Airgun Hunting: Umarex Gauntlet on Pest birds HD

Airgun Hunting: the new Umarex Gauntlet pcp air rifle in .22 caliber was my small game gun on a recent trip to South Africa. I used the rifle to shoot pigeons, doves, geese and other small game in between big game hunts. The first part of this video was made one morning earlier in the trip when I was sitting the blind going after warthogs. We mostly did spot and stalk, but this was my first hunt for African Game with the AirBolt, and I was trying to control the variables as much as possible. But as it turned out, I had some impala and a troop of baboons come through, but no warthogs. Doves/Pigeons A couple guys on the farm had asked me to bag a few pigeons or doves if I had the chance, and I decided to bring the Umarex Gauntlet along with me to take some opportunistic shots if thing were slow. I knew that both speckled pigeons and red eye doves come into water in sporadically in the morning, and with the low sound signature and distance I could see from the high stand, thought I could shoot a few birds without spooking game. As it turned out, I shot a few red eyed doves (yes, I was calling them pigeons), which are a larger bird reminding me very much of collared doves. I shot five and missed one, but was please with the accuracy and consistency of the rifle. Egyptian Geese The second part of the video is from my last evening of an almost two-week hunt. We’d set up a blind using some hay bales from which I’d wanted to shoot Guinea fowl on video. Andrew and I headed to the hide late in the afternoon, and pushed the flock of Guineas that came through almost every evening before going to roost. We waited, but they were spooked and not coming back. But just as we were about to give up, three Egyptian geese flew in. I lined up on one of the two big males and dropped him with a body shot. These birds, the doves/pigeons and the Egyptian geese are both pest species because of the numbers and where they go to feed. However, in this case I was hunting them for the table as well. If you want more information on the Gauntlet, hit the link: https://www.umarexusa.com/products/umarex-gauntlet