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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
Fall Squirrel Hunt
I like squirrel hunting in the fall when the leaves are coming off the trees, because the squirrels are moving, both up in the bare branches and also on the ground. You can spot them from a ways off and plan an approach…. on the other hand they can see you from a long ways … Continue reading
The Perfect Small Game Hunting Gun: Daystate Huntsman Classic
I get a lot of questions about my favorite rifles for small game, predators, big game, long range shooting, etc. This is a very hard topic to answer, because quite frankly I like many airguns. But also because in the situation I am in as a writer, I have to try to move the answer … Continue reading
On the Road
Getting Ready for South Africa Were counting down to our departure date for South Africa, there are four of us going on this trip. Kip Perow from AoA and one of their customers by the name of David are joining me, as well as a cameraman. We’re going out to hunt with my good friends … Continue reading
My Favorite Stocks
When evaluating a rifle for the field, the stock is one of the main features to consider. It doesn’t matter how powerful or the inherently accurate the gun, if the stock is not right the full potential of the gun cannot be realized. I’ll shoulder the rifle and look at it while getting the feel, … Continue reading
Getting Ready for Spring/Summer Airgun Hunts
It’s been a couple of busy months; new job, selling a house, buying another, and getting my family relocated up to the Minneapolis area. I married my wife in South Africa, we moved back to my native California, then up to Indianapolis, now Minneapolis…… her family thinks I’m taking their daughter on a slow march … Continue reading
African Small Game Hunt
A few weeks ago my blog post was focused on hunting larger game with airguns in South Africa, and I mentioned an upcoming trip. While using big bores to take plains game is the stuff that grabs attention, it is only part of the story. I spend more time on each of these trips hunting … Continue reading
Squirrel Season Opens in Most of the Country!
One of the things that gets my blood pumping as summer turns to fall, is the start of squirrel season. I had never seriously hunted the tree dwelling variety, but on moving to the Midwest about a decade ago found them to be a great small game species for airgun hunting. It was once said … Continue reading
