Not a bad day's shooting

[Geordie]

Just got back from a nice afternoon/evening on my shoot.

Went along with my seasoned shooting buddy Mark (Elma Fudd), and between us bagged:

• 4 crows
• 12 pigeons
• 36 rabbits

Not bad at all for a sunny afternoon, my .177 s410k excelled itself on some cracking shots, as did Mark's Rapid.

Completely knackered now though, skinning's gonna have to wait til the morning!

Dan

[Kev.]

Good job Dan

[welsh shooter]

doesnt sound like a bad days hunting to me

[Geordie]

Cheers fellas - have thoroughly enjoyed the day, and hope for a repeat performance on Monday when I go over again

Mark raining down "death from above" was a sight to behold as he sniped bunnies from near the roof of a hay barn

My "feral frenzy" where I took 8 in about 5 minutes after getting myself locked in a disused building (6ftx10ft, 20ft high) was a test of nerves too - feathers everywhere - worth it when I dumped the pile of em on the deck on front of Mark as he was about to say "where've you been then?" heheh

[mowgley]

the things that dreams are made of

[wormix001]

wow, to me a good days shooting would be 3 rabbits, you must be on 3 per hour, lol

[Geordie]

Originally posted by wormix001
wow, to me a good days shooting would be 3 rabbits, you must be on 3 per hour, lol

Well, today it worked out at 4.5 per hour

[krazy_horse]

36 Rabbits!!

How on earth did you carry them back to the car??

JB

[Geordie]

Originally posted by jpdbromley
36 Rabbits!!

How on earth did you carry them back to the car??

JB

We always take a wheelbarrow when we go shooting these days

Seriously though, my shoot is rather overrun and a lot of that number were half grown.

We select the larger ones for the freezer, and leave the rest to keep the foxes/crows off the lambs - a full crow is a happy crow, and makes them easier to shoot

Normally I'd leave the little 'uns be and stick on the pot-sized, but the 'keeper gassed 2 of the main warrens on one part, and mixy'd the survivors - far better to shoot them down then have it come to that IMO

Dan - the humane alternative

[badgeroy]

I thought it was illegal to spread myxi, i know it must be a pain for keepers and farmers with the amount of rabbits about but myxi is a terrible disease to spread takes rabbits too long to die

cheers

roy