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[Stavross 18,323]

Good stuff, I’ve seen load of you on the sides of the roads on the moors where I’m working, hopefully they’ll make a bit of a comeback, when you come down off the moors all you see is hares 

[FLATTOP 5,240]

14 minutes ago, Stavross said:

Good stuff, I’ve seen load of you on the sides of the roads on the moors where I’m working, hopefully they’ll make a bit of a comeback, when you come down off the moors all you see is hares 

I had a bit of a lean winter I didn’t see many at all but this last week or so there’s shit loads I’m going to try and get out as much as I can this week I’ve got about four good spots on the farm where your guaranteed to get a few.

Good to hear they’re making a comeback up your neck of the woods.

[FLATTOP 5,240]

Had another 5 this evening I’ve had 38 this week not a bad tally but I missed as many as I hit tonight I had my Mr Magoo head on blind as a bat still there’s always another day.

[FLATTOP 5,240]

Went out just before dusk last night and bagged another six was plenty about but mainly young ones so no pictures as the little .17 turns them inside out.

As said in the past its a funny old bit of permission surrounded by horse paddocks and the like so i have to select my shots carefully, definitely more suited to an air rifle but i just am not keen on them.

[WILF 50,340]

On 01/04/2025 at 09:08, FLATTOP said:

Went out just before dusk last night and bagged another six was plenty about but mainly young ones so no pictures as the little .17 turns them inside out.

As said in the past its a funny old bit of permission surrounded by horse paddocks and the like so i have to select my shots carefully, definitely more suited to an air rifle but i just am not keen on them.

I’m having notions about one of those 17 HMRs mate, they seem a tidy bit of kit.

Would you recommend ?

[FLATTOP 5,240]

2 hours ago, WILF said:

I’m having notions about one of those 17 HMRs mate, they seem a tidy bit of kit.

Would you recommend ?

Hi Wilf, I’ve owned mine from new 17 years old it fires like it’s new it’s a Cz 452 16” Varmint barrel ( Heavy Barrel ) it has accounted for thousands of rabbits and it will take down a fox but I only use it for rabbits these days,it shoots very flat up to about 120/150 yards zeroed at 100 yards and ammo is about £15 a box of 50, more expensive than a 22 and noisier than a 22 as it travels at about 2500 feet per second, also you don’t need to clean the barrel much I find if you do they go off a bit until about 5/10 rounds have been shot through it, if I was getting another one I would definitely go synthetic as much lighter and I’m getting old lol, and I might have a look at the Tikka .17 as they are very ergonomic friendly.

Also just too add I believe Deker on here uses the same model for pest control, you can’t beat a Cz really for reliability and value for money I have never had anything ever go wrong with it, definitely recommend if your in the market for one. 

[WILF 50,340]

1 hour ago, FLATTOP said:

Hi Wilf, I’ve owned mine from new 17 years old it fires like it’s new it’s a Cz 452 16” Varmint barrel ( Heavy Barrel ) it has accounted for thousands of rabbits and it will take down a fox but I only use it for rabbits these days,it shoots very flat up to about 120/150 yards zeroed at 100 yards and ammo is about £15 a box of 50, more expensive than a 22 and noisier than a 22 as it travels at about 2500 feet per second, also you don’t need to clean the barrel much I find if you do they go off a bit until about 5/10 rounds have been shot through it, if I was getting another one I would definitely go synthetic as much lighter and I’m getting old lol, and I might have a look at the Tikka .17 as they are very ergonomic friendly.

Also just too add I believe Deker on here uses the same model for pest control, you can’t beat a Cz really for reliability and value for money I have never had anything ever go wrong with it, definitely recommend if your in the market for one. 

I was looking at a 452 with the laminate thumb hole, looks a tidy job.

Id be at crows, fox, rats, magpies etc if I had one……

Cheers mate 

[FLATTOP 5,240]

11 hours ago, WILF said:

I was looking at a 452 with the laminate thumb hole, looks a tidy job.

Id be at crows, fox, rats, magpies etc if I had one……

Cheers mate 

Perfect gun for those vermin just shoot the fox a bit closer than the smaller stuff I’ve had some silly distances for squirrels in the past capable little guns.

[FLATTOP 5,240]

Four last night and another six this evening but just one pic of three in one spot some nicely placed shots, the eye shot was probably about 90/100 yards I was surprised I got it to be honest there was a lot of sun glare.

[FLATTOP 5,240]

I recently put a Hawke scope on my rifle I tried it for a few weeks but to be honest I didn’t like it so off it came this morning and I put my old German scope I’ve had for years back on, I took it to the farm to zero and after a bit of adjustment two bulls at 50 yards and two at 100 yards.

 

Then I popped out this evening for a couple of hours to see if it could hit the rabbits as good as I hit the target, I knocked four over one particularly long shot and to be honest with a bit more effort and stealth on my part I could have had at least another three but I was pleased confidence was restored in my scope, I will probably keep going at them until the end of the month and then leave them alone until after the harvest.

[FLATTOP 5,240]

Few hours this evening and a grand total of nine a few young uns but they all count,I  took a few pics but you could call it a moving worksite so I don’t always take pics I forget to be honest I mainly take them to show the farmer, even though I’m hitting them regularly they still keep coming but it’s always nice to get out, I will leave them alone now over the weekend and have another go at them next week.

[Stavross 18,323]

Seeing a lot of young about now, fingers crossed they make it through the summer and I can have a few good nights on the stubble’s after combine

[The one 8,587]

I saw two rabbits on a industrial site today one was chasing the other , i hoped it was a buck and a doe first ive seen in age wished them well and left them too it 

[Stavross 18,323]

I went up to the shoot tonight to look for a end of season fallow buck, the old girl at the farm said that there’s a lot of rabbits over the far side so I went for a look, I’ve never seen that many up there for 15 years, one small grass field must of had 60 in it and that was in daylight, I shot half a dozen but the .243 is a bit too expensive to be shooting rabbits 

[FLATTOP 5,240]

49 minutes ago, The one said:

I saw two rabbits on a industrial site today one was chasing the other , i hoped it was a buck and a doe first ive seen in age wished them well and left them too it 

It only takes two to make many hopefully they will pick up where you are, where I am there’s a lot to put it mildly but I’m getting the feeling they know when I am about so I have to work at it a bit, I don’t go out at night anymore as my eyes are not what they used to be just early mornings and few hours before dusk.