masmiffy 82 Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 Out last night lamping with neighbour and the HMR. Had a better night shooting (thankfully) Have 24 on the garage floor waiting to go in freezer and we 'lost' another 10 or so due to the crop height. Didnt even use a box of ammo!! Why is it you can see em OK to shoot of the top of the Vitara but they become 'invisible' when you walk out to collect em! Perhaps need to go to specsavers lol Quote Link to post
mattydski 560 Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 Out last night lamping with neighbour and the HMR. Had a better night shooting (thankfully) Have 24 on the garage floor waiting to go in freezer and we 'lost' another 10 or so due to the crop height. Didnt even use a box of ammo!! Why is it you can see em OK to shoot of the top of the Vitara but they become 'invisible' when you walk out to collect em! Perhaps need to go to specsavers lol Well done. Decent night out. When we are out shooting large numbers from the back of the landrover, we have a protocol that means the lamper keeps the lamp on the target until the picker-upper gets the to kill zone. It tends to help a bit, but it also depends on how many folk you shoot with. When specifically targeting numbers, we go out with at least three. Driver, shooter , lamper... With the lamper and shooter standing in the back tub of the 110. We also take the dog with us, that can of course find with her nose, rather than her eyes.. You will also be amazed how many of them get down holes after being shot.. My dog marks for us when ferreting,so during pick up will often mark holes where rabbits have gone to ground, may be 2-3 ft under ground. I trust her and carry a spade. You would be surprised how many we retrieve in this manner.. Also........ you could have missed them keep at it!! Quote Link to post
dadioles 68 Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 It can be really hard to get your bearings at night and I used to find it really difficult sometimes to find some rabbits. I bought half a dozen flashing red LED rear cycle lamps, they were about £4 each and the batteries last for months. Just set one flashing and drop / throw the light so it lands near the dead rabbit. Makes locating them in the dark later a doddle. Another thing I made up is a 5ft long piece of 2cm dia plastic pipe (conduit) with a length of electrical flex running through it ending in a loop, like a dog catcher. Easy to push into the bushes or down a hole to hook around the leg of a shot rabbit and pull it out. Quote Link to post
The one 8,493 Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 We use head lamps its just if you shoot two or three from the same position by the time your picking up the third one everything looks so differnt . Or we put the gamebag down we we thought the rabbit was shoot and start circling in wider loops till we pick it up Quote Link to post
jamie g 17 Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 two best things when using jeep. is you cover more ground quicker and they dont seam to be worried buy cars,jeeps,trucks, on the farm must be use to the noise Quote Link to post
sako 23 Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 I've been struggling to find them after shooting them with nv. I walk to where I think I've shot them and then try spotting them through the nv again. It takes seconds to spot and shoot them and half hour to find them. The cree led torch is on order!!!! 1 Quote Link to post
masmiffy 82 Posted March 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 Out last night lamping with neighbour and the HMR. Had a better night shooting (thankfully) Have 24 on the garage floor waiting to go in freezer and we 'lost' another 10 or so due to the crop height. Didnt even use a box of ammo!! Why is it you can see em OK to shoot of the top of the Vitara but they become 'invisible' when you walk out to collect em! Perhaps need to go to specsavers lol Well done. Decent night out. When we are out shooting large numbers from the back of the landrover, we have a protocol that means the lamper keeps the lamp on the target until the picker-upper gets the to kill zone. It tends to help a bit, but it also depends on how many folk you shoot with. When specifically targeting numbers, we go out with at least three. Driver, shooter , lamper... With the lamper and shooter standing in the back tub of the 110. We also take the dog with us, that can of course find with her nose, rather than her eyes.. You will also be amazed how many of them get down holes after being shot.. My dog marks for us when ferreting,so during pick up will often mark holes where rabbits have gone to ground, may be 2-3 ft under ground. I trust her and carry a spade. You would be surprised how many we retrieve in this manner.. Also........ you could have missed them keep at it!! We go with 2 of us mostly driver / lamper and 1 shooter. Main prob is that the truck was 'designed' for fox shooting really. Its a short wheelbase with one back seat taken out. Hole is cut thro roof, a 'hatch' has been fitted, a sheet of ply fixed to the roof bars with fold out sides. This give a 'flat' platform for the bipod when out with the 223 for foxes. Its a clever design my mate has done, was originally on his sj but he swapped it to the vitara recently. This does mean the shooter is a fixture in the truck tho so driver has to pick up. When shot if they dont go belly up to show white they blend in a bit too well. Most of the lost ones were a good 30 - 40 yds out from hedges or ditches and at the time of shooting around 50 - 100 yds off! Quote Link to post
mangy1983 51 Posted June 15, 2011 Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 (edited) It can be really hard to get your bearings at night and I used to find it really difficult sometimes to find some rabbits. I bought half a dozen flashing red LED rear cycle lamps, they were about £4 each and the batteries last for months. Just set one flashing and drop / throw the light so it lands near the dead rabbit. Makes locating them in the dark later a doddle. Another thing I made up is a 5ft long piece of 2cm dia plastic pipe (conduit) with a length of electrical flex running through it ending in a loop, like a dog catcher. Easy to push into the bushes or down a hole to hook around the leg of a shot rabbit and pull it out. Very good idea that my friend! I was thinking that you could further this idea with led glow sticks which allow for replacing the batteries once the originals go flat. Something like these led glow sticks. I might try these out once the nights start to get darker. edited to add that there is a video at the bottom of the linked to page to view the item being used cheers Callum Edited June 15, 2011 by mangy1983 Quote Link to post
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