Short Night Session

[chrismdd 787]

I can't stand any more politics on the idiot box so I just had to get out. Fitted the red ultrafire and was out the house by 10:30pm. Walked into the first field and walked quietly halfway up the hedgeline before switching on the ultrafire and having a scan. That's odd no rabbits out, maybe Mr Fox has beaten me to it?

 

Carried on up to the barn before having another scan to see one jump into the hedge, scanned the field and saw one sat out at about 60 yrds. Torch off crept over counting 30 strides, set up on the sticks, torch on he's still there, squeeze of the trigger and a perfect shot placement drops him perfectly, a nice young buck paced out to 25 yrds..

 

Walk along the top hedge but each time I switch on the torch I'm greeted by the clatter of woodies leaving their roosts. Then up in the far corner I catch sight of two rabbits in the beam, but both are edgy and heading for safety. So quickly off with the torch and try to get a bit nearer but the woodies are still bursting from the trees. So torch on and only one is still out upright and ready to dive for cover. I reckon he's a bit past 40 yrds so give him a mildot over, squeeze the trigger and he drops like a stone, paced out at 47 yrds and a perfect placement between eye and root of ear.

 

Now its a bit of a walk with not much to see apart from a few far off fleeing rabbits and a roe deer stood just 30 yrds away.

 

Into the orchard and out under the trees is bunny number three at 25 yrds, again a nice clean shot and he's in the bag. Now on for a bit more with just a few rabbits seen but too far away.

 

Cross the road and thought I'd have a look through the hedge to be greeted by about eight rabbits all in range. Problem is everytime I manage to push the S410 through the hawthorn I get too much red light shining back from reflecting off the twigs. Well its now or never so I break a few branches and lean right into the hedge, amazingly most of the rabbits barely move and just sit up so I choose one at about 30 yrds and the fourth shot of the night is a fourth perfect placement as that satisfying thwack just leaves him resting on his chin.

 

Normally I would still go on wandering for another couple of hours but I decide to stop there with four shots and all cleanly dispatched so happy with that. Back home just before midnight and will try to quietly slip into bed without awakening the missus.

 

[Rez 4,961]

Mint image, bag, and rifle. Your posts are quite a treat.

 

Nice one.

[logan esq 99]

Good right up and very nice bag there my man.

 

 

 

atb

[villaman 9,983]

Love reading your write up ,nice pictures and nice shooting

[bigmac 97kt 13,807]

you did better than me bud i shot two rabbits and one crow before dark but one went down its hole and the other in a ditch

and the crow was stuck up a tree so i blanked if its not in the hand or bag its it dose not count

 

i try,d to get it out of its hole and even try,d with a bramble branch but to no avail

 

but thats hunting for you some you win some you lose

 

nice shooting bud

 

atvbmac :thumbs:

[BIG TOM 835]

Nice one mate good going ??

[The one 8,504]

Nice bag mate

[j j m 6,555]

well done bud

[Alan... 172]

nice write mate, keep it up

[random 659]

Good read,fair bag and finished with a pic,nice to see these posts...