doie1 22 Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 Me and my brother Popped out for just over an hour with the 17hmr and o/u had a great time bagged 9 rabbits in total 8 with the rifle and one fantastic 40yrd shot with the shotty as mr rabbit was in full stride! Only 6 in the photo as the others were a little messed up. Quote Link to post
shropshire dan 467 Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 (edited) Nice one lads. Im off out rabbiting Saturday 7-10pm and then foxing 10pm-3am looking forward to it Edited July 2, 2014 by shropshire dan Quote Link to post
celticrusader 78 Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 (edited) Yeh good going doie1, good luck on Saturday Sdan let us know how your getting on...good news for me as my uncle has sourced me out yet another piece of land for some shooting. Edited July 3, 2014 by celticrusader Quote Link to post
doie1 22 Posted July 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 Cheers lads. Yea good luck dan looking forward to the pics! Nice on cc, it's so hard to get anything these days 1 Quote Link to post
mattybugeye 885 Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 Nice shooting :-) Quote Link to post
shropshire dan 467 Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 Just got back. Only bagged 4 rabbits. Seen 2 fox but stayed out of range of thr hmr at around 150yards I wasn't happy taking the shot because of long grass I'd of had to take a standing or kneeling shot at that range I'd og been happier with a .223 and off sticks or bipod Quote Link to post
celticrusader 78 Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 Nice going Sdan, missed a corker myself and came back empty handed and they only started showing on the way back to the truck, its funny its different times on different permissions....never mind I'm not back in work til friday Quote Link to post
shropshire dan 467 Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 Happy days CC plenty of time to bag some lol. Going to look at some more .223 rifles next week and maybe go the local range and try a few out will probably sell the hmr after i get the .223 as i'll rarely have a use for it. If i do sell it i'm going to put in for a second .22LR and get a cz452 synthetic as a night setup and keep the trusty old Brno as a day setup. Can't wait to get the .223 though as in theory i should bag alot more charlies as on most of my land they sit just short of 200 yards. What i try to do is call the foxes and if they don't come close enough for the hmr i leave a rabbit so when i go they come and have a free meal and hopefully they associate the fox call to a dinner bell lol. (That's the plan) Quote Link to post
doie1 22 Posted July 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 Unlucky with the foxes dan, I like the thinking behind leaving a rabbit for them though. I might have to try that myself Quote Link to post
shropshire dan 467 Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 I think it may work as they are clever and will soon realise the call is dinner. Will probably take a few times to acheive. Im gonna bag a couple rabbits in freezer then go and sit out on a nice evening without gun call for 30-60 mins then leave a rabbit Quote Link to post
doie1 22 Posted July 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 I read an article about using a cheap battery alarm clock, tieing some fishing wire around the battery and on the other end tieing it to a rabbit, so when Charlie takes the rabbit he pulls the battery out which in turn tells you what time he has been, do this over a couple of nights and you will get a rough idea of when Charlie comes out to feed then you can wait in the hedge for him and give him more then just a rabbit. Quote Link to post
shropshire dan 467 Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 (edited) I have been meaning to try that method. I will have a route in the shed tomorrow after work for a clock. Edited July 6, 2014 by shropshire dan Quote Link to post
celticrusader 78 Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 (edited) Ha ha that alarm clock method sounds like a great idea and seems like fun putting such skills to practice on how to trap the illustrious gits...kinda regretting not buying more hmr ammo now as I've put in for a .243 coz I'm running low on it and will have to revert back to .22lr for bunnies soon. On my mates permission we were on last Saturday the farmer said good ole Charlie if he does turn up says he never bothers with the rabbits..but then who can turn down a free meal hey Edited July 7, 2014 by celticrusader Quote Link to post
The one 8,595 Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Nice going mate Quote Link to post
Rimfireboy! 1,463 Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 Well done doie, good bit of sport fella. Quote Link to post
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