Last Night

[Dakaras 3]

Finally got out last night on my closest permission, havent had a wander here for ages and the farmer gave me a kick up the arse Thursday and told me he had masses of rabbits on one bank raping the field.

 

So off I set early evening, as I walked towards a good spot rabbits were bolting all over the place.

 

Settled down and checked zero everything was good......Then the wind picked up big time directly left to right and really hauling through

 

Anyway after about 10 minutes or so the first rabbit jumped out at about 25m....It was a jet black fella Take aim, do my breathing and he turns his back and hops off another 10m and stays arse end towards me

 

Well by this stage Ive decided I really want this rabbit so I ignore the other 4 or 5 that come out over the next 10 minutes, the little sod keeps hopping off further away into the field and doesnt present a sure shot due to the gusting wind

 

Anyway in the end I got hacked off waiting and nailed one at 25m and headed for home

 

Off again Monday that black rabbits got my name on it

 

The bag

 

 

The damage been done

 

[Phantom 631]

I was just going to put up a post about one I have, were not being racist are we talking about killing he black ones

 

Phantom

[jay2k123 2]

ive had a few black ones whilst ferreting a certain farm.is this natural or the offspring of a feral?

[Phantom 631]

ive had a few black ones whilst ferreting a certain farm.is this natural or the offspring of a feral?

 

Before they put up a housing estate next to the field near where I shoot, there used to be a little farm and he used to bread bunnies. When he sold his land and vanished all of a sudden there were multi colour bunnies in those fields, Now I have them on my permisisons, including a big red/ginger bunnie.

 

Phantom

[Dakaras 3]

Been a few black ones around my way for 30+ years that I know of...Assuming natural

[stealthy1 3,964]

Good luck with the black one

[anthc123 0]

That silencer any good overthe standard BSA ultra one? Seen a few with those ones on now

[garfield 23]

nice shooting and i think they are naturally multi coloured but a sort of mix of colours, but obviosley the prenounced colours get caught by predators first so you tend to see less of them

[Dakaras 3]

That silencer any good overthe standard BSA ultra one? Seen a few with those ones on now

 

 

Its a cracking bit of kit, but how good it is over BSA standard I dont know, I picked this one up with the gun.

[jackinbox99 41]

Legend has it game keepers used to deliberately release a few domestic black rabbits into fields for them to breed as it helped them spot when the numbers of rabbits were dropping due to poachers. - At least thats what i read in one of my old poaching books!

 

Ive never seen one, but my missus swears blind she has seen one. Although I have my doubts as when we were driving along the other day she said "quick, look its a black rabbit". I piled my brakes on and reversed to have a look and it turned out the "black rabbit" was a crow in the field - so now when she claims to see a black rabbit i say "oh, was it flapping its wings and pecking the grass with its beak?".....

[zini 1,939]

Well done mate

 

Nice write up

 

Si

[RiffRaff 5]

hey i have white rabbits on my permission,,an NO i aint been sipping the sloe gin or the stolli vodka but boss number one(farmers wife) says not to shoot em,,, boss number 2(the farmer) says kill em all,, i do take the odd one but aslong as boss 1 still sees the odd one im okish,

 

 

Niel

[venomviper 129]

That silencer any good overthe standard BSA ultra one? Seen a few with those ones on now

hi ya buddy

the hw silence on the hornet is a cracking silencer better than most i use them on my ultra and T10 scorpion plus i have them on my s400 and s410

 

shay

[venomviper 129]

Finally got out last night on my closest permission, havent had a wander here for ages and the farmer gave me a kick up the arse Thursday and told me he had masses of rabbits on one bank raping the field.

 

So off I set early evening, as I walked towards a good spot rabbits were bolting all over the place.

 

Settled down and checked zero everything was good......Then the wind picked up big time directly left to right and really hauling through

 

Anyway after about 10 minutes or so the first rabbit jumped out at about 25m....It was a jet black fella Take aim, do my breathing and he turns his back and hops off another 10m and stays arse end towards me

 

Well by this stage Ive decided I really want this rabbit so I ignore the other 4 or 5 that come out over the next 10 minutes, the little sod keeps hopping off further away into the field and doesnt present a sure shot due to the gusting wind

 

Anyway in the end I got hacked off waiting and nailed one at 25m and headed for home

 

Off again Monday that black rabbits got my name on it

 

The bag

 

 

The damage been done

 

hi ya buddy

great write up and shooting buddy the pictures look good to and i like the hornet as well nice bit of kit but that mmc drives me mad sometimes as i always forget to cock the gun so now i have the T10 177

 

shay