WoodsmanJim 160 Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 My mate and I managed to get out again this morning to the golf course. Arrived about 6:15am and were shooting by half past. After last times adventures we took some decent lamps with us this time and tried our luck with the bunnies just off the car park. I was sure I made a good hit on one decent sized one, as was my mate who was watching my torch beam, but could we find it? Could we buggery! The nettles were waist deep and it'd been about half an hour from shooting it to being able to and retrieve it (didn't want to blow our cover and scare all the other bunnies away!) I was sure I marked the spot correctly, it's not even that big a patch of nettles, but anyway it wasn't there to be found. So then we went off for a mooch. I do need to remember to keep my shooters head on at ALL times as just a shortwalk from the clubhouse we startled a rabbit that was in the open that we hadn't even seen. Lesson learned. Well once we reached the back 9 where the big warren is we settled in for a sit, nothing showed. More mooching and a bunny was enjoying some breakfast on the other side of the warren area. My mate gave it a side order of lead to go with it's grass salad, it dropped on the spot without even a twitch. Perfect, and it was in the bag clean as a whistle. Time was running out so we headed round the back half of the course where I spied a squirrel bounding across a fairway. Using a bunker as cover I quickly stalked round behind it as it headed towards a small coppice. My mate hung back to cover it in case it ran from the coppice, the plan worked and I shot it from about 15yards. On the way back to the cars we saw about 5 or 6 more squirrels playing, feeding and evading us in another clutch of trees (now known as squirrel corner!) They were never more than 15feet away in the trees but we had a real problem tracking them and target acquisition was impossible at such close ranges with a scoped rifle. We also had to be careful as this was close to our boundary so shots had to be chosen very carefully and none ever really seemed to be safely on. I'll take my webley nemesis next time I go as at these ranges it'll be the perfect tool for quickly finding aim and sorting out this grey menace! So just one rabbit and one squirrel, but s lovely morning out in the fresh air. Just for Daz: We couldn't get the rabbit to sit for the same pose! In the pot ready for a curry: Jim 7 Quote Link to post
villaman 9,983 Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 Nice shooting with the springers Quote Link to post
stealthy1 3,964 Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 That is one big fat squizzer Quote Link to post
Stuart1985 256 Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 Great post love the pictures Quote Link to post
Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701 Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 theres some right vane squirrels around these days posing for the cameras! lol nice shooting guys 1 Quote Link to post
j j m 6,527 Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 Good shooting bud Quote Link to post
The one 8,456 Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 That squirrel looks like its still feeding young is int too late for them to be breeding ? Quote Link to post
Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701 Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 That squirrel looks like its still feeding young is int too late for them to be breeding ? I shot a pregnant one last week mate Quote Link to post
WoodsmanJim 160 Posted October 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 Thanks for the kind comments guys, With regards the grey, I thinks just the way it's slouched and the camera angle to be honest. It wasn't very fat when laid out, neither was it milky when I skinned it. I did shoot a really fat one about a month ago that I think was probably pregnant but I lost it to a fox before getting it home, which was perhaps for the best. Would hate to skin and gut something to find a load of young inside it. Jim Quote Link to post
acculead 32 Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 haha looks like the squirrel is having a nap after eating a large pub lunch ... good shooting .... Quote Link to post
Siji Jin 4 Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 Does the squirrel taste nice? Never tried them before, had rabbit stew the other time and it was yummy Quote Link to post
Gaz 177 263 Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 Nice post coupled with some good piks Quote Link to post
mattybugeye 884 Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 Great pics and good shooting! Quote Link to post
Daz 7 563 Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 Superb Posing Skills on the Nutkins And well done shooting the Boingers. atvb Daz 7. Quote Link to post
WoodsmanJim 160 Posted October 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 Haha! You're welcome Daz, good trend you started there SJ, unfortunately I didn't get to eat this one either as my mate had prepared the curry and I didn't manage to get round to his house as planned. He sais it was pretty tough but tasted halfway between duck and pork. He'd poached it for hours, I think I'll try pan frying the next one. I'll be making sure it get some of the next one too! Jim 1 Quote Link to post
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