A quick recce around the new permission...

[tdesnos 6]

Hi all,

 

Went down to the permission today, we only had about a couple of hours spare, so we thought we'd take a look a round more than anything and try to spot flight paths and good places for hides - of course we took the rifles along as a matter of course! to our surprise, despite the fact we hadn't cammed up and we're just walking around chatting we got a bit of action!

My mate Truf, who I share the permission with, was walking up to a crest of a hill and just as his eyes met with the silhouette of a bunny munching away rather nonchalant. He figured it to be 25 metres, which also happened to be his zero! A quiet whisper from his S400 giving Truf a nice clean head shot, straight through the eye! for his first kill with the S400 and indeed his first bunny period! Congrats Truf!

Meanwhile, I went off to inspect another field reported to be where the Magpies hangout. I was just walking by a bunch of trees where I caught movement in the corner of my eye, it was a quick rustle and then nothing so i assumed it was a blackbird, then my eye just met the eyes of a grey squirrel what had just froze broadside to me, perhaps 8 to 10 metres away probably 8 foot high. Clean head shot dropped it cleanly, though it landed in a load of thorns and I was due to have an appointment at the pub shortly so I though feck it, fox will get it. The other one was approaching the same hill Truf had earlier shot his bunny, I saw the very peak of two pairs of ears in the distance and decided to ninja it up to within range. By the time I had gotten to within, say 70 metres they scarpered! it!!! I moved a bit close up until I was within range and pulled some overgrown nettles over and in front of me and decided to wait for them to pop out after god knows how long, finally, a bunny popped out I clicked my tongue and it ignored the noise, I was hoping it'd stand up (John Darling's tip), but I'm obviously no JD so I took the shot - nice clean head shot. I was very surprised actually as I was using a very small Brocock Contour that Truf has convinced me to go out with, I was dubious because of it's size, but it performed no differently to any other PCP and had the added advantage of being extremely light.

 

Well, not a huge bag, but to say it was just a casual walk not too bad at all.

 

 

 

Myself with the surprising little Brocock Contour .22 with a Simmons White Tail Classic 3.5-10x50 and Weihrauch Silecer

 

 

My mate Truf with his new .22 S400 and VOS scope

 

 

These photos of the permission aren't exactly great, but i thought i'd post them nonetheless

 

 

 

[stealthy1 3,964]

Nice result on your first visit, the permission looks very rabbity along the hedgeline, have a slut

[davyt63 1,845]

hi tris

first permission,first visit!first bunny. a great! result

SPA

 

well done lads ,and the permission looks great!

 

regards

 

davy

[andyfr1968 772]

Nice one, Tris!!

 

Like Stealthy's said, those boarders look like they'll make for some good rabbiting.

 

Good luck with it, fella.

 

Cheers.

[Phantom 631]

Nice one Tris & Truf

 

1st visit, 1st quarry

 

I'd avoid the eye shots though; unless there sat quatering on to you where you would be going to the back of the brain at the far side via they eye

 

I blanked on my new permission on the 1st visit the other morning

But I did score the next door neighbours property as well and thats twice or three times the size

 

SPA

 

Phantom

[falcongit 242]

nice shooting there bud,great bit of land you have there looks like you will both do well with that land, nice grass land....great picks... :thumbs:SPA.

 

sym

[Sweeney-Todd 208]

Hi Tris n Truf.

 

The permission look's good mate

First kill too, what a cracking result alround.

 

.....an Eight foot high Squirrel Tris ....I would have shat myself.....never seen one that big before

 

 

ATB.

 

 

 

Bill.

[tdesnos 6]

Nice result on your first visit, the permission looks very rabbity along the hedgeline, have a slut

 

Yeah there's droppings all over the shop, didn't see alot though... but i wasn't exactly mister ninja assassin that day!

 

Cheers matey!

[tdesnos 6]

hi tris

first permission,first visit!first bunny. a great! result

SPA

 

well done lads ,and the permission looks great!

 

regards

 

davy

 

Yeah not too shabby huh?

 

Thanks Davy!

[tdesnos 6]

Nice one, Tris!!

 

Like Stealthy's said, those boarders look like they'll make for some good rabbiting.

 

Good luck with it, fella.

 

Cheers.

 

Cheers Andy!

[tdesnos 6]

Nice one Tris & Truf

 

1st visit, 1st quarry

 

I'd avoid the eye shots though; unless there sat quatering on to you where you would be going to the back of the brain at the far side via they eye

 

I blanked on my new permission on the 1st visit the other morning

But I did score the next door neighbours property as well and thats twice or three times the size

 

SPA

 

Phantom

 

Hi mate,

 

Yes was humbly pleased with the trip.

 

Eye shots = bad. Gotchya I'm sure Truf will say that was what he was aiming for of course!

 

Congrats matey! Everytime i get a text or a call my hear rate increases in anticipation of that farmer calling! Next time i see him though i'm just going to be straight with him, if that fails i'm going to become more radical Haha only joking!

 

Cheers buddy!

[tdesnos 6]

nice shooting there bud,great bit of land you have there looks like you will both do well with that land, nice grass land....great picks... :thumbs:SPA.

 

sym

 

Cheers Sym

[tdesnos 6]

Hi Tris n Truf.

 

The permission look's good mate

First kill too, what a cracking result alround.

 

.....an Eight foot high Squirrel Tris ....I would have shat myself.....never seen one that big before

 

 

ATB.

 

 

 

Bill.

 

Haha yeah i forgot to mention, we were tripping our t**s off on acid! If you want to hunt 8 foot high squirrels i'd reccomend it! I'm thinking about writing a book about it! Think 'Doors of Perception' crossed with Elmer Fudd!!!

 

Cheers matey