sixshot
Buckeye
The day after Christmas me & 2 of my son's drove over to Wyoming & a fun day of cottontail hunting, as always I was packing 2 sixguns, my Ruger 32 maggie & my 10 shot 617 S&W with a red dot on top. The boys were using a Marlin 39A & a model 63 winchester (74 yrs old)
The first place we hunted was a little too open & all we got was a few jackrabbits, these speed merchants would jump up at 50 yds & cover another 10-15 yds before you could get your gun up, they were really hoofing it across the frozen snow.
A little later we drove to another area that had heavy sagebrush with little gullies & draws, ideal for cottontails. It didn't take long to get the party started, I spotted what looked like a bunny but the boys thought it was a dirt clod, Travis said, if thats a rabbit I'm buying the pizza......at the shot the cottontail flipped over & I told Travis that mushrooms & Pepperoni would be fine!
I shot everyone of mine with the 32 maggie using a 100 gr cast slug & 3 grs of WST, this is a nice easy shooting load that runs about 950 fps from my 6 1/2" Ruger, its great for bunny busting. We finished with 23 rabbits in about 5 hrs hunting, great day to be outdoors. My longest shot was 35 yds, the little 32 is a shooter, I love it!
A pretty good day in Big Wonderful Wyoming!
Dick
The first place we hunted was a little too open & all we got was a few jackrabbits, these speed merchants would jump up at 50 yds & cover another 10-15 yds before you could get your gun up, they were really hoofing it across the frozen snow.
A little later we drove to another area that had heavy sagebrush with little gullies & draws, ideal for cottontails. It didn't take long to get the party started, I spotted what looked like a bunny but the boys thought it was a dirt clod, Travis said, if thats a rabbit I'm buying the pizza......at the shot the cottontail flipped over & I told Travis that mushrooms & Pepperoni would be fine!
I shot everyone of mine with the 32 maggie using a 100 gr cast slug & 3 grs of WST, this is a nice easy shooting load that runs about 950 fps from my 6 1/2" Ruger, its great for bunny busting. We finished with 23 rabbits in about 5 hrs hunting, great day to be outdoors. My longest shot was 35 yds, the little 32 is a shooter, I love it!
A pretty good day in Big Wonderful Wyoming!
Dick
