First kill

[plinkplinkplop 0]

Hi folks, I've icthing and trying my best over the past couple of weeks to get my first KILL, mainly on the cagey Woodys!! Have had a Ledray GL2 in the box for a over a month now so thought it was time to stick it on me hw90 and have a go at the Bunnys. So phoned me mate (Qeequeg) and he got to my place for 8.30pm, First hour was pretty slow with me choughing like a good'un!!( Bloody cold) Seen a couple but didn't get in close enough to take a shot, as we walked back to the truck I said to Adam(Quequeg) to leave the guns loaded as we may see some on the way out of the lane. And we did had a pop at one which I must of hit as we found blood close to were it try to hide by a stone but we couldn't find it had a quick look in the next field and found that there was a Ewe on here side not looking to healthy so went and told me the Farmer wife about it. As we drove back out of the Farm lane I could see one in the headlights about 40yds away. So jumped out quick loaded up with one of my rested on a post folowed it with the light, fired, AND THUD!!! Wasn't sure if I'd hit it or not!!!!!! After it had ran about another forty yds at did a funky little dance on its back legs and dropped, Adam went and got it for me (cheers mate) and it was dead. Ideal!! Was chuffed to bits as I finally got to see what my gun and light combo would do Strange thing though there was no blood and we couldn't find the Pellet when we gutted and skinned it!!! Sorry for boring you with the long Thread and sorry no pic as I was to excited lol

 

Thanks for reading Plink.

Edited March 11, 2010 by plinkplinkplop

[andyfr1968 772]

Result!!

 

Nice one, fella.

 

Thanks for the write up.

 

Cheers.

[Phantom 631]

Well done on your 1st. You will always remember that

 

I would suggest though that if your quarry is running for 40 yards, you need to spend a lot more time on the range, practicing until you can place 10 shots one after the other into a target the size of a 20 pence coin

 

You are obviously not going for the brain shots which should be your primary target.

Once you become more proficiant with your gun and more experianced then you may well go for the heart/lung shots.

If you manage to damage these organs the quarry may run for a couple of yards but that would be it

 

All the best

 

Phantom

[slingshot82 32]

Dont take this the wrong way buddy, but if you cant kill cleanly you shouldnt be shooting live quarry. I think you need to keep at the targets for a little while yet, put them out at different ranges and work out your hold over/hold under for the distances.

Also its harder to judge ranges in the dark, just keep at it matey. Practice makes perfect.

ATB

[festa 206]

hi mate

nice one on yo

ur first kill and good on you for taken the time to go get the farmer :clapper: how was the ewe??? i have to agree with the other post's its good your iching to get out but try and get some plinking on paper targets set your target at 30mtrs and when your pellet on pellet try going out and you'll see the difference in your bag ,,, having said that dont worry if you only get 1 or 2 its not you it happens to everyone

 

atb gary

[plinkplinkplop 0]

Thanks for all your replys, I could answer them all in seperate ways but I think it would just cause an argument!!! I have had Airguns up until I was 18 years old so I'm not really a newbie to killing things and know how it works, I used to shot 6inch nails off a wall with an open site hw30 so at aguess it won't take me long to get my eye in again. I know what a you are thinking if the Rabbit runs 40yds into a hedge it will go to waste, there are several Foxes, Buzzards and Dogs on the farm which don't pester the Sheep even in lambing season (which is now) It is a 250 acre farm with the smallest field being 16 acres (so not many hedges) also the Farmer is a very good friend off mine and I fish with him at least twice a week I am doing it to put food on the table not for the fun so if I lose a few here and there so beit, I think these are fare comments.

 

Not sure about the Ewe I will find out this morning, stressed out with the change off temps at the mo.

 

Cheers for now Plink.

Edited March 11, 2010 by plinkplinkplop

[Malt 379]

Nice one fella!

 

We all get runners now and again mate, sometimes folk on these forums stick the 'whiter than white hat' on and forget that simple fact. With practice you can minimise it, but there's still always that chance. I've seen a rabbit run into a hedge after being hit in the head with a .22LR...

[Queequeg 0]

Was good night mate. Was a pretty instant kill think it was the adrenaline that kept him going as he dropped in seconds and was stone cold when I got to him.

Shame about the yew, any news from Phil about her yet?

[Swampy 147]

Was good night mate. Was a pretty instant kill think it was the adrenaline that kept him going as he dropped in seconds and was stone cold when I got to him.

Shame about the yew, any news from Phil about her yet?

Is it me? "pretty instant kill"? Dead bunny running? "stone cold"? If there was no blood or pellet found I suspect this might be a case of the bunny dying of hypothermia!

 

Maltby is right by the way. I bet there is not one person on this site who can place there cock on a block a say they've never hit a quarry that has got away.

You nailed it thats the main thing. Practise however, probably wouldn't go amiss!

 

rgds

 

Swampy

honestning

[Swampy 147]

Thanks for all your replys, I could answer them all in seperate ways but I think it would just cause an argument!!! I have had Airguns up until I was 18 years old so I'm not really a newbie to killing things and know how it works, I used to shot 6inch nails off a wall with an open site hw30 so at aguess it won't take me long to get my eye in again. I know what a you are thinking if the Rabbit runs 40yds into a hedge it will go to waste, there are several Foxes, Buzzards and Dogs on the farm which don't pester the Sheep even in lambing season (which is now) It is a 250 acre farm with the smallest field being 16 acres (so not many hedges) also the Farmer is a very good friend off mine and I fish with him at least twice a week I am doing it to put food on the table not for the fun so if I lose a few here and there so beit, I think these are fare comments.

 

Not sure about the Ewe I will find out this morning, stressed out with the change off temps at the mo.

 

Cheers for now Plink.

So it your first kill or not? I'm confused!

 

Swampy

 

strange ning

[Queequeg 0]

Was good night mate. Was a pretty instant kill think it was the adrenaline that kept him going as he dropped in seconds and was stone cold when I got to him.

Shame about the yew, any news from Phil about her yet?

Is it me? "pretty instant kill"? Dead bunny running? "stone cold"? If there was no blood or pellet found I suspect this might be a case of the bunny dying of hypothermia!

 

Maltby is right by the way. I bet there is not one person on this site who can place there cock on a block a say they've never hit a quarry that has got away.

You nailed it thats the main thing. Practise however, probably wouldn't go amiss!

 

rgds

 

Swampy

honestning

 

Was strange gun was fired rabbit ran flipped and died all in a matter of a second.

No suffering involved though apart from when PlinkPlink cut the end of his thumb off skinning. lol

(oh and the poor old yew)

 

 

Thanks for all your replys, I could answer them all in seperate ways but I think it would just cause an argument!!! I have had Airguns up until I was 18 years old so I'm not really a newbie to killing things and know how it works, I used to shot 6inch nails off a wall with an open site hw30 so at aguess it won't take me long to get my eye in again. I know what a you are thinking if the Rabbit runs 40yds into a hedge it will go to waste, there are several Foxes, Buzzards and Dogs on the farm which don't pester the Sheep even in lambing season (which is now) It is a 250 acre farm with the smallest field being 16 acres (so not many hedges) also the Farmer is a very good friend off mine and I fish with him at least twice a week I am doing it to put food on the table not for the fun so if I lose a few here and there so beit, I think these are fare comments.

 

Not sure about the Ewe I will find out this morning, stressed out with the change off temps at the mo.

 

Cheers for now Plink.

So it your first kill or not? I'm confused!

 

Swampy

 

strange ning

 

Think he meant his first kill hunting with his new rifle. He used to hunt years ago but has started again.

[jackinbox99 41]

To be honest, ive had exactly the same experience before. See bunny @ about 30 yards, aim at the brain, bang, rabbit somersaults and lays there dead. Then it seems to "come alive" again, and legs it like mad for 20 yards before just kealing over. Initially I just assumed it must have been a bad shot, but when I picked the rabbit up, the pellet had gone exactly where I wanted it to. So, my verdict was just that it must have been the rabbits built in "panic mode" and its body said "run run run" even tho it was dead.

 

Very un-nerving when I experienced it tho. I had to check my zero when I got home, and the gun was spot on.

[tdesnos 6]

Hi guys,

 

I've just been reading this discussion and a question has arisen regarding ethics of shooting that i'm not sure how to answer.

 

Alot of people openly admit to missing the odd shot - there's plenty of posts an here to support this

 

I've also heard countless hunters say when asked about hunting 'if i can't guarantee a clean kill, i won't take the shot' - myself included

 

So if you miss, you've taken a shot you can't guarantee - right? And if you've missed, the pellet could fly high, too far left, too far low or even wound the animal right? Hmmmm...

 

So the only thing i conclude from this is that missing the odd shot is bound to happen, and with that, so is the chance that you may wound the animal. Responsible shooting does not eradicate the chance of wounding, it merely keeps it to a minimum.

 

 

Does this sound right?

[plinkplinkplop 0]

Cheers Adam The Ewe didn't make it, just the eyes pecked this morning, poor bugger was in Lamb too.

 

Hmmm well how do I answer all these points, I can see some fun conversations going on on this Forum. First Rabbit kill at night, used to shoot anything that moved!! And then Women, Bikes, Cars and kids came along!!!

 

Found the pellet just behind the front leg and a couple of ribs all caved in, was it a good shot I geuss so but I'm sure I will find out in the next few posts lol

 

As for putting 10 pellets in a twenty pence piece, maybe at Ten yds And from standing that is some achievment If I can hit a Rabbit at 40/50 yds I'm happy whether I take it for the pot or it gets away, as they say shit happens.

 

The way I look at is its one less Rabbit thats colapsing hedges, distroying crops etc, etc, etc. The farmer is happy and I am happy to be out enjoying what I do with a mate, and on even better note I picked up another 70/80 acres today

[stealthy1 3,964]

Well done lads