bigmac 97kt 13,776 Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 (edited) Ill let daz39 do the write up and he can tell you all how i stole one of the rabbits off him but if you snooze you lose one good one one mixie atvbmac :thumbs: Edited October 30, 2013 by bigmac 97kt 3 Quote Link to post
the big chief 3,099 Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 Good going pal 1 Quote Link to post
Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701 Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 (edited) Nice goin mac. Shame you only got TWO when i got FOUR saturday... I WIN Edited October 30, 2013 by Skot Ruthless Teale 2 Quote Link to post
bigmac 97kt 13,776 Posted October 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 Back out tomorrow SKOT ALL KILLS COUNT :victory: :tongue2: atvbmac :thumbs: 1 Quote Link to post
Daz39 962 Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 Oh, you'll shoot MY rabbit, but you expect me to do the write up? ha! Well lads, I'd not been out for neigh on 3 weeks thanks to work and a bout of food poisoning (not bloody manflu Mac!). So finally got a break and was up the farm by 6 last night. As I did the usual (Zero the rifle in, get all my gear on and ready to roll and wait patiently for Mac), Mac did HIS USUAL - which is park up just on the edge of the permission and lamp the first couple of paddocks. So when he finally turns up in the car park, he's waving a bloody rabbit at me shouting 1-0! 1-0! hahaha. I like to give him a head start these days. I know you lot down south have "had a bit of rain" the last couple of days, well, I know the news doesn't like to tell you too much about the North, but it's been a little blustery and wet up here too, just your average summer for Northumberland, so nowt worth writing home about. The out come of that is very wet and water logged land. Only a nutter is going prone in this stuff and only our lord Jesus Christ can cross one of these fields walking on water, without making squelching sounds. It made for a rather noisy night. There were plenty of rabbits about, 20+ but very few we could get within 30-40 yards of thanks to the mud and water. Thankfully Mac's wellys stayed on all night. We both had a couple of shots and missed, wind, rabbits moving just as I shot or just bad distance judgement. I wasn't too fussed, last night was more like a catch up with a mate. Like a women's coffee morning, except no coffee, no women, at night not morning and with guns hunting rabbits, but other than that, like a coffee morning. Which is how I lead on to the case of the stolen rabbit. Mac and I normally have a walk together then split up, but given it's winter and we have a debt of duty to look after our elders in cold weather (And he did turn 50 last week), I thought I'd better stick with Mac last night incase he lay down to sleep someplace. So we are walking around, Mac's giving it yadda yadda yadda when I spotted a rabbit, honestly not 10 yards away. It was side on to me and oddly (now I think back) it was the rabbit's flank that stood out under the lamp. We are normally aware of each other when hunting, if one stops the other stops, if one walks the other walks, that sort of thing. Well Mac just kept on walking and talking and I'm like "??? has he not seen that?". So I'm "shhh"............ "SHHHHH".........."SSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"..........."shutthefuckupthereisarabbitjustthere". By this point the rabbit is hopping away. I follow it and as it stops I raise the rifle and NOTHING.... I can't see crap. I lowered the gun and realised I now have the rabbits arse pointing in my direction, and, contrary to popular understanding, a rabbits chocolate starfish does NOT glow red under a lamp. Mac at this point is about 10 yards to my front left, side on to the rabbit. I hear a "pffft" and the rabbit goes down. When we look, the rabbit has mixy and both eyes are closed. Hence not being able to see it. Mac ended up taking a heart/lung shot as he had no red eye to aim for. "You took too long" says he..............I don't even bother........... We walked a good bit more and saw plenty of rabbits on MY long walk, but again, the water logged field made it hard to be quiet - and NOT just me! We jacked it around 11:30 as it was rather fresh out (a whole 6 degree) but the wind made it feel cooler. I am already longing for those warm summer nights, laying watching the sun come up and bathing in warm fresh light. Great to be out, and I care naught that I blanked, was just great to be out again, catch up time. 6 Quote Link to post
NitroJoe 15 Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 Good shooting. Just out of curiosity Daz, if a rabbit's arse did glow red under lamp light, would you have shot it?! 1 Quote Link to post
Daz39 962 Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 No no no, that isn't a kill shot. I'd aim a little lower and shoot for his balls, as that is where our lass tells me my brains are.... 3 Quote Link to post
bigmac 97kt 13,776 Posted October 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 It was a good night and nice to catch up with you after your work and your MAN FLU out with matt tomorrow night by all accounts he is bricking it but told him not to panic as ill go easy on him as i do with all new b,s aint that right daz atvbmac :thumbs: Quote Link to post
Daz39 962 Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 go easy on him hahahahahaha, oh ey, propper little nursery school approach mate! LOL It wasn't manflu!!! I had a letter today from Newcastle City Council, saying "I have been informed you have recently had food poisoning, please don't go near anyone or touch food as we don't want you infecting others"..... Nice, I feel much better, thanks for asking!!! Given it's Halloween, I'd take him round the mortuary tomorrow if I were you...... Quote Link to post
Matt Smith 143 Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 I'm ready for action boss Quote Link to post
Matt Smith 143 Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 (edited) Given it's Halloween, I'd take him round the mortuary tomorrow if I were you...... Edited October 30, 2013 by Matt Smith 1 Quote Link to post
bigmac 97kt 13,776 Posted October 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 go easy on him hahahahahaha, oh ey, propper little nursery school approach mate! LOL It wasn't manflu!!! I had a letter today from Newcastle City Council, saying "I have been informed you have recently had food poisoning, please don't go near anyone or touch food as we don't want you infecting others"..... Nice, I feel much better, thanks for asking!!! Given it's Halloween, I'd take him round the mortuary tomorrow if I were you...... Will see how much of a man he is ill send him up there by him self :laugh: atvbmac :thumbs: Quote Link to post
Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701 Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 Back out tomorrow SKOT ALL KILLS COUNT :victory: :tongue2: atvbmac :thumbs: Got 8 today, 7 squirrels and a woody 1 Quote Link to post
bigmac 97kt 13,776 Posted October 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 Back out tomorrow SKOT ALL KILLS COUNT :victory: :tongue2: atvbmac :thumbs: Got 8 today, 7 squirrels and a woody , :feck: :feck: 1 Quote Link to post
j j m 6,533 Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 Well done Quote Link to post
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