What am i doing wrong

[Big bald beautiful 1,231]

dont smoke, were aftershave .

i always were the same old camo jacket, it just smells of rabbits that have been stuffed in the pockets( so my wife says)

[RaiderBoy 19]

anyboy willing to teach me al the tips they know on keeping quiet and stalking

[shaun sale 0]

anyboy willing to teach me al the tips they know on keeping quiet and stalking

 

 

where bouts you from matey

[Guest Scuba1]

Be patient mate, if it takes you 15 minutes to get close enough to take your shot, then it's 15 minutes well spent. Make very slow, quiet movements. Keep the wind in your face, don't have anything rattling around in your pockets, tread softly and stick at it!

well im sure i will get one in the end ive been trying all winter with no luck. in the case of doing it really slowly i dont even get the chance to do anything the second i see them and duck they scarper everybody on this site makes it so easy

 

Reading this bit it rings a bell. You see them and duck.Well they see you hit the deck and bugger off. I think you are spotting them a bit late and my suggestion would be, to leave the gun at home the next time you go out and concentrate on spotting them without the excitement of going to shoot. Just take your time and when you see one try to get as close as you can. Once you have mastered that, you can take the excitement factor of the rifle the next time you go out once you are familiar with the terrain and the way the wabbits react.

 

HTH

 

Michael

[redeye jedi 39]

Be patient mate, if it takes you 15 minutes to get close enough to take your shot, then it's 15 minutes well spent. Make very slow, quiet movements. Keep the wind in your face, don't have anything rattling around in your pockets, tread softly and stick at it!

well im sure i will get one in the end ive been trying all winter with no luck. in the case of doing it really slowly i dont even get the chance to do anything the second i see them and duck they scarper everybody on this site makes it so easy

 

Reading this bit it rings a bell. You see them and duck.Well they see you hit the deck and bugger off. I think you are spotting them a bit late and my suggestion would be, to leave the gun at home the next time you go out and concentrate on spotting them without the excitement of going to shoot. Just take your time and when you see one try to get as close as you can. Once you have mastered that, you can take the excitement factor of the rifle the next time you go out once you are familiar with the terrain and the way the wabbits react.

 

HTH

 

Michael

 

top advice mate was going to say the same, work on field craft then take the gun when your ready.

[ghillies 209]

change your cammo scent and aproach..they got you taged now.

good idea how do you go about changing your scent

 

different soap, or dont use spray deoderents..wash pouder or just leave your cammo some where different.. car valet..do you smoke?...

 

 

i've found once they suss you.. they know you. (or at least the 'usual body' that turns up a hunting).

[ghillies 209]

i used to have this problem from time to time, i found that hunting every 3rd day helped to raise their confidence, not using body spray a few hours before hand, and i think what helped ME the most was chillin out in a field near my 'hunt zone' for 10-30 min to try n get into a zen-like state and become intune with the enviroment, soon i would be aware of every blade of grass i crushed with each step and could get sometimes get within 15 yards of the nearest rabbit, i guess to simplify this - take your time, take it slow and treat every shot as if it was your last

 

if none of this helps i suggest a tent and about an hours wait for em all to come out and hop into your sights for you.

good luck!

 

agree'd on that one.. 'get into the place', hit and grabs work some days but not usualy without a good rest inbetween. some times it's better to be focuses 'else where' as though you werent even looking and well engrossed in what your doing.. weird but it changes as it goes lol... (best one is 'not there'..strange state and coment but after a time you'll see what i mean).

another is the timing, like above, your ahead of yourself so theyre one step ahead of you, similer to over shooting your stop mark at the roundabout, your nose is well out..your to far infront to stop here and not ahead in the mind so cant shoot out inbetween the trafick...lol another 'no where' like state but a bad one.

(it actualy times in right through to point after youve shot and your still looking on target,the follow through. when you break it down the aproach is like a sub contous state of mind where you know just a bit ahead..just like the rabbits are doing...only your ahead of them..so its 'the aproach' to what you tink you dont know lol.. just how it seems in your head...its you or them that are 'ahead'.)

 

sometimes it's the actual duck that atracts them..a sudden or 'diferent' movent to the surounding narmality... think about it.. your looking on your desc on the pc, need a pen... and it's moved!! or in this case your typing away and the speeker sudenly hides from you lol... when your ahead your literaly moving inbetween where theyre notising..so you see them move..and bang too late for the bunny.. or your there and ready and then they have a look but its like you were already there so 'narmal'...

 

enough wofflin but thats about the jist of it lol....unless theyre total virgins to a gun scene.

Edited April 22, 2009 by ghillies

[lapin2008 1,587]

i used to have this problem from time to time, i found that hunting every 3rd day helped to raise their confidence, not using body spray a few hours before hand, and i think what helped ME the most was chillin out in a field near my 'hunt zone' for 10-30 min to try n get into a zen-like state and become intune with the enviroment, soon i would be aware of every blade of grass i crushed with each step and could get sometimes get within 15 yards of the nearest rabbit, i guess to simplify this - take your time, take it slow and treat every shot as if it was your last

 

if none of this helps i suggest a tent and about an hours wait for em all to come out and hop into your sights for you.

good luck!

 

agree'd on that one.. 'get into the place', hit and grabs work some days but not usualy without a good rest inbetween. some times it's better to be focuses 'else where' as though you werent even looking and well engrossed in what your doing.. weird but it changes as it goes lol... (best one is 'not there'..strange state and coment but after a time you'll see what i mean).

another is the timing, like above, your ahead of yourself so theyre one step ahead of you, similer to over shooting your sto mark at the roundabout, your nose is well out..your to far infront to stop here and not ahead in the mind so cant shoot out inbetween the trafick...lol another 'no where' like state but a bad one.

 

sometimes it's the actual duck that atracts them..a sudden or 'diferent' movent to the surounding narmality...

 

You may have also just landed a permission where the rabbits have been persued significantly in the past so that either all the rabbits on the land are very alert or only the ones who are natually more timid remain.

 

Try going at night with the lamp, at different times of the day, or approaching the warrens/rabbits from different directioins (wind permitting)

atb

Edited April 22, 2009 by lapin2008

[ghillies 209]

i used to have this problem from time to time, i found that hunting every 3rd day helped to raise their confidence, not using body spray a few hours before hand, and i think what helped ME the most was chillin out in a field near my 'hunt zone' for 10-30 min to try n get into a zen-like state and become intune with the enviroment, soon i would be aware of every blade of grass i crushed with each step and could get sometimes get within 15 yards of the nearest rabbit, i guess to simplify this - take your time, take it slow and treat every shot as if it was your last

 

if none of this helps i suggest a tent and about an hours wait for em all to come out and hop into your sights for you.

good luck!

 

agree'd on that one.. 'get into the place', hit and grabs work some days but not usualy without a good rest inbetween. some times it's better to be focuses 'else where' as though you werent even looking and well engrossed in what your doing.. weird but it changes as it goes lol... (best one is 'not there'..strange state and coment but after a time you'll see what i mean).

another is the timing, like above, your ahead of yourself so theyre one step ahead of you, similer to over shooting your sto mark at the roundabout, your nose is well out..your to far infront to stop here and not ahead in the mind so cant shoot out inbetween the trafick...lol another 'no where' like state but a bad one.

 

sometimes it's the actual duck that atracts them..a sudden or 'diferent' movent to the surounding narmality...

 

You may have also just landed a permission where the rabbits have been persued significantly in the past so that either all the rabbits on the land are very alert or only the ones who are natually more timid remain.

 

Try going at night with the lamp, at different times of the day, or approaching the warrens/rabbits from different directioins (wind permitting)

atb

 

get a ghillie suit and belly in lol.......super stealth it.. park away a bit, piddle about doing what ever, have yu fag yu pee..wait, then just go in...

[RaiderBoy 19]

ive got to find out which warrens they are using. do you think that if i enter my ferret into a warren without using nets they will be scared away from there for good when they bolt

[Guest Scuba1]

ive got to find out which warrens they are using. do you think that if i enter my ferret into a warren without using nets they will be scared away from there for good when they bolt

 

That is where the walk without the gun comes in. et familiar with the place get to know it as good if not better then the rabbits. Chasing them around with a ferret is not going to help you in this case as they will become even more careful.

 

HTH

 

Michael

[RaiderBoy 19]

the only thing i can do during the day is ferret because there is a lot of dog walkers about. could all the dog walkers be the reason that all the rabbits are so jumpy

[lapin2008 1,587]

the only thing i can do during the day is ferret because there is a lot of dog walkers about. could all the dog walkers be the reason that all the rabbits are so jumpy

 

no point using ferrets without nets as it is unlikely to be possible to hit many if any bolting rabbit with an air rifle. they would come bak though eventually after the ferrets have been gone a while and the smell has subsided. would be best to just use nets once the season starts again.

 

dog walkers may be a reason you have jumpy rabbits especially if dogs are often off lead.

atb

[RaiderBoy 19]

the only thing i can do during the day is ferret because there is a lot of dog walkers about. could all the dog walkers be the reason that all the rabbits are so jumpy

 

no point using ferrets without nets as it is unlikely to be possible to hit many if any bolting rabbit with an air rifle. they would come bak though eventually after the ferrets have been gone a while and the smell has subsided. would be best to just use nets once the season starts again.

 

dog walkers may be a reason you have jumpy rabbits especially if dogs are often off lead.

atb

i know i have no chance of hitting them with an air rifle. just forget that idea

[RaiderBoy 19]

do you recon they will be more confident during the night