The Hunter or the Hunted??

[Nathan_R 10]

I arrived at the family farm tonight ready for a bit of rabbit shooting, and to my surprise saw the front door of the house wide open... no-one has been living at the farm for over a year, and seeing that there were no cars on the drive this was a little strange. After 30 seconds or so of just staring at it I finally plucked up enough courage to investigate it further. Trying to be brave, I boldly (for "boldly" read "gingerly") searched the house, room by room ensuring there were no squatters or anyone trying to find a home. (It wouldn't be the first time we'd had trespassers but I'll save the story of the trespassing transvestites for another time!) Happy that the house was clear, I ventured out in to the garden, slightly more on edge than normal, and heard a loud "Crack!" from behind a hedge - way too heavy to be a rabbit. To be honest, this really set my heart pounding, and my mind was playing all kinds of silly tricks on me... once again I decided to investigate. I reached the end of the hedge, stuck my head round to see what was there and... WHAM!!... Well, I'm not entirely sure who scared who the most, but all I saw was a streak of ginger as a fox darted out of the bushes, brushed past my legs, and sprinted across the lawn! Quite an eventful start to the evening, and I hadn't even started yet!

 

With all these shenanigans going on it wasn't surprising that there were very few rabbits in the garden, so I moved to another field which is often a very productive spot. There's a nice wall next to the field, with a few stinging nettles growing just the other side of it which makes a perfect sniping position. I was only stood there for about 5 minutes when a rabbit appeared diagonally across the field from me. I measured him in the mil-dots and ranged him at 35yds, which would require only half a mil-dot hold over. He was facing away from me, happily grazing, so I waited until he lifted his head to have a look around before releasing my shot and knocking him straight over without a single twitch. A good end to a rather interesting evening - I don't think I'll forget my encounter with Mr Fox for a while!!

 

 

As promised, here are some pictures (thanks Phantom and Venomviper for your help!)

 

 

 

Edited July 6, 2010 by Nathan_R

[Phantom 631]

Enjoyed that read I did

 

I've sent you a PM regarding images

 

Have a slut (reputation) point from me trust me its a good thing to be a good slut on here

 

Phantom

[venomviper 129]

hi ya buddy

good write up buddy

and to be honest it's problerly happened to a few of us as well just wont admit it lol and these nothing worse than lamping and something jumping out in front of you but in your case a haunted farm lol brave lad this is why i would have had the shot gun just to make a good loud noise first hahaha SP from me to matey

and picture wise try this http://tinypic.com/

then find the picture you want then go to default scroll down to message bouard and then go from there highlight the IMG copy then just paste into your post buddy hope this helps

 

shay

[Sweeney-Todd 208]

Hi Nathan.

 

What a great post mate, I finished reading it in the wardrobe

Excellent shot on the bunny buddy !

 

Good pictures too.

 

Have a slut from from me too.

 

 

 

ATB.

 

 

 

 

Bill.

[stealthy1 3,964]

Good shooting, looks like the bunny is sporting a bright red mohican

[farmerkev09 105]

good read buddy

 

my heart always goes when i see a fox but luckly so do my dogs legs

 

atb buddy

 

farmer

[Phantom 631]

Glad to have been of help Nathan,

 

I would have to disagree with Shay's advice regarding tinypic though

 

I had hundreds of images with them a while ago, but the disadvantage is that ALL images are available to ALL users

 

I was promptly accused of animal crualty and everything im my account was deleted, including pix of my grandaughter, my wife and many more

 

I complained like hell to tinypic, telling them the images are used to educate hunters and pest controllers worldwide and that all the dead animals were shot through the brain and they are all considdered pests and vermin under uk law.

 

They invited me to re-upload them all and they would put a note on my account telling their moderators not to delete them, but they would still be innundated with people complaining about the content, so they told me to use photobucket and make the images "private" so no one else can see them unless they look on a post with a link in

 

So I went to photobucket (who own tinypic) and I've not had a single complaint against me and they will not remove anything without my permission

 

Phantom

[venomviper 129]

hi ya buddy

glad to help buddy if we can we will help out as much as possible

and yes tony i would agree with you tinypic is good for a quick fix picture or pictures but if your going to store pictures try photobucket they are alot better buddy

 

shay

[davyt63 1,845]

hi nathan

cracking shot! buddy

that's the same! bunny i was waiting for the other night

 

and i know what ya mean about having the be-jesus scared out of ya!!

i had a strange thing happen to me down there too!a while ago,

i just panned the front field with me lamp! and saw a figure walking over to the train track,so i was straight on the radio to charlie .and asked where he was,he replied at the back of the house!

 

with that the hairs on the back of me neck stood up,and i panned again only seconds later! and it was gone

 

regards

 

davy

[pest hunter 151 15]

Cracking SHOT! so have a SLUT mate