StevoSmith 147 Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 (edited) Me and tus(steve) from this site went to new permission tonight at local caravan park......we knew they had a bit of a rabbit problem but the extent we needed to determine......we arrived at about 6-6.30pm had a chat with security guards so they got to see our faces and got a understanding of where we would be.....anyway no more than 1 min to our drive onto the site we were seeing rabbits....this was a GOOD SIGN .....we both had a few shots...me more than steve to start with and missed.....i didnt check my effin zero....excitment of new permission got to me and didnt check.....turned out i was firing low and right.....we spent about 20 mins sorting our zero's to between 25-30 yds then we was ready.......the first rabbit followed very quickly by me....only about 15-20 yds and dropped him where he stood.....tus had a pigeon soon after followed by a bug's.....we were not in best of places as the security guards had been trying to do a bit of bug's clearing with substandard rifle over past few days...not once taking thier quarry......this had made them very lamp shy....imagine them poor bug's getting ring stings from cr@ppy rifles and pellets....Also against us was the weather it was bright clear and the air was still.....buggers could hear us comming. Obviously on a new permission you need to get an idea of escape routes and feeding areas...i had been during day but did not really get the layout in my head till this evening......tus started sussing out thier routes quite quickly....turned out there was a few places where they were running through the outer perimeter fence so tus layed up a few snares.........these did not gain us anything but a few were knocked over so runs were in use....anyway next bug's was mine a 20 yarder the shot was not the best shot of the night but that was my own fault trying to hard.......one bug's give tus the run around lol......had him running up and down fence line for 5-10 mins lol(quite funny)....About 20 mins later i took a unbelievable shot.....we did not mesure the distance but it was 3 caravan legnths away with 10 foot inbetween them...and each caravan is 36 feet long....we knew it was over 100 feet.....5 mins later tus took a 35-40 yarder with a cracking shot dropped him where he stood by this time it was after 9pm and we were seeing alot of bug's but they were soooooo lamp shy.....didnt help that security were driving round sute in golf buggy every ten min's using lamps to spot for crooks and scared the already lamp shy bugs run for cover....a few more bugs followed by me and tus to take tally to 7 for night and 1 pigeon...not bad for first night on new permission without a real clue on complete site layout......next time will be alot better.Here is pic of bug's for night. Very fat and healthy rabbits Edited January 22, 2011 by StevoSmith 2 Quote Link to post
andyfr1968 772 Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Nice one, Steve, result first time out!! Quote Link to post
johnboy19 38 Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 very nice mate good shooting, landed on your feet there Quote Link to post
pianoman 3,584 Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Great stuff Steve. You should have a great summer's late evening/dawn shooting here mate, no problems! ATB Simon Quote Link to post
Danny R-10 16 Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Nice to see Steve, not bad at all for your first night. Keep up the good work mate. ATB Danny Quote Link to post
StevoSmith 147 Posted January 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Thanks guys.....it was a little harder for us as moon was bright and air was still so they could hear us comming....will be alot better when there is some wind 1 Quote Link to post
hunter1989 91 Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 hi stevo top shooting pal keep it up spa from me atb steve Quote Link to post
countryboy 0 Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Nice work boys,and plenty more to come by the looks of it Quote Link to post
tus 22 Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 cheers steve for last night i was dreaming of that rabbits that was giving me the run around last night that shoot was cracking mate in between the caravans a bit more wind and no moon shine and you will have some large bags of there mate cheers for last night Quote Link to post
rossy08 33 Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 nice one lads top shooting for the first night on permission, thats how to keep the owners, bet he went to bed last night thinking.."god i'm glad i gave that chap a try" spa from me pal. well done. Andy 1 Quote Link to post
StevoSmith 147 Posted January 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 Just had email from caravan park owner he thanked me and tus and wants us to go back asap lol.....in his words....I need them gone steve. One happy owner methinks 1 Quote Link to post
lampingboy 52 Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 get back out there then bud Quote Link to post
rossi_j 99 Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 Nice one lads, great first outing on new permission, that will provide you with plenty of sport until the season starts, im sure he will invite you back every year aswel Also a woody aswel yum yum .atb. .ste. Quote Link to post
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