4 Pairs And A Couple More On Top

[Daz39 962]

First time out in 3 weeks after an email from work asking me to go onto site and thin the bunnies out.

 

I got up early and decided to have 30 mins to zero the scope in and check my mil dot settings at 40-50 and 60 yards. I normally shoot using x12 but with the NV I don't go over x7 so I wanted to give myself some confidence on holdover when using the nitesite. After putting a couple of mags through, a 30 yrd zero gave me just under half a mil dot @40 yrds, 1.5 @50 yrds and 2.5 at 60yrds, but to be honest, at 60 the 2" shoot-n-see target was tiny!

 

Once darkness fell I had a walk on the front lawn. I spotted 2 rabbits about 50 yards off. I started to close in but they looked spooked, so I went prone and shot the first off the bipod. The second ran 10 yards, turned round and ran back to his very still mate. So down he went. Both paced at 43 yards. The half mil dot was spot on.

 

I then went round the back of the site and 4 rabbits ran across the road in front of me between two buildings. As I moved round the corner, three of them we sat about 30 yards off, on a patch of grass. I dropped the one closest to me, one of the others ran, but the 3rd sat still, so he went down too.

 

I had a good walk round and managed to spook a couple of rabbits and fall down 2 new warrens that were not there 3 weeks ago! Bugs just getting his own back. I did take a single rabbit who was far too engrossed in munching his grass to notice me rest on some pallets and pick him off.

 

Back on the front and as I stepped out of security I spotted another pair off to my left about yards across the car park. Doing my best ninja routine, I skipped between shadows in the car park and managed to lay up 35 yards off. As I looked through the NV I hadn't noticed the rabbits were in a slight depression and the curb of the car park obscured my view. I had no choice but to sit up. I have tried shooting from the hip, kneeling, standing with the nitesite, but it is just so damn heavy I am too unstable to take the shot. I find I need to rest the rifle on a structure or on my leg if sitting. Anyhow, rabbit one went down at 28 yards, and his mate made a dash for the fence, stupidly stopped before ducking under and took a pellet too. Mind this one pushed himself under the fence onto the public footpath that runs up the side of the site. I went over to collect and bag them both, and try as I might I couldn't reach the one on the outside of the fence. As I struggle on I hear "Can I help there?", I hadn't noticed a bloke walking down the path, I'm flat out on my belly, one arm under the fence trying to reach the rabbit. "Err, any chance you could pass me that please?".....Only this morning did I think how random that scenario must have been.

 

The rain started a little then, only light, but I decided to drive the X1 round to the visitors car park and shoot out of the back. The rabbits don't blink when I shoot out of the car, but it is the only time I wish I'd bought a girlie karbine rather than the full length. On pulling into a parking space, there were a good 8-9 rabbits on this part of the lawn and the wind was directly in my face. I picked one rabbit out, and hit it in the head, the "spray" of blood was very clear in the NV screen but I could not find that rabbit for love nor money. I moved round to a different angle and took another shot, and saw the rabbit back flip. By now the other rabbits had gone so I just sat in the car quiet with a brew. After 20 mins the first few rabbits were back out. Two rather playful ones moved my way and when I judged them at 40 yards I took the first one out. He rolled over but kicked his legs a few times, which intrigued his mate. He came over for a sniff and down he went.

 

I walked over and collected the pair, but on going for the other single rabbit I couldn't find the damn thing. 2 lost, 9 in the bag.

 

I drove back to security to call it a night as fatigue hit at 2am. On driving down I spotted another rabbit on the lawn next to some trees. He was about 45 yards off and flipped something stupid when I hit him. His struggles pushed him towards his warren and I thought he'd be gone before I got out of the car. When I got out of the car I shone my torch but couldn't see where the rabbit had gone, I did however see the neighborhood ginger tom sniffing around. I sat tight and watched him sniff around where I'd shot the rabbit, he went under the branches of the tree and dragged the rabbit out backwards!!! I fired the rifle in the air to scare him off and he dropped his, well MY rabbit and ran off. I'll have that!

 

So 4 sets of pairs, 2 singles and 2 lost. Not a bad haul. Except the hour it took me to clean them all. Try as Mac might to teach me, I can't learn the way he and Zandy do it. Still £25 off the butcher was worth the night out.

 

The wife's away with the kids next week, so i've no car, but if anyone fancies a night up mine and can pick me up, giz a PM

 

Soz no pics as I didn't have my usual photographer with me last night.

 

 

[bigmac 97kt 13,813]

:thumbs:

[Bunnyblatter 1,012]

Great write up mate.

Good shooting too

[j j m 6,565]

Well done

[mark williams 7,563]

Shooting Daz and nice read

Edited July 23, 2015 by mark williams

[villaman 9,982]

Sounds like you had a good night

[The one 8,514]

Nice going mate your fairly getting in about them

[villaman 9,982]

  On 22/07/2015 at 13:45, Daz39 said:

First time out in 3 weeks after an email from work asking me to go onto site and thin the bunnies out.

 

I got up early and decided to have 30 mins to zero the scope in and check my mil dot settings at 40-50 and 60 yards. I normally shoot using x12 but with the NV I don't go over x7 so I wanted to give myself some confidence on holdover when using the nitesite. After putting a couple of mags through, a 30 yrd zero gave me just under half a mil dot @40 yrds, 1.5 @50 yrds and 2.5 at 60yrds, but to be honest, at 60 the 2" shoot-n-see target was tiny!

 

Once darkness fell I had a walk on the front lawn. I spotted 2 rabbits about 50 yards off. I started to close in but they looked spooked, so I went prone and shot the first off the bipod. The second ran 10 yards, turned round and ran back to his very still mate. So down he went. Both paced at 43 yards. The half mil dot was spot on.

 

I then went round the back of the site and 4 rabbits ran across the road in front of me between two buildings. As I moved round the corner, three of them we sat about 30 yards off, on a patch of grass. I dropped the one closest to me, one of the others ran, but the 3rd sat still, so he went down too.

 

I had a good walk round and managed to spook a couple of rabbits and fall down 2 new warrens that were not there 3 weeks ago! Bugs just getting his own back. I did take a single rabbit who was far too engrossed in munching his grass to notice me rest on some pallets and pick him off.

 

Back on the front and as I stepped out of security I spotted another pair off to my left about yards across the car park. Doing my best ninja routine, I skipped between shadows in the car park and managed to lay up 35 yards off. As I looked through the NV I hadn't noticed the rabbits were in a slight depression and the curb of the car park obscured my view. I had no choice but to sit up. I have tried shooting from the hip, kneeling, standing with the nitesite, but it is just so damn heavy I am too unstable to take the shot. I find I need to rest the rifle on a structure or on my leg if sitting. Anyhow, rabbit one went down at 28 yards, and his mate made a dash for the fence, stupidly stopped before ducking under and took a pellet too. Mind this one pushed himself under the fence onto the public footpath that runs up the side of the site. I went over to collect and bag them both, and try as I might I couldn't reach the one on the outside of the fence. As I struggle on I hear "Can I help there?", I hadn't noticed a bloke walking down the path, I'm flat out on my belly, one arm under the fence trying to reach the rabbit. "Err, any chance you could pass me that please?".....Only this morning did I think how random that scenario must have been.

 

The rain started a little then, only light, but I decided to drive the X1 round to the visitors car park and shoot out of the back. The rabbits don't blink when I shoot out of the car, but it is the only time I wish I'd bought a girlie karbine rather than the full length. On pulling into a parking space, there were a good 8-9 rabbits on this part of the lawn and the wind was directly in my face. I picked one rabbit out, and hit it in the head, the "spray" of blood was very clear in the NV screen but I could not find that rabbit for love nor money. I moved round to a different angle and took another shot, and saw the rabbit back flip. By now the other rabbits had gone so I just sat in the car quiet with a brew. After 20 mins the first few rabbits were back out. Two rather playful ones moved my way and when I judged them at 40 yards I took the first one out. He rolled over but kicked his legs a few times, which intrigued his mate. He came over for a sniff and down he went.

 

I walked over and collected the pair, but on going for the other single rabbit I couldn't find the damn thing. 2 lost, 9 in the bag.

 

I drove back to security to call it a night as fatigue hit at 2am. On driving down I spotted another rabbit on the lawn next to some trees. He was about 45 yards off and flipped something stupid when I hit him. His struggles pushed him towards his warren and I thought he'd be gone before I got out of the car. When I got out of the car I shone my torch but couldn't see where the rabbit had gone, I did however see the neighborhood ginger tom sniffing around. I sat tight and watched him sniff around where I'd shot the rabbit, he went under the branches of the tree and dragged the rabbit out backwards!!! I fired the rifle in the air to scare him off and he dropped his, well MY rabbit and ran off. I'll have that!

 

So 4 sets of pairs, 2 singles and 2 lost. Not a bad haul. Except the hour it took me to clean them all. Try as Mac might to teach me, I can't learn the way he and Zandy do it. Still £25 off the butcher was worth the night out.

 

The wife's away with the kids next week, so i've no car, but if anyone fancies a night up mine and can pick me up, giz a PM

 

Soz no pics as I didn't have my usual photographer with me last night.

 

 

Billy no mates

[Daz39 962]

Billy no mates indeed. Mac and Visla are flat out in the 6,000,000 acres, Matt is still crocked since November and I can't give a night shooting away. The farmer has been on about some more fields so I wanted to make a decent sent for him. You think a taxi would pick up a bloke with a gun at 3am in the middle of nowhere? Haha

[villaman 9,982]

You are going to need another car or even better a van then

[Daz39 962]

Indeed.....might have to rob one for the night.

[bigmac 97kt 13,813]

Mac and vis dont want to go shooting with you any more as your a two faced back stabbing B@STERD

 

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[zandy01 3,575]

  On 25/07/2015 at 13:02, bigmac 97kt said:

Mac and vis dont want to go shooting with you any more as your a two faced back stabbing B@STERD

 

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Just say it how it is Mac why don't you... Lol...

[bigmac 97kt 13,813]

  On 25/07/2015 at 13:05, zandy01 said:

 

  On 25/07/2015 at 13:02, bigmac 97kt said:

Mac and vis dont want to go shooting with you any more as your a two faced back stabbing B@STERD

 

end of

Just say it how it is Mac why don't you... Lol...

 

He did not no i was listening to his conversation with Sean and i heard all of it even the part when he try,d to turn it on me

 

that i will never forgive

 

he has lost two very good friends

 

thats all iv got to say on this mater

 

atvbmac :thumbs:

[Daz39 962]

Really?

 

Well you are right, that is a real genuine shame, and I am gutted, as there was no backstabbing intended at all I was simply trying to clarify a situation I had reacted wrongly to. You had told me one thing and I reacted to it, when I spoke to Sean to clear the mess up, he told me something completely different.

 

I over reacted, said some stuff to Sean I shouldn't have, but on the phone to him I apologised and I thought that was it sorted.

 

Open apology to both of you, I had one message from one person, a different message from the other. I over reacted, and apologised. I'm disappointed that wasn't enough but I respect your choice.

 

Genuine thanks to both of you for getting me into this sport and all the support you gave me over the last two years.

 

Thanks for the good nights and good luck with the new perms lads.