Morning Or Night

[Mat2803 18]

Hi all iv been on my new permission for a bit now and have started getting bags for the pot. Iv been at all times of the day morning evenings and through the night and it seems there's no patterns emerging when the rabbits prefer to be out don't know what it's like in the day as I have to make myself scarse when the peskey golfers turn up.

So I'm just woundering what your preferred time of the day is for hunting

I'm contemplating going out after my Indian tonight or early in the morning I don't think I could power through till the morning

A couple from the other morning

 

And one from the evening

 

Happy hunting all

[mark williams 7,558]

Stay "downwind of them" prrrrrrrrp !

Edited April 20, 2013 by mark williams

[Lewis Ste 245]

Early morning to mid day would be my favourite time to hunt not that I don't enjoy everytime I get out

Atb lewis

[BenjaminCadd 109]

Evening around 8 - 10 pm rabbits will be out feeding and after a shot they will all bolt back in, but will come out with 30 -40 min whereas in the morning they normaly bolt and stay in for longer.

[coley_airgunner 14]

Iv found as long as the suns out they love to bathe and the rabbits round my way seem semi concious when I walk up on them,

[Mat2803 18]

Evening around 8 - 10 pm rabbits will be out feeding and after a shot they will all bolt back in, but will come out with 30 -40 min whereas in the morning they normaly bolt and stay in for longer.

Yes it seams in the evening they are on there way out for the night and if you catch them then more will follow I think for hunting I agree with you 7 onwards but for the pleasure it's got to be a cool crisp morning

[Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701]

i think with rabbits being a prey animal they feel safer at night in the dark.. thats why lamping/NV is so effective.

on a quiet day they will come out but they are a lot more weary.. all it takes is one fox or cat or dog to come by and they will probably stay in all day

 

from my experience anyway

[stealthy1 3,964]

Evenings I like best for rabbits when shooting, early mornings for pigeons

[Matt Cottrell 23]

Were I shot you would think there was no bunnys about come 6pm on a nice warm day there's loads about and as sed else were shot one if the others bolt 20 mins later there out again

[Craig Fosse 286]

Evening for rabbits, the kits round my way are out most of the day but the bigness come out late evening, pigeons I can never get a bead on but I reakon mornings would be better

[The one 8,482]

morning or evenings but if i want a bagfull better lamping them , last night coming home outside a village there where loads all running over the road at 1am more than i saw at the bloody farm i was at

[EVO HUNTSMAN 13]

now my NV is sorted,i prefer the night time shooting,we didn,t see any in the mornings for months then once i had a walk round with the red GL4 and the fields where swarming with rabbits,so night time for me defo