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Last Year Small Game Hunting

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18 February 2019, 18:10
mchughcb
Last Year Small Game Hunting
I decided to hunt all last year with a 20G for small game and I was not giving anything over a 12G.

Smoking them with the 20G
19 February 2019, 05:29
Paul Truccolo
Some great hunting scenes, thanks for posting.

Good shooting too.

Enjoyed tu2
19 February 2019, 10:08
georgeld
WOW, never seen that many foxes
in my life.

Where?
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19 February 2019, 13:36
mchughcb
Mainly Victoria, Australia but there was a scene or two from NSW, Australia.
19 February 2019, 14:01
BenKK
Spectacular action!
19 February 2019, 17:28
mchughcb
quote:
Originally posted by BenKK:
Spectacular action!



Glad you liked it. I've got a 20g three barrel coming in on special order so this year hopefully will be 50% more action lol!
20 February 2019, 18:09
Charlie64
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Explain the red dot to me plse.

If I get it right it's basically on the camera under the barrel and not a sighting device for you. ie you can track the shot / shooting afterwards on your screen. Correct ?

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20 February 2019, 23:08
mchughcb
Yes. You can align red dot with your aiming point using a mobile phone app. You do not see the dot during hunting, only when you replay video on your computer. It is a good way to check your point of aim after the hunt.
21 February 2019, 19:51
Longwalker
This was educational for me. Nice to see how birds and small game are hunted in Australia! I do a lot of shotgun shooting for birds and small game in Canada. My perception of the lead required to make a hit is quite different than what was shown in the video. Thinking about that, I believe the difference is whether the gun is moving through the target or not. I tend to shoot with a "swing through" method. To my eye the lead I need to make a hit is less than half of the leads shown in this video. Surprising what a difference it makes vs "sustained lead" method as used here. I'd be interested to try out one of those cameras and test the theory.
22 February 2019, 03:39
Longwalker
quote:
You can align red dot with your aiming point using a mobile phone app. You do not see the dot during hunting, only when you replay video on your computer. It is a good way to check your point of aim after the hunt.


would you please inform us - what app and camera you were using?
23 February 2019, 14:20
mchughcb
The camera is the ShotKam 2018 and the application is ShotKamPro which you can get from google play.

it has made a big difference for how I perceive sight picture and how to playback misses and understand why.
25 February 2019, 05:15
Nakihunter
Exactly my thought.

With swing through I tend to shoot behind on a bad day and with method there shots seemed to be in front.

My snap shooting is also a variation of swing through.

I am a very ordinary shot with a shotgun.

Really cool fun hunting.


quote:
Originally posted by Longwalker:
This was educational for me. Nice to see how birds and small game are hunted in Australia! I do a lot of shotgun shooting for birds and small game in Canada. My perception of the lead required to make a hit is quite different than what was shown in the video. Thinking about that, I believe the difference is whether the gun is moving through the target or not. I tend to shoot with a "swing through" method. To my eye the lead I need to make a hit is less than half of the leads shown in this video. Surprising what a difference it makes vs "sustained lead" method as used here. I'd be interested to try out one of those cameras and test the theory.



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26 February 2019, 05:22
p dog shooter
What size shot do you use on the fox.
26 February 2019, 14:20
mchughcb
Last year 1 oz #3 but also used BB, #2 and #4.
05 March 2019, 14:09
Hunt Inter
I often watch your videos on youtube and find them great. I've started using a Silver Pigeon 28bore a lot now with 22gr loads and really happy with its performance.
17 March 2019, 14:00
mchughcb
Great stuff. I'd love a 28 bore at some stage. Got my eye on a triple 20G this year for now so maybe next year or if a bargain pops up I'll grab it.