Stalking rabbits last night

[FERRETBOY 680]

Me and the brother in law (trav) went shooting last night ,due to the obviously bad conditions here we decided it would be a good idea to just perch ourselfs and wait for the rabbits.So behind a fallen down tree in a lttle spinny i sat waiting ,facing parallel with the hedge for any feeding bunnys to emerge.

It felt like a waited hours for the first rabbit to come from under the hedge for a easy head shot , and again i waited for the next.More time passed and i was feeling the cold in my legs ,hands and feet but we were determined to make it a good bag.

Further up the hedge a handfull of rabbits came blasting through the hedge into the field ,too far for a shot so i waited once more just watching the rabbits feed.Then from the same hedge two foxes made thier way towards me digging in the hedge bottom probabley for something to eat,one fox took a wide berth and could possibley sense me but the other who was more interested in finding something to munch was oblivious and walked within a couple feet away ,literally 5 feet .

It then caught sight of me and for a split second it was like a stand off , it looking at me and me glaring right back , i must say for a second i was considering pinging him one between the eyes but decided against it .well he was off and paired back up with the other again.

Back to the shooting , we stayed a little longer and managed 7 between us ,me shooting 3 and trav 4 ..he was absolutely buzzing his tits off as it was his first time he had gone out and made a kill ,well four kills .

On the way back i set up the a gate net i brought along ,shown him how to set it and then got him to walk in a small bit of rough ,i knew rabbits use this gate and it was obvious by the well worn run going underneath.Well i sat back and waited .. BANG one hits and is well netted ,i chinned the rabbit ,removed it and set the net again. Seconds later WOOOSH ..another ends up in the game bag .

 

All in All a awsome night considering the conditions ,9 rabbits for the freezer.

 

pics to follow later on

 

good hunting

 

rew

Edited December 20, 2010 by REW

[19powell90 89]

Nice post mate. Will be good to see a few pics.

 

Scott

[farmerkev09 105]

nice write up pal

 

atb farmer

[Phantom 631]

You lucky sods

 

So bloody crunchy round here can't get anywhere near em and with the amount of freeing fog rolling in over the last few nights I wouldn't be able to see em if I could get within range

 

Nice work, we all know how your first kill gives you that high. It does me every time I take a new species mind you I get almost as much of a buzz every time I hear the CRACK of lead on skull and bunny rolls over

Imagine how I'm gonna be with a .308 a Dear and a Boar soon

 

Phantom

[fry 209]

good bag got any pics of a gate net? can you buy them?

[fry 209]

You lucky sods

 

So bloody crunchy round here can't get anywhere near em and with the amount of freeing fog rolling in over the last few nights I wouldn't be able to see em if I could get within range

 

Nice work, we all know how your first kill gives you that high. It does me every time I take a new species mind you I get almost as much of a buzz every time I hear the CRACK of lead on skull and bunny rolls over

Imagine how I'm gonna be with a .308 a Dear and a Boar soon

 

Phantom

have i missed something?whats this .308 deer and boar stuff you getting fac d up or going shooting on your hols?

[gurtwurz 793]

i reckon he'll be in germany with si on the boarhunt fry mate...

 

good luck tony buddy!!! (at least youll be dry now)

 

cheers, wurz

[rossi_j 99]

It does me every time I take a new species mind you I get almost as much of a buzz every time I hear the CRACK of lead on skull and bunny rolls over Imagine how I'm gonna be with a .308 a Dear and a Boar soon :gunsmilie:Phantom

 

Better take some tissues tony ha ha

 

 

Im only jelous mate

.atb. .ste.

[FERRETBOY 680]

Top stuff phantom im sure your gonna be buzzing knocking over them beast's .. i thought to myself that night why do i stay out in the freezing weather for a few rabbits , i wouldnt do it for owt else really even a fit bird (actually i probabley would but still ) i cant honestly answer my own question.But yeah i know trav loved it ,he couldnt stop chatting all the way back about it lol like you say though i know how he feels.

 

Fry the gate net i used was basically a 8ft purse net with pegs both sides (poke net) i knitted it myself if your after one i could stitch you one together for a few quid . you can use them for hares aswell .

 

cheers lads

 

good hunting

 

rew

[Phantom 631]

Hi Fry, yeah Wurz is correct

 

Going to be doing some over in Grmany with Si

 

Soooo lookingforward to it now, actually now after the day I've just had, I'm getting rather excitable about it all now :boogie:

 

Phantom

Edited December 21, 2010 by Phantom

[rossi_j 99]

Sory rew, in jumping in to have a laugh at phantoms expense, I forgot to mention I thaught that was a great write up and enjoyed the read, me and steve went out last nite, had a wander but only saw tracks (probably made as we aproached).

Sp for digging in and sitting it out ( something we wern't men enough to do) to be fair we would have had to literaly lye down in over a foot of snow as no shelter/tree cover ect.

.atb. .ste.

 

Phantom how big is ur suitcase??

Room for rossi??

[FERRETBOY 680]

its kool man but thanks anyway .. yeah the snows not that bad here yet.

 

good hunting

 

rew

[Phantom 631]

 

Phantom how big is ur suitcase??

Room for rossi??

 

Big enough for my clothes, my tent, my gun (S200) and a whole load of other stuff

 

But soz, no room for Rossi

[rossi_j 99]

Phantom how big is ur suitcase??Room for rossi??

Big enough for my clothes, my tent, my gun (S200) and a whole load of other stuff :whistling:But soz, no room for Rossi

 

Oh well worth a shot!

.atb. .ste.

[77 si 21]

nice work mate really good effort in these weather conditions, nice write up too