tough rabbit

[hiho 5]

walked my dog to day an took the rifle with us and shot a couple of rabbits but one i got over a wall at just abought poit blank between the eyes and when i picked it up i could tell it was still breathing and mooving its nose so i had to break its neck

i was just wondering if any one else has had out like this happen when shooting rabbits

[T78 4]

had a rabbit like that the other night. textbook headshot. just behind and above the eye.pellet entered and made a bit of a mess,only about 20yrd away(lamping)and it too needed necking

edited to say,this was with a gun running at 18ft/lbs and using logun 20.4 grn penetrators!lol

[rabbit_killer 2]

yeah quite normal

it happens to me quite alot

i have evan shot one before it drop to the deck instantly i started walking over it was about 27 yards ish got there went to pick it up it jumped up leged it 10 yards or so and then it hit the deck and clapped out for good lol

[Gav 1,708]

Have had the same myself, I don't think its uncommon. Maybe at closer range you don't get the same impact or trauma that a thirty yard shot will have, if it is a close range shot, the ammo maybe won't have the same shock wave at that velocity. or maybe even they have such small brains they don't know they should be dead!

[Dan_Jones 7]

Ive had this happen a few times in the past but only seems to happen with a more powerfull gun and i was wondering ... the pellet might have just blasted straight threw that quick they dont even know they have been shot yet lol sounds silly but happens with bird ... you shoot them from close and they sit there with a gaping hole in them then 5 seconds later roll over

[The one 8,479]

I think when the pellet hits them they get a rush of adrenialin and that gives them the power /energy for the exta few seconds even when there fatally hit

[gilly-93 31]

Yea ive had it happen a few times with hw95k not with hw100 yet lol only shot 2 bunnys so far

[shenners 0]

Had it happen with an Air arms S410 in .22 (which I sold)...but to be fair it did account for more than its share of rabbits and squirrels in the three years that I had it.....but I can say in all honesty that the weihrauch Hw100 I have now (177) is far superior in build, accuracy and power. So far whatever I have hit has met it's maker then and there......Flopsy gets it in the head, flopsy is dead

[Coney 3]

I think when the pellet hits them they get a rush of adrenialin and that gives them the power /energy for the exta few seconds even when there fatally hit

 

 

[BBB 7]

yeah seen it a lot over the year's. and not only with rabbit's. ,pigeon's ,hare's[ and foxes not taken with an air rifle] .

[lofti 579]

I think when the pellet hits them they get a rush of adrenialin and that gives them the power /energy for the exta few seconds even when there fatally hit

i agree mate, defo.

[cometa300s 20]

i was out 1 day and i took a shot at a squirel. steamed it off the tree and it was still alive. it took 5 or 6 pellets to kill it. it was like a soilder couyldnt belive it lol

[scothunter 12,609]

Same thing happened to me tonight.Shot a rabbit about 30yards out the c**t spun around went over to pick it up it was off into a bush never got it.Sure it was a head shot aswel.In my defence it was gettin pretty dark

[The one 8,479]

Seriously pisses me off when im out lamping and you know youve had a good shot and cant find the rabbit probably lying dead a foot or two in the cover ,i reckon leaving thems worse than missing them

[Dan_Jones 7]

It happening more frequently now ! i shot a rabbit to night was at least 15 foot from the nearest set .. shot it clean head shot made a pop and sure as anything rabbit bounced 2 foot of the floor and bolted into the set ... was blood absolutly all over the wall behind and still no rabbit.. even had the terrier in the bushes for it.