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| Hare today gone tomorrow; Taken from the rimfire section | |
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| Topic Started: 18th May 2007 - 11:27 PM (1,381 Views) | |
| photopro | 18th May 2007 - 11:27 PM Post #1 |
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Anyway, good conditions for shooting rabbits with a slight breeze and recent rain to freshen the grass. This little 9 holes course is surrounded by rabbit friendly land and on every circuit rabbits appeared. Our first encounter however was with a hare, which we both identified straight away and left unmolested. Rabbits however were very much on the hit list and hit them we did. I sometimes think a certain person is testing me to see what I can shoot 'cos I seem to get an awful lot of long shots - don't get me wrong though - it would be a shame to leave them, if for instance no-one else could hit them  .We start the second circuit, and again pubic puts in an appearance (oh come on - the hare for God sake - keep up !!) again we cruise by with not a hare out of place. More rabs, and on this lap there are two (AN EQUAL DISTANCE AWAY) that are set-up for a challenge. I'm not certain of the range but it wasn't less than 75yds and could maybe have been significantly more. I levelled the Ruger on the one on the left and it fell without a kick. So now the pressure is on Mike - and he knows it, and I know he knows it, and he knows that I know that......well you get the picture. I was praying he missed, I wanted him to make an &rse of it, I was mentally writing this paragraph and it was half finished as he was aiming; BUT unfortunately he didn't miss (sod it !!) and the second bunny fell without a twitch. The bunnies are stacking up now and as "him in 4x4's" has already said I took a very good long shot for which I was well chuffed. We start our third and final round of the course and near the first tee spot a rabbit in the grass, the conversation went something like: Me "There's that hare" H "It's a rabbit isn't it?" Me "I'm not sure I think it's the hare" H "It's a rabbit" I fired and at first it looked like I had missed, seconds later the hare stood up and then collapsed in a heap as dead as. (Hare season 1 Aug to 28 Feb so not out of season) Oh bug**r !! No amount of hare restorer was going to revive this one. It really was a case of hare today gone tomorrow. The last round gave us more coney before we decided to unzip them. We had 19 rabbits in total plus 1 hare, and failed to recover no more than about 4 rabbits, so pretty accurate shooting and for not many wayward shots. One thing we both noticed tonight was the acrobatic antics of some of the rabbits and not necessarily after being shot. One in particular jumped about 2ft in the air as the light beam reached it (some others did similar). I think they were spooked by the bright circle of light coming towards them and they were jumping as they might to avoid a pouncing predator. It did look funny though. We also saw the fox again, and didn’t attempt to terminate it.
How come yours are Linford Christie rabbits when you shoot them on the move but when I shoot a moving rabbit it's as fast as Steven Hawking - with a puncture All in all a good nights shooting - did I mention who retrieved all the rabbits? Including instructions - with anti aircraft light guidance - to pick up a rabbit we hadn't even shot? photopro |
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