Airgun Hunting: Plans Never Survive First Contact!

I started out my Arizona airgunning road trip with the intention to attend Extreme Benchrest (EBR) for a couple of days, then go up to Tonto National Forest to hunt Abert's squirrel with an air rifle. Weather changed my plans and ended up leaving the mountains early to head back to drier climes, and get in a little pest control for Eurasian collared doves.
The first half of the video is me stumbling through AZ looking for a weather break, the last half is on site at local dairy plugged into some great pest control shooting.
The rifles chosen for this trip were both .22 calibers, the Brocock Compatto and the Daystate Huntsman Classic, two of my favorite small game guns.
Hope you enjoy this type of video, and if you do, please give it a like (helps me offset some of the anti's), and let me know other topics you's be interested in seeing.
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Please watch: "Seneca Eagle Claw on the Prowl for Abert's Tree Squirrel"
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[@Wingman115]

Thanks for the update Jim. If your ever in SoCal you need to come hunting with me and Dana from Mountain Sport Airgun. It would be a fun trip.

[@monkyshine5543]

Nice shooting Jim! Very bueatiful landscape out there. Will be hunting with Scott down in PR in December. Thanks for all the nice video.

[@americanairgunhunter]

You’ll have a good time! Scott told me he was looking for tickets, you guys will get nonstop shooting

[@richardcampbell5762]

That daystate is a good-looking rifle. I am tempted to get one for myself. Just add to the collection. Always enjoy your videos brother. Happy hunting from New Mexico

[@americanairgunhunter]

Richard Campbell Thanks Richard, appreciate the comments. I’ve got a good sized collection of PCP’s going, but if asked to pull the best looking rifle this is invariably the one. My collection has several rifles that shoot as well, some that shoot better, but none that look as good or have as much style doing it!

[@richardcampbell5762]

@@americanairgunhunter I believed you talked me into it. Have a blessed weekend brother.

[@hotshot2177]

I can't imagine having that much land to shoot on. I have a few small permissions with squirrel feeders setup here in the north of England Mind you I shot 4 grey squirrels on Saturday morning in a couple of hours

[@bsbsjaahahahahahaha6879]

Hey Jim, very nice video i was wondering if you could use the Edgun Leshiy as a hunting gun, because it's really perfect for what you are looking for.

[@americanairgunhunter]

I’d like to, but this is one of the few companies with which I have no contacts. Perhaps at some point I’ll get my hands on one.

[@rodolfoprado7624]

Nice hunting mr jim. Im also a hunter in the Philippines like you rain o shine i do hunting even at night. But now I'm here in Saudi Arabia and hunting is not aloud im just in joining watching your hunting vedio. I hope that there are more hunting vedio coming from you

[@americanairgunhunter]

Hi Rodolfo, will have more videos coming out. How long is your contract in Saudi? Hopefully you'll be back hunting not too long. Several times I've been based in countries where I couldn't hunt, and lived through the pages of magazines..... understand what you're going through. Thanks for the comment!

[@CORVIDHUNTER]

Excellent shooting Jim Shame about the rainy start but the dove shooting more than made up for it

[@americanairgunhunter]

Oh well, you take the good with the less good. Mkae the success that much more sweeter next time.

[@CORVIDHUNTER]

Great video and shooting none the less me olde 😃

[@anilabbaraju1]

Hi nice shooting I bought all my rifles seeing ur videos

[@carsmax]

He has 40 more vids I guess . so you buying 40 more air guns ??? lol

[@randyperkins5063]

Great video Jim. Would love to see a video of hunting all the different species of birds in Africa?

[@americanairgunhunter]

Randy Perkins thanks Randy.... maybe on my next trip to SA. I love hunting Guinea fowl, francolin, Egyptian geese, pigeons and pest birds over there

[@randyperkins5063]

@@americanairgunhunter thanks Jim that would be great. Happy hunting.

[@randyperkins5063]

@@americanairgunhunter What species do you consider to be you're squirrel Grand Slam?

[@americanairgunhunter]

Randy Perkins The goal I set was the gray squirrel, the fox squirrel, a black color phase (may be either or a hybrid) and the Abetrs squirrel.

[@bigearl8687]

nice shooting Jim, that daystate is beautiful

[@jimmellon4298]

Glad you weren’t hurt in that fall Jim. You’ve taken an Abert’s before, haven’t you? Were you just referring to getting the grand slam again this season?

[@americanairgunhunter]

Thanks my rifle took the hit worse than me. I’ve done it before, but wanted to do another this year.

[@carlospillaca9761]

Buena puntería. Pero luego que las matas que les haces a las aves ¿Te los comes? o simplemente las matas.

[@donniewillis2926]

Do you ever eat any of the birds that you shoot? Not judging as I shoot some pest too, but nothing like this. Anyway just wondering.

[@americanairgunhunter]

Donnie Willis sometimes, the Eurasians are good breasted with a jalapeño, dollop of cream cheese wrapped in bacon. We shoot way more than we could eat ourselves, especially as I travel/fly in to hunt. However, the farm workers here take as many as we can shoot, so mostly the ones that don’t get eaten are only those we can’t retrieve.

[@shawnjohnson4987]

@@americanairgunhunter Hhccv

[@AirRifleHuntingNortSulawesi]

Really like this 👍

[@americanairgunhunter]

Thanks, again, not what I’d planned but worked out well.

[@americanairgunhunter]

Thanks, again, not what I’d planned but worked out well.

[@AirRifleHuntingNortSulawesi]

@@americanairgunhunter 👍🙏

[@duatanotipa2831]

Are they hunt or having speach

[@southernairgun7744]

Will you sell the huntsman classic its one of my dream airguns let me know!

[@americanairgunhunter]

Naw'''' thats one that will stay in my collection.

[@HugoMNF]

❤️

[@gyamtoyangfo7291]

How could i buy one please sugest... i need it..

[@JamesDailyTV]

Are you keeping the Eurasian Dove and breasting them out? Or just leaving them for predators..?

[@JamesDailyTV]

11:19... never mind.. got my answer.. haha

[@medwynvermin8772]

Another great video as always. Shame about the rain keeping the squirrels away. They don't come out here either when it is really wet. Great shooting round the farm. They really have a bird problem.

[@americanairgunhunter]

Medwyn Vermin Thanks for the comments...... you have to take the good days with the...... more challenging ones! I think my airgunning friends in the UK have to deal with rain more than I do in the western USA...... but it does seem to be following me lately!

[@makkisoccer]

nice shooting

[@americanairgunhunter]

Sam Makki Thanks!

[@james1795]

Cows don't stink, hogs stink.

[@ronwells8806]

To much diction, not enough hunting talk !

[@alexanderneves2665]

Muita conversa e pouca ação. Qualidade ruim das filmagens