Just a few more
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 5:51 pm
Same old story (must start going after some corvids or pigeons soon).
Anyway arrived at the ravaged wheat field at a 7:30pm to be greeted by road closure signs, oh well the benefits of driving an old Disco I managed to drive up the embankment and across a little ditch to park up by the field.
Decided this time to go straight to the well eaten corner. As I wandered over I spied a few out there already and by using patches of standing crop managed to stalk up and bag one early on. Then went and set up the net and poles up in the top corner but downwind of the buries. Loads of nettles all down this hedgerow, a sure sign that rabbits are in attendance being one of the only plants that can tolerate high levels of rabbit urine. Not so good when it comes to the ferreting season and getting them across the backs of your ears. Anyway a quick selfie:
For some reason the wind started to get a bit gusty and so I was going to have to limit my shots to 30yds and under to ensure some clean kills. However, after about forty minutes with no sign of any rabbits I decided to up sticks and find a more sheltered spot down by the road hedge. I already knew my ranges for this part and so a quick set-up without much disturbance enabled me to concentrate on a section in front of me using the bipod and to prevent a repeat of last week I placed my shooting sticks behind me for any that came out there.
Over the next hour I managed a total of five shots to put four more in the bag (one missed shot due to hitting a fern stalk that was close and out of focus). They were a right mis-match of rabbits from battle worn mixy scarred oldies to a youngster. So took two nice medium ones for the pot, the little one for the ferrets and left the two old ones for the buzzards and foxes.
Anyway arrived at the ravaged wheat field at a 7:30pm to be greeted by road closure signs, oh well the benefits of driving an old Disco I managed to drive up the embankment and across a little ditch to park up by the field.
Decided this time to go straight to the well eaten corner. As I wandered over I spied a few out there already and by using patches of standing crop managed to stalk up and bag one early on. Then went and set up the net and poles up in the top corner but downwind of the buries. Loads of nettles all down this hedgerow, a sure sign that rabbits are in attendance being one of the only plants that can tolerate high levels of rabbit urine. Not so good when it comes to the ferreting season and getting them across the backs of your ears. Anyway a quick selfie:
For some reason the wind started to get a bit gusty and so I was going to have to limit my shots to 30yds and under to ensure some clean kills. However, after about forty minutes with no sign of any rabbits I decided to up sticks and find a more sheltered spot down by the road hedge. I already knew my ranges for this part and so a quick set-up without much disturbance enabled me to concentrate on a section in front of me using the bipod and to prevent a repeat of last week I placed my shooting sticks behind me for any that came out there.
Over the next hour I managed a total of five shots to put four more in the bag (one missed shot due to hitting a fern stalk that was close and out of focus). They were a right mis-match of rabbits from battle worn mixy scarred oldies to a youngster. So took two nice medium ones for the pot, the little one for the ferrets and left the two old ones for the buzzards and foxes.
you`ve twisted my arm I will go out shooting tonight 