I just returned from a 5 day hunting trip for pest destruction. I was mainly after pigs but was told there were large numbers of goats around the property that
needed 'thinning'. I'd taken my Remington 308 as my primary hunting firearm with the Israeli as a back-up. I had to go back into town (60 mile
drive) on the second day to refuel and buy food supplies and decided to take the Israeli in case there was something on the property on the way out to town,
and so I could also do a recon on the property on my way back from town without going back to base camp first - it was going to be late afternnon and I
didn't want to lose valuable hunting time.
My car (Jeep Wrangler) doesn't have a boot and I wanted to keep the firearm out of public view while I was in the store - the Israeli fits underneath the rear seat, hidden from view, whereas the Remington doesn't.
When I got back into the property I was going to pull out the Israeli and load up the mag at the first gate inside the property (about 2 miles alongside the boundary fence from the property entrance grid). Sure enough when I got out to open the gate I spotted goats about 1/4 mile down the track so quickly got the rifle out and loaded from a stripper clip (I use stripper clips for spare rounds when I use the Remington too - keeps the ammo from rattling in the pocket as well as quick access to five rounds). I drove to within 200 yards and kept the vehicle next to the track to get some camoflage from the bushes. I got out and walked up to about 100 yards from them before the bush ran out.
I sat down and used a small tree as a rifle rest. There were about half a dozen in this group and I managed to get two of them with two shots:
http://images.yuku.com/image/pjpeg/40c252cba77b004261256a9cda8de84df530020.jpg
http://images.yuku.com/image/pjpeg/372157bc71026b5f9dbba682e92551fe76e593f.jpg
There was a mob of about 40 that wandered around the property during my stay and I managed to shoot another 5. I never saw any pigs though
My car (Jeep Wrangler) doesn't have a boot and I wanted to keep the firearm out of public view while I was in the store - the Israeli fits underneath the rear seat, hidden from view, whereas the Remington doesn't.
When I got back into the property I was going to pull out the Israeli and load up the mag at the first gate inside the property (about 2 miles alongside the boundary fence from the property entrance grid). Sure enough when I got out to open the gate I spotted goats about 1/4 mile down the track so quickly got the rifle out and loaded from a stripper clip (I use stripper clips for spare rounds when I use the Remington too - keeps the ammo from rattling in the pocket as well as quick access to five rounds). I drove to within 200 yards and kept the vehicle next to the track to get some camoflage from the bushes. I got out and walked up to about 100 yards from them before the bush ran out.
I sat down and used a small tree as a rifle rest. There were about half a dozen in this group and I managed to get two of them with two shots:
http://images.yuku.com/image/pjpeg/40c252cba77b004261256a9cda8de84df530020.jpg
http://images.yuku.com/image/pjpeg/372157bc71026b5f9dbba682e92551fe76e593f.jpg
There was a mob of about 40 that wandered around the property during my stay and I managed to shoot another 5. I never saw any pigs though
