Targets of opportunity while at the range

[altheating]

What target's of opportunity have you shot while at the range? We have all been there, shooting targets when something appears out of nowhere. What was it? I'll go first.

Frog while shooting gongs on my pond bank. 70 yards with Winchester Pre 64, 22 Hornet. BRP 226-47 Boolit.

[possom813]

"Bambi"

She showed up every time we showed up at the range, became the 'pet'...and yep, proper safety equipment for her too

As far as I know, she's still alive and well, but I've not been at that range since April '12.

[Blammer]

bugs that land on the target.

[possom813]

I had a video of her eating peppermints, but I couldn't find it on the computer anywhere.

[altheating]

That would be the first deer to smell good when field dressing.

[Finster101]

What target's of opportunity have you shot while at the range? We have all been there, shooting targets when something appears out of nowhere. What was it? I'll go first.

Frog while shooting gongs on my pond bank. 70 yards with Winchester Pre 64, 22 Hornet. BRP 226-47 Boolit.

Hey, you only eat the legs. Right?

[uncle joe]

Bambi needs a drink of water

[Sgtonory]

Shot a mouse at 25yrd with a 45acp. Only took 13 rounds to hit it

[outdoorfan]

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...ghlight=grouse

Grouse. One of the few times I've made a good off-hand shot with the revolver.

[altheating]

Yup, just the hind legs!

[Jupiter7]

No pics, 210yds on yote' with buddies 6.5x284 while shooting steel at 300&400yds. 120ish grain vmax at 3000fps turned him around a few times, DRT.

[number7tn]

first thing was bumble bees , i had pulled some bb's out of12ga shells i had loaded and just playin around , with a old cut dwn (still 18 or so inch barrell) single shot ''pistol'' shooting the wads. bumble bees at close range .

not too long ago i was setting the scope i put on a win 94' 30-30, from my back porch. had shot 6 out of the gun and had one more to shoot . lyman 311-41x bullet and 40gr wc872. squirrell just appeared on top of a building not far from my target, i had just adjusted the scope too. squirrell was about 75 to 80 yrds (my target was 100yrds), i shot him and figured i would miss but i didnt. head shot. left some good lookin meat everywhere else (i dont eat squirrell brains anyway).
i was gonna pull the scope back off and use the iron sights , but scope is still on the gun.
didnt get a pic though.
have a great day
GOD BLESS
Darrell

[onesonek]

Slightly off topic, but. My first handgun PD. 312 yds. .243 AI 55 BT @ 3700 fps. Not quite the "target of oppritunity" locally, the flickertails suffice for that. Just no pic's of them. I do like blasting flies off the target however. If nothing else, egg shoots are fun between buddies.

[NVScouter]

My sister's first job was a clay loader at the trap range. Everytime a jackrabbit would wander on the range its was WW3. 60-80 year old gentleman with $2-5K shot guns and expensive shells lighting up the berm like kids.

Pretty darn funny since many of them wouldnt speek to you on a good day but when that happened the shoulder slapping was on....

I've had to run off curious pronghorns, cows, and mustangs that wander up to targets I'm shooting at.

[TenTea]

Witnessed a friend vaporize a robin at about 75 yards with a .270, once upon a time on a rifle range...damn kids!

[jhalcott]

A couple of the ranges I frequent do NOT allow shooting of any animals ON THE RANGE. I did get permission to rid the range of a couple deer that had become pests. I sprayed them with dayglow paint as they walked the shooting line. That evening I got them in the woods beyond the target berm. NO pics, just good eatin'!

[6.5 mike]

Crow off the cross bar on the 100 yd range. Hi-wall 30-40 krag & 200 gr pp'ed boolit. Took bout 15 minutes for the feathers to quit falling, lol.

[Doc_Stihl]

I once called a shot on a big spider crawling down my target at 80 yards in the sand pit. 22-250 punched directly though the body and the legs stuck into the hold. No camera on hand but that would have been a kodak moment.

There is a steel ram at 500 yards at my local range. The ram is mounted on a car spring. Spotting for a friend and he touched off a 338 Lapua round just as I watched a chipmunk jump up onto the ram. I saw the round impact but never saw what happened to the chipmunk. I can't imagine the spray didn't get him.

[dragon813gt]

Ground hog after ground hog after ground hog. Damn things are all over. I was amazed that a DAG 147 grain FMJ out of my 308 did not kill one at fifty yards. It was split from end to end and still fighting when I finished it off at close range. Only day I can't shoot them in PA is on Sunday.

[mj2evans]

Butterfly on 100yd target with 243AI. Did *not* require a follow up shot.