hunting rabbit tips please

[GoodWILLHunting]

Snake Plissken, would have made an excellent rabbit hunter.

Don't rule out long john silver either

[Waylander]

Don't rule out long john silver either

Indubitably

Waylander

[GoodWILLHunting]

Indubitably

Wayoutlander

I'm most hurt

[Waylander]

I'm most hurt

Indubitably

Waylander

[ZAKDINGEL]

Yesterday evening, I walked to a spot along a hedge row where I could see rabbits. They all scampered in.

I sat with my back to the fence line, lit my pipe stoked up my hexy stove and brewed some fresh coffee


Within half an hour I had shot seven rabbits Longest shot about 40 yrds.

I wore tatty old jeans & and old faded dpm jacket.

Sit still in one place & wait patiently and they will present themselves.


Waylander

Auy the use of a smoke screen good one i will try this method

[rhyslightnin]

Most animals I believe respond to seeing two eyes, something to do with predators looking at them? There is some field craft involved as it were. I'm just pointing out he doesn't NEED to go and buy full camo and start crawling around as that must be a real ball ache way to waste an afternoon if it doesn't work.

Nope your right.....,
But it can be fun though.......
It's also fun to get camo'd up sit & fall asleep for 20mins to the rabbits wake you by nibbling your toe!!

[haloutdoors]

It would be great to have FAC air rifle for that extra killing range but for now I am going to try and master sub 12ftlbs. I would of loved to see that 90yard shot with crow amazing.

FAC air is great, the main plus point for me is its ability to buck the wind better than a sub12 will mainly due to reduced flight time and slightly heavier pellets 18grn.
It's definitely worth spending the time cutting your teeth on sub12 it will teach you all the skills you need to progress to higher powered guns, I still use my sub12s regularly specially round farm yards, for rats and pigeons. I'll never get rid of my sub12 rifles as I find them an invaluable asset to my hunting tool collection, but that said my Rapid does do the majority of the work I do. I only really get the rimfires out if I'm feeling lazy and can't be bothered to do a lot of crawling round to stalk rabbits, and the centerfires only come out if I'm after bigger prey like fox or deer, but I did put two rabbits in the bag with my 223 this afternoon both head shot one at 106yds and the other at 216yds it just seems an expensive way to shoot rabbits fun though.
I shot sub12 for ten years before getting my FAC and I honestly believe I'm a better hunter for doing so, as your fieldcraft has to be so much better to get them in range.


Enjoy your hunting mate.

ATVB. Hal.