Daz39 962 Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Needed to get out of the house so asked Mac & Visla upto the farm, both couldn't make it, adding it was bleak on their last trip. I decided to go up for a hour and see what was about. Got there around 8, hopped out of the car, gear on and walked round the corner to zero the scope and hello bugs! Sat 20 yards away, i quickly rested the rifle on a fence post and took a standing shot. The rabbit flipped and looked like it ran 2-3 steps then lay very still, I started to stalk it in case I needed another shot, but I walked right up to it and it was only a slight twitch left in it. I'd hit it just below the eye (too close I think). When I flipped it over, the pellet had come out the other side, but NO EYE!! Mixy, which explains why the place is so quiet. I walked another hour but the ground is saturated and sucks the boots off your feet. Didn't see anything else but was so noisy I'm not shocked. One dead rabbit and a pair of incredibly muddy boots! I'll leave you with a grand image of a nice hunting jumper my mother-in-law made me for Xmas......toasty warm!! 1 Quote Link to post
Matt Smith 143 Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Not good mate, that'll be the mixy AND the jumper Quote Link to post
dpb82uk 138 Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 got 2 with mixy last week and 1 with young in it Quote Link to post
Daz39 962 Posted January 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Not good mate, that'll be the mixy AND the jumper Nowt wrong wi that jumper, Matt. Camo and warm, job done haha. 1 Quote Link to post
Matt Smith 143 Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Just pulling your chain mate. It's not a fashion show after all and keeping warm is top priority otherwise it ruins your enjoyment within minutes. That mixy's bad news though. 1 Quote Link to post
vizlauk 1,568 Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 defo that jumper, bet if you hadn't of had it on the fields would of been full mate lol - you did better than us on saturday night ! 1 Quote Link to post
Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701 Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Nice jumper My farm is saturated aswel and my wellies have split letting water in so i always get trench foot Need to buy some more. Think my hw100 is due a trip out soon its just been 97 97 97 97 97 97 over the last few weeks with all the fettling and testing!! Hopefully the wind will hold off and i can use it for what i got it in the first place, roost shoot some pigeons 1 Quote Link to post
bigmac 97kt 13,832 Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Nice one bud ,the rabbit not the jumper the last three time,s iv been iv blanked i did not get finished till late last night so could not make it atvbmac :thumbs: Quote Link to post
Daz39 962 Posted January 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 haha, poor old jumper getting some stick!! Don't worry Mac, it wasn't worth your drive up! The rabbit was sat 20yrds down the grass on the way to the corner where we zero the scopes, 30 yrds from the car!!! I should have packed up and gone home after that. I looked at the bottom field but it was too wet, didn't bother with the top field and the long walk was more of a long swim!!! Needs to dry out and for the mixy to "do one"..... Quote Link to post
j j m 6,615 Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 at least you got something bud Quote Link to post
Daz39 962 Posted January 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 true true, shouldn't moan especially as Mac and Visla saw nothing at the weekend. Just longing for the warmer, dryer summer days, where we would see 20-30 rabbits over the course of an evening haha. Quote Link to post
ftm 3,357 Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 mixy and all this rain =bad news for hunting -billy Quote Link to post
Daz39 962 Posted January 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 I know! Our lass is pleased!! Quote Link to post
IOW Todd 0 Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 I'm from the isle of wight and where i shoot mixy is rife, Its destroyed the population the last few years! I love the jumper reminds me of the old officers wollys haha Quote Link to post
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