Upon arrival early evening and to my disappointment, the cloud cover had dispersed revealing a bright waxing gibbous (aka ¾ moon).
On foot around the hayshed and silos, with the portable spotlight, the 22LR head shot seven bunnies at distances varying from ~10m to ~50m. That distinct "THHHHUUMP!" of the SSHP connecting gave a reassurance of a positive hit. Not that many bunnies were seen.
It was a relatively quiet night, compared to previous visits. There was the odd bunny bouncing around (one succumbed to the 204 at ~90yds), a couple of Wood ducks by the dams and the odd quail flight.
Then I got a glimpse of Basil's eyes on the tree line in an adjoining paddock. He was a long way off as I could just make out his body on 14x in the light,... and he was on the prowl moving in on a flock of ewes with young lambs nearby. The cross-hairs were place at the level of his ears and above his nose as the shot was fired, dropping him instantly. Feeling quite satisfied, I ranged the tree he was immediately in front of at 346yds. Strewth! Upon closer inspection, he was hit mid span of the body and was 8 only paces from the tree,... 338yds!!! The 39gr BlitzKing did not exit.
Approximately half an hour later I saw another pair eyes in the distance within a rocky granite outcrop. Looking through the scope on 14x it was a fox sitting on a granite boulder. I ranged the boulder at 322yds and then placed the cross-hairs a whisker above the eyes and touched off the shot. The lights went out and I could see the fox's body slowly melt off the boulder. Unfortunately I lost Basil's position as I had to drive through two paddocks, around an erosion gully, to get to the area of the granite outcrop. Do you think I could find him in the rocks?
I did briefly see another fox near another flock of sheep, but when the light hit him he bolted like there was no tomorrow! At that point I called it a night.
The performance of the 204 still amazes me!
The first of seven with the 22LR
Lurking in the depths
204ed bunny
Basil taken at ~338yds
39gr BlitzKing did not exit