ianrob
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Have you tried chinning, my son can't neck rabbits but chins them no bother. Assuming you're right handed, grip the rabbit round the neck tightly with your left hand with it facing your other hand. Put the heel of your right hand well under it's chin and quickly push it's head right back. Using this method, you may not completely dislocate the neck but it kills them instantly. I use both methods depending on the circumstances.
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Take the rabbit in your left hand by the neck with it's head at your thumb. Put the heel of your right hand under it's whole chin, ie till it's against your thumb on the left hand, and keeping it against your thumb, force the head back in one quick and smooth movement. It's called chinning, and while it doesn't snap the vertibrae of the neck like necking, it kills them just as dead quickly and while they're tangled. The advantage of this method is apparent only when the mesh size allows the head through the mesh, as in longnetting. Once mastered it is very quick and can be done basically on th
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why make a 6z nylon net, you can buy them cheaply. I have a hundred yard old style 2 1/2 inch hemp net, which is fine after Christmas, but before lets too many through. a 50 yard 2 1/4 hemp net, which is excellent and only 100 yds of net in it, "Ed Cook recommends about 150 yds I think". A100 yard 2 1/8 6z nylon. I have others too. If I was you, I'd make a 50 yard 2 1/4 hemp net, using 4 ply hemp. Put a hundred yards of net pulled tight in it and it's a killer. Mine is 14 mesh wide, Ed Cook I believe uses 12. Complete confidence is hard to come by, but I have it in that net. No bounce offs.
