BEST PLACE TO SHOOT RABBITS!!!!!!

[Alegazmoz]

Poor guy ....... give you lot an opening and you're in like rampant rabbits.

tut,tut!

arf!

[craigy]

first off matey practice practice practice practice and then guess what practice more before you even consider to go shooting will live animals .secondly ask around your local farmers etc and get a permission letter wrote up and sent to them and await areply its not as easy as asking on a forum ive been trying to get a permission since august which is when i felt confident in dispatchin an animal out to 30 yards but always try to get closer learn read everyth8ing you can as its not a toy even though some people treat them like they are only an air rifle.dont do that they are more than that.

[craig7582]

hi all thanks for some of your replys some of you on here have got a good sence of humour lol...

right i would like to answer some questions now..so here goes

i have been shooting since i was 6 years old first gun i shot was a 4/10 shot gun then moved up to 12 bores when i was 12 so my aiming is really good i can get my grouping 15-25mm apart from 35yards and if i say shoot 5 pellets at least three of them will go through the same hole

i also have permission of a few land owners who i know through family so i got no worrys there the reason i ask about best places habitats etc. is because i dont normally shoot rabbits i go more for pheseant pigeons squirrels and stuff like that but want to start rabbit hunting as i have never tasted rabbit before so thought i would give it a try

[jagxkrs]

In that case my answer stands, in the head dawn & dusk and a good place to start is any warren. These are easily spotted as they usually have small fluffy things bouncing round outside them

[craigy]

ok well as somone has said before check edges of the feilds hedges were the woods start etc but yet again ive been out and seen them in the middle of a reild so i supose reli its just pot luck as to were they are.

[jagxkrs]

ok well as somone has said before check edges of the feilds hedges were the woods start etc but yet again ive been out and seen them in the middle of a reild so i supose reli its just pot luck as to were they are.

You sure the ones in the field are bunnies and not Hare?

[craigy]

You sure the ones in the field are bunnies and not Hare?

nope they were bunnies definatly

[craig7582]

ok thanks guys the only reason i asked was i have been around a few of the feilds and not seen a soul i am off out tonite lamping with my cousin so hopefully we should see and get some

[Stuart_B]

hi all thanks for some of your replys some of you on here have got a good sence of humour lol...

right i would like to answer some questions now..so here goes

i have been shooting since i was 6 years old first gun i shot was a 4/10 shot gun then moved up to 12 bores when i was 12 so my aiming is really good i can get my grouping 15-25mm apart from 35yards and if i say shoot 5 pellets at least three of them will go through the same hole

i also have permission of a few land owners who i know through family so i got no worrys there the reason i ask about best places habitats etc. is because i dont normally shoot rabbits i go more for pheseant pigeons squirrels and stuff like that but want to start rabbit hunting as i have never tasted rabbit before so thought i would give it a try

Ah now thats all sounding a lot better

[minkstone]

hi mate,the answer to your question is no,it,s nothing to do with tame black rabbits being released,it,s genetic,to do with inbreeding and what it does is throw up black gene once in ablue moon,hence the black rabbits.And if you think about it,black is by far not the only colour of domestic rabbits,so where are the multi coloured wild rabbits?....hope this explains it .....all the best

[jagxkrs]

hi mate,the answer to your question is no,it,s nothing to do with tame black rabbits being released,it,s genetic,to do with inbreeding and what it does is throw up black gene once in ablue moon,hence the black rabbits.And if you think about it,black is by far not the only colour of domestic rabbits,so where are the multi coloured wild rabbits?....hope this explains it .....all the best

On one of my shoots

[TDes]

hi mate,the answer to your question is no,it,s nothing to do with tame black rabbits being released,it,s genetic,to do with inbreeding and what it does is throw up black gene once in ablue moon,hence the black rabbits.And if you think about it,black is by far not the only colour of domestic rabbits,so where are the multi coloured wild rabbits?....hope this explains it .....all the best

I looked into this ages ago, someone told me it was black rabbits they used to introduce mixi, so it could be monitored. Someone else had the tame rabbit theory.

I like to think it is a melanistic rabbit, it is the opposite of albino but more common as the black offers better camoflage (so better life expectancy for the gene to pass on). It is really common in some animals, like leopards / panthers.

[Rick O'Shay]

I used to see a few melanistic pheasants when I was a game keeper years ago.

I also have a movie I shot out the New Forest where a White stag crosses a ride then a few other dear cross then a Black (melanistic) on crosses!!

Its not the best quality but its ok, does anyone know where I could sell the footage a bit like Harry Hills you been framed but for wildlife?

I thought it was a goat at first!!

[Rick O'Shay]

Bump !! I know its more used to being posted in the for sale section but I would like to know if anyone could help me with where to try and send my video ?

[Born Again]

Assuming that you're a competent shooter looking for a shoot, try to find a farm with a copse in the middle, rabbits love to dig in woodlands and raid the surrounding fields every night. Woodlands are often slightly higher than the surrounding land, the trees stop soil erosion, and rabbits love well drained soil. Who wants to sleep in a puddle ?

Also, fields near dykes and raised railway lines will be full of bunnies for the same reason.