmas holidays when things start to slow down. There were a few stand outs that I really enjoyed, with a few more to come during the summer before the real season starts back up and my winter hunts kick in. A lot of … Continue reading
My Journey into Airgun Hunting
I get a lot of questions about how I got into airgunning and what changes I’ve seen over the last several years. In this two part post I’m going to look at one airgunners journey into an emerging hunting sport, grounded in Europe but gaining maturity in the United States. In this two part article I am going to … Continue reading
What Happens to my Big Game After the Hunt……. Biltong!!
Ok, this isn’t strictly airgunning, but I often get questions about what I do with the animals I hunt. In this post I’ll talk about what I do with the deer I shoot. One deer a year supplies my family with all the venison we’ll need; backstraps, a few steaks, and a lot of ground … Continue reading
Airgun Safari: Photos from the Trip!
Here I was after 30 some hours of travel, back on the Dell farm on the Eastern Cape of South Africa, and this place is like a homecoming for me! I’d met up with Kip, David, and Chris in Atlanta, I made it to the plane right before the door closed, and flew with the … Continue reading