March 18th 2018 On this combination small game hunt, pest control, predator hunt I carry one rifle, the FX Wildcat in .25 caliber. One of my all-time favorite hunting rigs… and it’s a bullpup! This gun proves out my hypothesis that a .25 caliber in a powerful PCP might just be the perfect choice for the hunter that will go after a variety of game with one gun. And further, my experience proved to me that the Wildcat might be as close to a perfect platform for the caliber. Starting out the trip I arrived at a several thousand-acre quail lease near Midland Odessa Texas, where I’d been told there were huge numbers of rabbits, jacks and cottontails both. I was a bit skeptical have hear this all week long, with very few rabbit sightings. But as I drove in, I did in fact see rabbits everywhere. I quickly topped my rifle off and loaded a couple magazines. Slipped a tin of pellets into my pocket and started off. My first rabbit went down within minutes. I spent a couple hours working my way through the sparse brush and cactus trying to spot the rabbits and get a shot before they saw me and bolted. I found the Wildcat to be well balanced and ergonomic, enhancing the many standing offhand shots I took. Kneeling or sitting resulted in a long cactus thorn removal session and were to be avoided! After bagging a few rabbits, I decided to move along for some pest control shooting. I had a 45-minute drive to a feedlot where I have permission to shoot……. and the pest birds are thick! I was interested to see if the .25 caliber would be to much gun on these light bodied winged pests, where collateral damage needs to be avoided. There were several species of pest birds, but my focus was to be pigeons. These birds cause both a financial and health risk by fouling equipment and feed. I worked my way through the sheds and outbuildings taking my shots where they came. I collected the birds and dropped them in a field near a shed that I’d noticed held a healthy population of feral cats, where the carcasses were pounced on and dragged off for dinner. After this I met up with my buddy Don Steel, and we headed down south to can predators hoping for a bobcat or fox. I check my scope at 75 and 100 yards in case I needed to stretch the shot. As night fell we started the electronic called mixed with mouth calls and squeakers. On our second set a fox came in, and having a very narrow shooting lane through the brush, I sent a pellet into the fox’s head. As he rolled out from the bush, I sent an insurance pellet downrange. Under intense white light I walked out and collected my third species (four if I separate out the jackrabbits and cottontails). This was a large, beautiful fox that I sent on to the taxidermist, there is a place of honor for him in my game room. Importantly, this day long hunting endurance test proved to me that it is possible to be a one-gun hunter, bridging small game to predators when common sense is used and the right shots are selected. And I believe the FX Wildcat is a solid choice for a great .25 caliber hunting rig: accurate, powerful, great trigger. Quiet, compact, ergonomic …. It hits on all cylinders. More About FX Airguns: http://www.fxairguns.com salesusa@fxairguns.com -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: "Seneca Eagle Claw on the Prowl for Abert's Tree Squirrel" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfkfr...