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3 of us headed along the East Coast tonight for a spot of lamping, armed with a 20g o/you beretta, a Theoban rapid 7 (f.a.c) 35 ft lbs and the old faithfull HW90, so feeling a bit underpowered against these big boys, the HW90 stayed in the bag

 

We were going on some 80 acres of wheat stubble, dry with quite a strong coastal wind sweeping across the fields and the moment we pulled on the first field, we knew this could be a good night. The rabbits were out in there dozens,so we decided to park the jeep up and walk the edges against the headgerows knowing that the rabbits dont seem to venture to far away from these. It paid off. Almost straight away we lamp our first rabbit, or "I" lamp it, no gun now, im on lamp duty :( Out comes the Rapid 7 and drops the rab on the spot. This is the first time id ever seen a Rapid 7 in action, and im amazed at the power and just how silent this rifle was.

The other rabs seemed undisturbed by the shots, thus enabling us to carry on dropping just about every rabbit we saw on our first length of the field. Well after the first walk of one field, we had 11 rabbits, then it starts to rain slightly so we headed off back to the jeep, Mr rapid doesnt like the rain :blink:

Then out comes the 20g, we drive the other fields, but now the rabbits are running away from us, And with me behind the trigger, brings us another 5 rabs, and then i drive and my mate shoots 4 more.

So after about 3 hours, we have 20 decent sized rabs but the HW90 still aint "drew blood", so once the Real guns had been put away, i gets the 90 out and as were driving back towards the road, im in the back scanning the lamp across the field when i see's a rabbit crouched down trying its best to hide from us "STOP!!" its my chance to show my skill, Cross hares on head, pull trigger, "Crack!" down she goes in a fit of kicks. :yahoo:

I ran across to gather it up only to realise, It was a young hare, About as big as a fully grown rabbit, I have a game licence so theres no problems there, but this one was mine to keep :D The rabbits going to the butchers the next morning so i was pleased i had a "trophey" to take home with me.

The most annoying thing about it was, i left the camera at home so it was up to me to take a shot of the hare when i got back.

And here it is!

 

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A great night out and im now of to look for a recipe for jugged hare :D

The fields are getting ploughed this week so we might get one more night at these, i really hope so!

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