where is he?
06-24-2018, 05:44 PM
#2
Fork Horn
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: North Idaho
Posts: 422
I talk to Ron on a Regular basis through Text message, Me and my wife are friends with He and his Wife on Social Media, Ron just posted a Video of Shooting 175 Yards at 8,000 Ft, He posted that on Castboolits, and Facebook. Ron is doing well
06-24-2018, 05:46 PM
#3
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Idaho
Posts: 11,703
PM him he does still log in once and awhile just to check in...
06-26-2018, 07:30 PM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 1,181
Hi Guys I am well. Thanks for asking about me!!!! I have been super busy this year gunning rock chucks. I shot 250 so far with my air rifle. I have spent almost all my time there. Lewis is right I got away to shoot my rifles at high elevation. That has been bugging me for a while about if the guns shoot higher up there. I was texting Lewis just before I lost signal.
Mike, I have checked out on a lot of forums for this chuck hunting. These poor farmers were begging me to help them. Last year that one bean field lost 10,000 dollars in beans to the rock chucks. I haven't shot a muzzleloader since October. But I have been thinking about you guys.
Here is the video I did on fathers day.
Mike, I have checked out on a lot of forums for this chuck hunting. These poor farmers were begging me to help them. Last year that one bean field lost 10,000 dollars in beans to the rock chucks. I haven't shot a muzzleloader since October. But I have been thinking about you guys.
Here is the video I did on fathers day.
06-27-2018, 05:50 AM
#6
Fork Horn
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: North Idaho
Posts: 422
Ron has put some SERIOUS Smackdown on them Rock chucks!!! He has the nicest Air rifle i have ever seen, Put some pics up of those Big Chucks and your Air Rifle!
Awesome video Ron! I would have thought your shots to be even higher at 8,000 Ft? We have VERY few places up here that you could get that kind of Elevation, 6,000 to 6,500 is as high as i know of around here? Hunting these whitetail i am usually no more that 3,500 ft Max. Good to see you post Brother!
Awesome video Ron! I would have thought your shots to be even higher at 8,000 Ft? We have VERY few places up here that you could get that kind of Elevation, 6,000 to 6,500 is as high as i know of around here? Hunting these whitetail i am usually no more that 3,500 ft Max. Good to see you post Brother!
06-27-2018, 06:53 AM
#7
Boone & Crockett
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Eastern PA
Posts: 12,746
Its nice to have an assistant like that Ron. But to be honest when I saw the video I though that was your daughter!. You can tell her I said that too. Anyway, god bless and I'm happy to see you're doing well.
06-27-2018, 07:05 AM
#8
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Idaho
Posts: 11,703
Hi Guys I am well. Thanks for asking about me!!!! I have been super busy this year gunning rock chucks. I shot 250 so far with my air rifle. I have spent almost all my time there. Lewis is right I got away to shoot my rifles at high elevation. That has been bugging me for a while about if the guns shoot higher up there. I was texting Lewis just before I lost signal.
Mike, I have checked out on a lot of forums for this chuck hunting. These poor farmers were begging me to help them. Last year that one bean field lost 10,000 dollars in beans to the rock chucks. I haven't shot a muzzleloader since October. But I have been thinking about you guys.
Here is the video I did on fathers day. https://youtu.be/JmXOFFWCK_0
Mike, I have checked out on a lot of forums for this chuck hunting. These poor farmers were begging me to help them. Last year that one bean field lost 10,000 dollars in beans to the rock chucks. I haven't shot a muzzleloader since October. But I have been thinking about you guys.
Here is the video I did on fathers day. https://youtu.be/JmXOFFWCK_0
I still think you need to drop that boat in the river and float the Snake River to Lewiston....
06-27-2018, 03:30 PM
#9
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 1,181
Last year I obtained a farm to hunt chucks on. The farmer would not allow any other rifle besides air rifle. Last year I killed enough to keep them off my place. Well he got to talking and another farmer came to be asking me to hunt their chucks. Then another and then another. This is what one of the Barley fields looked like.
This hay field was getting hammered.
Most guys just shoot rock chucks. as you can see in the picture above I used a blind. That is a super effective way to hunt them. I also used a Ghillie suit.
This is my Rifle. It is an Air Arms TX200 spring powered gun. If pushes 14.66 grain pellets out at 668 FPS. That doesn't seem like much but I was able to kill rock chucks with head shots out to 70 yards. My longest confirmed kill was 104 yards.
The TX200 is a wicked accurate rifle. I could not have racked up the kills I did with a break barrel gun. Here are some pictures.
06-27-2018, 03:30 PM
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 1,181