19 bunny wabbits with footage

[fensaluki 35]

Great read and top class footage........little ens a real credit to you aswell mate.

ATB

[bandit man 9]

another excellent video of the young un's having a fun packed day out with the old man nothing finer in my book atb AL

[trigger2 3,198]

great vid and write up. its always good to see the young ones showing a interest in a bit of hunting.

[shaunpauls7 131]

Really cracking vid and write up bud.

Looks some really nice land there and with good numbers on the ground.

 

Well done to you and the lads.

 

Atb shaun

[jambay5 191]

nice good to see you passing it on to your lads hope my boy take it up when there a bit older.

 

Happy Hunting

[jasper65 6]

cracking vid and write up tegater .

 

the bunny that popped out at your lads feet brought a smile to my face ....

[nighteyes 275]

some good footage of the younguns learning the game there,good stuff

[patterdalejoel 669]

whats the cage/crate for at 7:30? bit of catch and release

[tegater 789]

whats the cage/crate for at 7:30? bit of catch and release

 

Stick a few into the gundog training pen. They get used to train the spaniels not to run on.

[tegater 789]

Thanks everybody. Hope all of you with youngsters waiting to start have the same fun.

 

H wants me to show him how to neck them and gut them next vid, so that's what might come next. Obviously I will have to put my hands over his when we neck one, for a clean kill. At least though he should get the feel, of the break, and a feel for the technique.

[Ideation 8,216]

Just watched it again mate, it's very good. Especially like the 'long net - cam'

 

Aye a wee dog would be handy, i can just imagine the look on your kids faces as their faithful friend scoops up some of those escapees.

 

If i had land like that i would be living up there in a tent It's the perfect place to spend days bolting them to a good team of dogs A far cry from the tangled jungles, gullys and ditches and rugged mountain sides that we seem to frequent.

 

I was watching some of those bunnies escaping the nets, and your kids did a good job for those so young, but its amazing how many young uns you see losing rabbits by grabbing the net not the bunny, and either spilling it out, or allowing it to push through the mesh. I was out the other day with a kid and he did exactly that, despite me standing there repeating 'grab the rabbit not the net', over and over Also, on reflection (and this is probably not true where you are), so often with us, a rabbit hits the nets and you have to be right on it quick as a flash because of the heavy cover etc, the net rarely purses perfectly, and so many times i have grabbed the rabbit and pretty much got it by the legs or head as its kicking free of the net. That's why dogs for us are so important, probably % or more of the rabbits that we bolt are got to by the dogs before us, and we would lose a lot more than we do without them, without even considering running catches.

 

I tell our apprentices when it's going to bolt, stand out the way of the mouth of the hole, and then when it bolts grab the bunny what ever way you can and stick your foot in the hole. You can worry about everything else then, because you've covered your bases Oh yer, and don't step on the ferret in the process

Edited January 12, 2012 by Ideation

[air gun ant 1,666]

awsome vid mate. wish i had warrens like that here!!!!!

atb ant

[Guest vin]

really good footage mate..loved some of them shots in slow motion..thanks for sharing.

[bird 10,013]

Well done mate, the lads are a credit to you But get yourself a dog

 

same here, the lads done great, but a good lurcher would have helped the lads with the bolters. You done well getting the lads on them berrys, because you right if it had been hedges , it would have killed it for them . Ive done the thick stuff loads of times, and many time you think, feck me give me the lamp+dog anyday lol

[jayhawk 41]

Fantastic really enjoyed watching that some nice memories for you mate

 

Really good stuff fair play good on ya

 

Jay