How do you Lamp?

[SportingShooter 0]

Interesting set of results.

 

I thought there would be far more on here who lamped purely from a vehicle

[humperdingle 0]

My shooting bud and I normally lamp on foot. I think you notice much more while walking rather than driving. It was nice to be in the comfort (well, relative comfort!) of a Landrover recently while trying to cover a 6000 acre estate in Scotland with a nasty wind chill factor!

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

Nearly all my lamping is done on foot , I find you can get to places that a vehicle cant quite often. It is nice to be in a vehicle for instance shooting rabbits but I prefer foxing on foot as quite often you need to take a quick shot and sometimes its a bit of a pain in a vehicle.

 

I doubt if many people could drive the ground these days as its so wet plus walking keeps you fit !!!!

[njc110381 0]

I tend to walk mine 99% of the time. I only have a small lamp on the rifle and put the battery in a rucksack. I've melted a hole in the side about 6" from the bottom for the lead to go through and I just bung the bunnies in the bag if they're worth keeping.

 

It is nice to lamp from the truck in summer, but I find I get so tangled up with the rifle inside the cab that it loses me more shots than I take. If I'm shooting with a mate I'll truck it if possible as they can shoot as I drive.

 

I was out on foot last night in the rain. I got seven bunnies with the HMR (could have sworn I hit eight, but I think a Fox may have pinched one before I went to pick up). I got soaked and very cold, but it was great fun!

 

I think that if you go out for a real heavy war on the bunnies you need a truck to carry them. I tend to give up when the bag gets too heavy and call it a night. I don't want to shoot everything after all, and most of my permissions are quite small, 100 acres or so

 

A quick edit to add that I do use the lamp on the gun for skanning around, but I always leave the empty in the chamber until I need to take a shot. That way I know the gun is safe to wave around. Carrying two lamps would make things complicated!

Edited February 12, 2009 by njc110381

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

All of my solo lamping is on foot ,however if the conditions are right i sometimes join a mate on the quad ,more ground covered but you definately earn what you get on foot .

[dogs-n-natives 1,182]

I am mainly on foot these days, but did a lot from the vehicle and quad in the past.

[Jim Grant 4]

Obviously on foot if working rabbits with the dog. Use either a Landy or a quad if out for Fox. Same transport if shooting rabbit with wee rifle or wee shottie.

[hiho 5]

always on some kind of vehicle iver 4x4 or quad but i have been on a john deer gator 6 wheel thing which had been modded with rifle rests on the frount and sides

They made me lamp man that night