Hunting With Air Rifles

You might think that air rifles are nothing morethere. With a big bore you are limited to around
than toys. You had one when you were a kid100 yards and even 100 yards can be pushing it.
right? You'd shoot cans in the backyard areHunting big game at these distances requires a lot
practice target shooting to improve your aim butof stealth. Some hunters find the thrill of hunting
you would never hunt with an air rifle right? You'dwith an airgun more appealing than that of a
be surprised what air rifles today are capable of.regular firearm because of the considerable skill it
A friend of mine recently told me about a huntingtakes to track and stalk an animal to get into
trip he took to South Africa. The unique aspect ofrange.
this trip was that it was an airgun only hunting trip.You can also hunt smaller game and pests such
They were going to South Africa to hunt bigas rabbits, squirrels, raccoons and birds with the
game with air rifles. The modern airgun is capablesmaller .22 caliber air rifle. There are many
of much more than was once possible. On thisaffordable options in this caliber and recently
hunting trip to Africa the group had severalCrossman has introduced the new Benjamin
different types and calibers of air rifles rangingDiscovery and Marauder series of pcp air rifles.
from the awesome .50 caliber Dragon slayer toThe Marauder and Discovery have a built in
9mm and .45 caliber air rifles.compressed air tank and can propel a .22 cal pellet
When I first heard that there was a .50 caliber airup to 1000 FPS. The nice thing about these
rifle on the market I didn't really believe it until Ihunting rifles is that you can shoot up to 40 full
saw it. The bullet is massive and can easily takepower shots before having to refill the
down big game in the right situation. Air riflecompressed air chamber with a hand pump or
hunting with big bore airguns poses some uniquescuba tank.
challenges over regular hunting. The first beingIf you enjoy hunting take a air rifle with you on
distance. A .300 win mag (standard cartridge usedyour next hunt. In you down time you can target
in deer hunting) has an effective range of aroundshoot or hunt small game. It's cheaper and makes
1200 yards. That means you can get off a killless noise so you wont' have to worry about
shot without the animal even knowing you arescaring game away.