moxy 617 Posted June 30, 2011 Report Share Posted June 30, 2011 Had a few hours out in the early morning on a new spot i have aquired. The new land comes as part of a rabbit clearance job im undertaking. Before i can get on the job, which consists of 3 large gardens and grounds, the adjacent farm land which holds much of the problem rabbits needs thinning, i would normally use traps at this time of year but the farmer isnt too happy with this aproach, Yet! The land i had a look at last night was around 30 acres in total, just confirmed another 170 this morning which holds a good amount of rabbits, hidden away under hawthorn and prickly thicket hedges. Landed on the fields at around 11pm, suited and booted, had a zero check and away. The land itself is summer grazing for a small number of dairy cattle. the grass was low with sporadic clumps of thistles, no breeze, fairly light considering it was supposed to be dark. You could have heard a flea fart and seen where it was coming from! Bonus was the rabbits were very green and had not seen a lamp for a long time. Using a red filter they were not phased in the slightest and it was easy to make up the distance between. The odd few were unsettled by our presence and made haste but the majority sat and awaited, for what was coming their way. A couple of hours shooting produced good numbers but due to the numbers being fairly plentyful and not picking up the rabbits as you shoot them as to been distracted for another close by shot, then another, then another etc, meant that not all the rabbits were not found and collected. bonus for the local fox that was kicking about. The rabbits will be left now for a week or two as to not spook them too much with the lamp and ensure a good bag next time. 43 rabbits end of night bag from what i could find, most of which were a good size and after pulling out the puddings none were in young and only a few were milky does. 28 in the pic before any smart arse says i cant count! There will be more to come Apologies for the quality of the pics, it was getting light and my phone didnt know what the feck was going on, either that or i had the dt's from the night before Quote Link to post
andyfr1968 772 Posted June 30, 2011 Report Share Posted June 30, 2011 Bloody hell, Moxy, that's a good start!! Nicely done and thanks for sharing it Cheers. P.S. I only count 27 JOKE!! Quote Link to post
Buster321c 1,010 Posted June 30, 2011 Report Share Posted June 30, 2011 Thats some good going Moxy , well done mate Quote Link to post
zini 1,939 Posted June 30, 2011 Report Share Posted June 30, 2011 5 *****s Moxy buddy. Thats some permission you have there pal. Keep up the good work. Si Quote Link to post
Marksman 934 Posted July 2, 2011 Report Share Posted July 2, 2011 nice one mate..... careful not to overshoot it though or you wont have anything left... Darryl Quote Link to post
Bradford Lad 74 Posted July 2, 2011 Report Share Posted July 2, 2011 Nice going mate Quote Link to post
Sweeney-Todd 208 Posted July 3, 2011 Report Share Posted July 3, 2011 What a great start, the farmer should be well pleased with that Good luck on your next outing..........nice work. Bill. Quote Link to post
mikeyblue 28 Posted July 3, 2011 Report Share Posted July 3, 2011 Bloody hell moxy your freezer must be rammed full!! Mikey. Quote Link to post
moxy 617 Posted July 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2011 Well with the farmer still not being very accomodating with traps, i have had to sneak the odd hour or two each evening this week to continue with the thinning and keeping up apearances until i can get on with the ferrets and nets next week. I have been landing on around 8pm each night and sneaking around until light is lost. Accounting for a bag of a dozen or more each night, to date i have taken 99 rabbits and yes mickeyblue my freezer is crammed. Admittidley young rabbits have made up a percentage of the tally but they still need to go and they provide a meal for the ferrets. There is a variation of coloured rabbits about, plenty of blacks and dutch marked, heres a pic of last nights bag Quote Link to post
gurtwurz 793 Posted July 15, 2011 Report Share Posted July 15, 2011 (edited) 'kin ell moxy, top work fella cheers, wurz Edited July 15, 2011 by gurtwurz Quote Link to post
festa 206 Posted July 15, 2011 Report Share Posted July 15, 2011 very nice nice indeed mate you got some funny colours down that way lol atb gary Quote Link to post
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