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gelandangan Super Member
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Pumpkinslinger Super Member
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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 10:22 pm Post subject: Re: I am off to snipe some wabbits |
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Have some good shooting! Maybe some pics when you get back?
_________________ Mike
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Aloysius Super Member
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Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 2:33 am Post subject: Re: I am off to snipe some wabbits |
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I've done that 2 nights ago, only shot 5, missed several. But we are only allowed to use an airrifle there. I used a Weihrauch HW90 in caliber .25", power enough, but no good for all bolts and screws nor for the optics included. And I don't like the .25 caliber in an airrifle. When it's dark it's very difficult to estimate distances and such a heavy pellet makes a large curve.
And then there is always that stupid mind... the first 3 rabbits stayed right on the spot and the 4-th I missed, thinking immediatly that my optics were out of line... not good for confindence and one forgets how to hold the airrifle properly to get the best results.
And then there are a lot of rabbits that chose to die elswhere and dogs are not allowed there...
I'm considering to built myself an airrifle using a single shot .22 LR. Still not decided to go for PCP or for CO². Both have their advantages, but the rifle's caliber is already decided to be a .22"
And when it's for pest control: don't hesitate too long to try a shot. It's very rare that a healphy rabbit drops death without a shot being fired...
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Bushmaster Super Member
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Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:20 am Post subject: Re: I am off to snipe some wabbits |
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Just remember how much success Elmer Fudd had with hunting Bugs Bunny.
Have a good time...See ya when ya get back...
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gelandangan Super Member
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 4:26 pm Post subject: Re: I am off to snipe some wabbits (# PICTURES ADDED #) |
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This Elmer Fudd impersonator has a bit more luck than the cartoon character..
All together in 2 days I get 28 rabbits, and saw 2 deer in the property..
Here I am with a 22 LR and two deer walk past my path... Oh well, next time it will be..
Here are the photos.
Gathering the wabbits after shot
First 3 hours harvest
The land owner has a lot of knives, but they are all blunt..
so I spent a few hours resting my legs and sharpen these knives
Then I go out again and shoot some more.. and so on
After shooting, the work begin.. here are the result..
Here are the tails that the land lord ask me to collect. He will nail them to a board or something..
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Pumpkinslinger Super Member
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 4:32 pm Post subject: Re: I am off to snipe some wabbits (# PICTURES ADDED #) |
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Pretty successful trip! Thanks for the pics!
_________________ Mike
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Bushmaster Super Member
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 5:32 pm Post subject: Re: I am off to snipe some wabbits (# PICTURES ADDED #) |
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Excellent...But wheres Bugs...?
Gelan the Village Idiot wrote: |
He got away to the toon lands..
Nah, I let him go, someone got to give Easter eggs to the kids.. |
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gelandangan Super Member
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 8:35 pm Post subject: Re: I am off to snipe some wabbits (# PICTURES ADDED #) |
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And here is a quick movie on my technique in skinning and gutting them wabbits
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfDyQfkU7cQ
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Bushmaster Super Member
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 11:22 pm Post subject: Re: I am off to snipe some wabbits (# PICTURES ADDED #) |
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O K...Who's the wise guy that added to my post?!!?
_________________ I have one nerve left and yer standin' on it...
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gelandangan Super Member
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Aloysius Super Member
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Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 2:20 am Post subject: Re: I am off to snipe some wabbits (# PICTURES ADDED #) |
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Geland, such a knife for a rabbit??? To skin a moose or an elephant maybe...
But I'm impressed by your speed (and you still have all your fingers)
I use a tiny knife and for the bones garden-shears (works also very good to open the pelvic cavity of roedeer)
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gelandangan Super Member
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Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 2:49 am Post subject: Re: I am off to snipe some wabbits (# PICTURES ADDED #) |
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Thank you sir, thats not my best speed, I have to stop and explain what to do there
Yeah I have been thinking of using a secateurs to do the job, but when there are none, so I use the next best thing, a knife can do it too.
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Ominivision1 Super Member
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Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 6:45 am Post subject: Re: I am off to snipe some wabbits (# PICTURES ADDED #) |
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Good hunt Geland.
_________________ Regards
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