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A Morning Out With My Daystate Huntsman Classic
I have been saying this for years, to my eye the Daystate Huntsman Classic is the Most Beautiful PCP Hunting Rifle ever built. Join me as I take mine out for a squirrel hunt. The ground was damp and springy as I hiked into the woods bordering a friend’s farm on an early fall morning, … Continue reading
Hunting Squirrel with an Air Rifle: Preparing for the Season Opener
Out for one of the most popular game animals in North America. As the leaves turn shades of amber and crimson, it signals my favorite time to be out in the woods: the beginning of the new squirrel hunting season! For many hunters, the pursuit of squirrel with an air rifle is more than a … Continue reading
Rabbit Hunting with the JSB Hades Pellets
On this hunt I grab a budget air rifle and the JSB Hades hollow point pellets, and head out for a bit of rabbit hunting down on the ranch! I headed back down to Texas recently, on a mission! I’d been shooting the .30 caliber JSB Hades pellets in my RTI Prophet for a few … Continue reading
Shot Placement: Head or Body?
Many airgunners were taught from the beginning that only head shots were a viable option for hunting ethically. I think head shots are fine, but a well placed heart/lung shot offers many advantages as well. For about as long as I’ve been hunting with air powered rifles, I have listened to the debate on shot … Continue reading
My approach to hunting rabbits with an air rifle.
I’ll talk a little bit about my techniques for hunting cottontail and jackrabbits in the West Texas scrub. A simple quarry can make for a fun and challenging hunt, depending on your approach! I have been asked if hunting jackrabbits is the same as hunting cottontails, and my response is that while there are some … Continue reading
Are Bullpups and Semi-Bullpups Top-Guns For Hunting?
Conventional sporter rifles, carbines, bullpups, or semi-bullpups? I’ll talk about the guns I gravitate to for field work. Love a Compact Hunting Rig I am frequently asked what I look for in a hunting rifle? There are the nonnegotiable requirements of accuracy, appropriate power, reliability, and ergonomics. For me, there is a second level of … Continue reading
A Ghost in the Desert: Hunting Jackrabbits
I take the BRK Ghost .30 caliber out to the ranch in pursuit of jackrabbits. Join me and I’ll tell you what I think of this gun in the field! Introduction Rabbits and hares are cyclic, and their populations can fluctuate depending on rain, predation, and disease. On my last trip to Texas, I had … Continue reading
Sqeak’n them in!
Jim picks up an opportunistic fox with the BRK Ghost .30! I was on a recent hunt at a friend’s ranch down in West Texas, and my buddy Chacho and I had been out looking for rabbits, finding the cyclic population at a low point. It was also hotter than expected, and we didn’t see … Continue reading
Snowshoe Hare Hunting This Year
It was a strange season for weather patterns and rabbits transitioning from fall to winter coats, but a lot of challenging hunting! Over the last few years, snowshoe hare has become my favorite deep winter hunts. These beautiful rabbits are fun to hunt regardless of the cover, but deep snow after they’ve transitioned to their … Continue reading
Getting the band back together! Kicking off a new series of the AOA hunting blog!
After a long hiatus, we’re getting the blog back up and running! Introduction: Greeting all, it’s good to be back on the hunting blog! While we never officially ended it, over the last couple of years I have been sidetracked with other projects, which made it hard to keep up with regular postings. But as … Continue reading
