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Post by 72camaro on Sept 24, 2012 18:18:29 GMT -7
Hard to get range time right now as most everyone is sighting in their rifles for deer season. I'm sighted in already but it is about time to shoot again as I've only been doing shotgunning the last couple months.
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Post by 72camaro on Oct 27, 2012 20:16:09 GMT -7
Does anyone just take a shotgun and some target loads and walk in the brush and try their hand at shooting the Whistle Pigs with the 12ga? The cost is about the same per round. On the prairie the 17hrm is my gun of choice but it seems that it would be fun to go blasting in the brush with the shotgun and an IC choke.
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Post by Timber Butte Outdoors on Oct 27, 2012 20:47:12 GMT -7
72camero,
There are some guys that do use a shotgun. In fact there is an area south of Boise that is the Birds of Pray National Monument Lands, that is posted that you are not allowed to use a rifle nor handgun, but you can use a shotgun, alot guys will go out there and shot their shotguns.
But for the most part, the whistlepigs are found in the grasslands, where there is little brush, so most guys use a 22, or 17 rimfire rifle, I do know some guys that use centerfire rifles for longer shots.
Gary
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Post by broper on Oct 28, 2012 5:14:13 GMT -7
There are some days that seem like every whistle pig you see is running from one hole to another and not many of them stop long enough for a shot. I have thought about taking my mod.1100, 28 ga. out there, walking around and trying some running shots. Might be fun.
Bob
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Post by 72camaro on Oct 28, 2012 6:32:05 GMT -7
I seen guys walking the brush with a shotgun I just never talked to them to see how successful they were shooting the Whistle Pigs as we were doing the long walk doing the plains shoot. When we finally were about done for the day we set up in the road and was shooting them as they would cross from the brush on one side to the other, I just wasn't sure if you walked it if you would seen any close enough and often enough to really make it worth bringing the shotgun.
It has always worried me to leave anything like a gun in the truck while doing the walk as we are a mile or more away from the truck at times and really would not have any way to keep it from getting stolen as a locked truck a mile away in the middle of nowhere is reallistically an open invitation for bad guys to steal. But so far everyone has been good.
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Post by cody6308 on Oct 29, 2012 13:57:22 GMT -7
I have a 10/22 stock wit ha 4x12x40 scope I think it is and I jsut bought a 17 HMR I cant wait to get out and test this baby on the little furry guys. It shoots awesome took it to impact guns yesterday and sighted it in.
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Post by 72camaro on Oct 29, 2012 18:52:39 GMT -7
My .17hmr is my favorite gun.  Couple whistle pigs at my feet.  And this is how I set up for the shots, I carry a lightweight chair that doubles as a back pack and a bipod stick.  |
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Post by 72camaro on Nov 3, 2012 19:52:50 GMT -7
Just looking at those pictures I can hardly wait for April of 2013.
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Post by Timber Butte Outdoors on Nov 3, 2012 20:48:04 GMT -7
72camero,
Just wait till I get the Northwest Nationals pictures posted, you think that you can't wait for whistlepig hunting? HAHAHAHAHAHA! When you see all the coyotes laying on the ground! OH Man you are going to go nuts!
Gary
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Post by 72camaro on Nov 4, 2012 6:28:49 GMT -7
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Post by broper on Nov 4, 2012 7:46:39 GMT -7
There wouldn't be anything wrong with that for coyotes!
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Post by 72camaro on Nov 4, 2012 8:10:45 GMT -7
What is the typical range of shooting them and prefered shot placement? If I had a way to do it without damaging the gun, my .17hmr is a bit beat up from carrying all over Mountain Home when I was down there. April another good time to call coyotes?
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Post by Timber Butte Outdoors on Nov 4, 2012 10:01:38 GMT -7
Nice gun! I can understand not scratching that one.
The 17hmr is just not enough gun for coyotes. 223 Rem. is IMO the minimum gun/cartridge for coyotes.
The coyotes begin to breed by the end of December through to February, and by April the females are denned up having pups, so we just lay off them until after they have welped and weined the pups - so we have a new crop of targets to call and shoot in the Fall and winter. If you kill the mom dogs, the whole litter dies.
The typical range for called coyotes is 40 to 200 yards, sometimes they will hangup anywhere from 200 to 600 or more yards.
As far as seeing them along the road? If they are close, you can expect them to take off on a fullout run, until they think they are far enough away, or they go out of sight. If you spot one in a field or grass flat, and it doesn't run, it is going to be 600 to 1000 or more yards away. But we perfer to call them into good shooting ranges, my prefered range is out to 100-150 yards - or close enough to take with a shotgun and buckshot!
Gary
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Post by 72camaro on Nov 4, 2012 21:04:09 GMT -7
That sounds like a long shot with a shotgun and buckshot.
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Post by dogslayer on Nov 12, 2012 8:53:18 GMT -7
MY WHISTLE PIG GUN IS A 338 LAPUA MODEL 10/110 BA!
SORRY NO PICTURES.
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