Aside from rifles and scopes what are the things you take with you when you go varminting.
If going down to a warren I'll take rifle, range finder, spotting scope and camera.
When spotlighting for varmints it looks more like this:
Rifle
Roof mountable Spotlight
Bipods or window rest
4wd
Usually leave the range finder and spotter at camp when I go spotlighting!
Varminting Kit:
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460wby bunny shooter
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native hunter
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G'day All
If your out for a long session, a good feed and some nice hot coffee or soft drink is good, also a cleaning rod and kit if you plan on putting alot of shots down( clean when accuracy fades off.)
I Usually park on a hill and set up on the back with foam around the top of the head board off the 4wd and sit on a seat and shoot with a bi-pod over the roof of the truck, Its a very steady lean.
I find binoculars are better than spotting scopes as the magnification makes them hard to spot in a hurry.
A good trick is to turn your cases up/down in your shell boxes that way you can keep a count on your hits and misses.
Regards
Damien Webb.
If your out for a long session, a good feed and some nice hot coffee or soft drink is good, also a cleaning rod and kit if you plan on putting alot of shots down( clean when accuracy fades off.)
I Usually park on a hill and set up on the back with foam around the top of the head board off the 4wd and sit on a seat and shoot with a bi-pod over the roof of the truck, Its a very steady lean.
I find binoculars are better than spotting scopes as the magnification makes them hard to spot in a hurry.
A good trick is to turn your cases up/down in your shell boxes that way you can keep a count on your hits and misses.
Regards
Damien Webb.
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Way to go Mick, When I sit over a warren I like to take a matt about 3'x6' it helps to keep the sand and shit out of your BI-Pod legs and other gear, and a rear sand bag as well as some tucker, coffee, binos and knife. I like to eat some of those bunnys so sometimes take an esky and ice paks.
Depending on how far the warren is, dictates which rifle I use.
50yds =.22
100yds=.17hmr
150yds=.223
200+yds=.22.250
only ever take two firearms per hunt.
Depending on how far the warren is, dictates which rifle I use.
50yds =.22
100yds=.17hmr
150yds=.223
200+yds=.22.250
only ever take two firearms per hunt.
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Davyd
As little as possibe - as it reduce my pleasure.
I mostly do walk around large fields for up to 6 hours at a time- so my gear needs are different than many deer hunters for example
I'd be interested if anybody does anything significantly different - especially anything really useful
So:
-Bumbag - good quality hunting one. I don't want a back pack
- Harris S class (tilting) bipod either 9-12inch or 13-23 depending on conditions - actually don't carry it as always attached to the rifle
- Bino's 10-26 steiner predators (a little ambivalent about them) but they don't cost the earth as I end up lying on them a lot and dragging them on the ground when crawling.
- 30-35 rounds of remmington accutip .223 50gr or a box of .22lr depending on what rifle I am carrying
- Water 350 ml or so. Which is just enough to get through the time on a hot day
- Plastic garbage bag to sit on + any emergency type needs
- Knife - because I like having one of two
- Mobile - just in case something happens but tends to ring at inopportune times. Fantastic to have coverage these days
- Headlight - energiser brand from bunnings with red and white leds in case I get back after dark
Laser range finder - Bushnell 1500. Carry it grudgingly but is too useful not to carry
- Camera
- Lighter - don't know why, occasionally carry cigarettes to justify it - but the cigarettes are usually stale[/list]
- Apple/chocolate
I mostly do walk around large fields for up to 6 hours at a time- so my gear needs are different than many deer hunters for example
I'd be interested if anybody does anything significantly different - especially anything really useful
So:
-Bumbag - good quality hunting one. I don't want a back pack
- Harris S class (tilting) bipod either 9-12inch or 13-23 depending on conditions - actually don't carry it as always attached to the rifle
- Bino's 10-26 steiner predators (a little ambivalent about them) but they don't cost the earth as I end up lying on them a lot and dragging them on the ground when crawling.
- 30-35 rounds of remmington accutip .223 50gr or a box of .22lr depending on what rifle I am carrying
- Water 350 ml or so. Which is just enough to get through the time on a hot day
- Plastic garbage bag to sit on + any emergency type needs
- Knife - because I like having one of two
- Mobile - just in case something happens but tends to ring at inopportune times. Fantastic to have coverage these days
- Headlight - energiser brand from bunnings with red and white leds in case I get back after dark
Laser range finder - Bushnell 1500. Carry it grudgingly but is too useful not to carry
- Camera
- Lighter - don't know why, occasionally carry cigarettes to justify it - but the cigarettes are usually stale[/list]
- Apple/chocolate