Airgun Hunt: .22 Bantam on Pigs and Pigeons

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Airgun Hunting: Pigs and Pigeons with a .22 Air Rifle
I had the opportunity to take the Brocock Bantam PCP air rifle out on a break from big game hunting, to do some pest control work on pigeons, and turn what I’d originally intended as a predator hunt into a pig hunt.

The Brocock Bantam is the “bottle-in-the-front” flavor of the Compatto, which was the first joint development of the engineering groups at Daystate and Brocock. This semi-0bullpup has the refinement of a Daystate along with the compact design of that characterizes the Brocock rifles.

First up is the hog hunt, I was set up over a water hole in a natural hide behind some fallen logs. I scattered some corn (always carry a bag in my pack when hunting out here) on the road about 35-50 yards in front of me. A sounder of pigs, mostly smaller ones, came trotting in and almost by me, until a few of them scented the corn and moved into noisily feed. You can hear them smacking away in the background.

They were constantly moving, but when one broke away and settled in to eat, I had a clean shot. The pellet was dropped right down the hogs ear as he stood somewhere between a broadside and quartering position. On the pellet hitting, the pig simply rolled over with a twitch.

Next up, I revisited the feedlot where I'd been just a few days before, knowing there was a never-ending supply of pest birds available. As with the previous trip, I spent a morning wandering through the facility dropping birds from the rooftops and railings.
I found the Bantam ideal for this task, between great accuracy, shootability, and more than enough power, it proved the right tool. It’s also worth mentioning that the rifle is quiet, which was important as I was shooting in close confines and didn’t want to bother the workers around me.

To find out more about the Brocock Guns, talk to the guys over at Airguns of Arizona:

http://www.airgunsofarizona.com/precharged-pcp-rifles/

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Created:	19. 8. 2021 17:22:10

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Airgun Hunt: .22 Bantam on Pigs and Pigeons