richie 1 Posted August 31, 2008 Report Share Posted August 31, 2008 one of my farmers has asked me to try to thin out a certain area on his patch as theres 100`s of rabbits there.. ill take his word for it... anyway, i plotted my self up along a fence line as usual to wait for the unsuspecting wabbits to show them selves... as im not one to like walking, i sat in the motor with my cz & add-on.. after 10 minutes or so a few showed them selves, now ive got them both in my sights, ready to hit the first & hopefully move onto the next, cross hairs on them, then all of a sudden i heard bang, rattle, bash.... bye bye rabbits, i turned round & saw a cow bashing a gate with his head, & about 20 more behind him .. moved up further a field to get away from the cows & ended up with 4 from that hedge line within an hour or so & moved onto the next field, shone the lamp across to have a look what was about & spotted 3 fox`s about 300yards away, i rolled down the field with the engine turned off in stealth mode , by the time i got down to the bottom they had gone to cover so i tried out my wam caller & within 5 minutes one showed about 45 yards away, had him in the sights with the nv & took him right between the eyes, he went straight down... no photos as he fell in straight into a ditch that i wasnt going to go in.. i ended up with another bunny on the way back, so decided to call it a night with 5 in the bag.. Quote Link to post
SportingShooter 0 Posted August 31, 2008 Report Share Posted August 31, 2008 A Nice little outing there Richie. A few in bag and a few hours out, what could be better. SS Quote Link to post
Deker 3,450 Posted August 31, 2008 Report Share Posted August 31, 2008 Must get me one of those rifle rests for the wing mirror Quote Link to post
ferreter216 0 Posted August 31, 2008 Report Share Posted August 31, 2008 that nv looks the nuts Quote Link to post
richie 1 Posted August 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2008 that nv looks the nuts cheers jack... they dont know whats coming.. the only down side is when you pop a few off, you dont always get a chance to see where you shot the target, so sometimes its hard to retrieve the kill.. i tend to take the add-on off & scan the area with the unit focused in close.. Quote Link to post
The one 8,396 Posted August 31, 2008 Report Share Posted August 31, 2008 I like them picts but i find it weird lamping with a green filter Quote Link to post
richie 1 Posted August 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2008 I like them picts but i find it weird lamping with a green filter all these shots were taken in total darkness.. i do use a lamp sometimes with a red filter to have a quick scan across a large field, but if i know im going to a known effected area i go straight in with the nv... i dont make a habit of looking through it for a long period of time, turn it on every now & again, do the biz & straight off again.. Quote Link to post
Malt 379 Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 Nice one Ritchie mate! Have you thought about getting an IR filter for your lamp? It might help to locate a few lost rabbits, without disturbing the others. Just a thought! Quote Link to post
richie 1 Posted September 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 Nice one Ritchie mate! Have you thought about getting an IR filter for your lamp? It might help to locate a few lost rabbits, without disturbing the others. Just a thought! after been shown, i place a few pieces of blue disco film inside the red filter & sometimes use this as an ir filter, but ive only done this a few times.... i use a 75mw ir illuminator to see out as far as i need.. when it comes to finding the bunnies i tend to take the monocular off & use it hand held & use the on-board ir for close searches, the problem sometimes is recognizing where they fell.. as long as i bang them down & go home with a few im happy... Quote Link to post
mapreader 5 Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 Well done richie...cow.s and gates..sounds like my kinda luck going on there...mindst you I,ve been known to rattle the odd gate when in full stealth mode!!!! Quote Link to post
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