Winter's over and time to visit the blueberry fields down back. I drove the old pick-up down the old dirt road until the lower area was a bit too mushy, so picked-up my .17 CZ and walked a few hundred yards to my old sitting bench at the edge of our son's big blueberry field. I like being down there, because I never know what I'll see for critters...though this time, there weren't any that were visible.
As I sat there, I thought about the coyotes I nailed last year with the .17 HMR rifle I carried this trip. No live targets this time. There were many boulders in the field, some small and some huge. I potted a few lichen spots on some and it felt good to get a little practice. I also had some 1" orange sticker-targets, so on the way back, attached one to a sapling as I walked back toward the truck and took a few shots at it from about a hundred feet or so, hitting it a couple of times. It was just such a nice day to be out and about down there for the first time this spring.
Hope you folks are getting some walk-about time!
As I sat there, I thought about the coyotes I nailed last year with the .17 HMR rifle I carried this trip. No live targets this time. There were many boulders in the field, some small and some huge. I potted a few lichen spots on some and it felt good to get a little practice. I also had some 1" orange sticker-targets, so on the way back, attached one to a sapling as I walked back toward the truck and took a few shots at it from about a hundred feet or so, hitting it a couple of times. It was just such a nice day to be out and about down there for the first time this spring.
Hope you folks are getting some walk-about time!