Back up at the shoot

[Stavross 13,720]

Up to the sheep farm tonight ( after a detour to FH’s to collect the buck ) met my mate there who is on a lifetime centrefire ban ( you know the one ), I took him the .17 for a bit of bunny bashing, he managed 5 for 5 shots, he shot one which was without doubt the longest rabbit I’ve ever seen shot with a .17, if only he could do that with a proper rifle. We did seen one fox but sadly it was in next doors field full of horses, I swear it knew I couldn’t take the shot, it knew we were there with the wind blowing from behind us, but just sat there about 80ish yards away Looking at us before turning and trotting off
anyway one happy farmer thanks to FH and a few rabbits busted so not a total wasted evening

[FOXHUNTER 5,020]

Popped up to one of my rabbit permissions last night just to to see what the numbers were like , disappointed as there wasnt much about . Expected to see lots of young bunnies but nothing , even the pregnant does I shot weren't that far on . I'm sure it will change over the next month though.  Started off taking a rook off a fresh barley drilling followed by a rat with a large abscess on its side. Saw plenty hares, mallard,  geese but not many rabbits On dusk I popped back to where I shot the rat as the holes in the hedgerow were well used and ended up having some great fun zapping the long tails with my .22

[BenBhoy 4,706]

Disappointed you didn't pop his zit!! 

[FOXHUNTER 5,020]

1 minute ago, BenBhoy said:

Disappointed you didn't pop his zit!! 

It was gross mate , imagine  an abscess the size of your head

[BenBhoy 4,706]

2 minutes ago, FOXHUNTER said:

It was gross mate , imagine  an abscess the size of your head

I'll WhatsApp you a video, Stavross knows the one....!! 

[Dervburner 2,548]

6 hours ago, FOXHUNTER said:

Popped up to one of my rabbit permissions last night just to to see what the numbers were like , disappointed as there wasnt much about . Expected to see lots of young bunnies but nothing , even the pregnant does I shot weren't that far on . I'm sure it will change over the next month though.  Started off taking a rook off a fresh barley drilling followed by a rat with a large abscess on its side. Saw plenty hares, mallard,  geese but not many rabbits On dusk I popped back to where I shot the rat as the holes in the hedgerow were well used and ended up having some great fun zapping the long tails with my .22

Good result Mark, well done fella

[Stavross 13,720]

A quick run up to the shoot tonight to drop off 12 poultry drinkers kindly donated, I had a walk round, topped up the feeders where the birds were waiting for me, the bluebells are out in full bloom which is nice to see, one thing that wasn’t nice to see was the amount off egg shells on the track around the farm I did see a few fallow, first time in a while and splatted 3 more rabbits with the.223

[FOXHUNTER 5,020]

Bluebells are beautiful mate

[BenBhoy 4,706]

On 29/04/2021 at 08:50, BenBhoy said:

Looks like I'll have some guests every morning when I unlock roller shutter! 

Progress 

 

[FOXHUNTER 5,020]

Well no luck on the stalking front today , out at 4.30am and saw 3 does. Out again this evening saw 3 does and the old buck I've been after , seen him 4 times so far but no joy. My challenge for this year is to get him as he is a wise old boy. 

[Stavross 13,720]

Hope you managed to dodge the rain, I went to the sheep farm, got soaked, shot 3 rabbits and got pulled by the law on the way home

Edited May 15, 2021 by Stavross

[BenBhoy 4,706]

19 minutes ago, Stavross said:

bulled by the law on the way home

Ahh nah mate, what they wanting?? I dodged the rain; I stopped in with pizza & beer!! 

[FOXHUNTER 5,020]

25 minutes ago, Stavross said:

Hope you managed to dodge the rain, I went to the sheep farm, got soaked, shot 3 rabbits and got bulled by the law on the way home

No rain mate. What did they pull you for?

[Stavross 13,720]

Rural police, they said they were looking for people running dogs, wasn’t interested in the rifles in the back, if that had of been around the town they would of had armed response over to check them out 

[Stavross 13,720]

Been going a year now this tread has, thanks to everyone who has contributed to it ( even Ben ) if I get a spare hour I might read it from the start, just to see how much nonsense is in it