Got out shootin at last..

[JonnyP]

Due to me spending all my time doing up my old discovery, I had not been out with the air rifle at all this year, so this evening I went out for a couple of hours. There are soo many rabbits around here at the mo.
I am pleased that I have not lost the touch..

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s188/jonpickett/P1000639.jpg

[ian c]

Very nice, i have just got to zero my new air rifle then get out and do some vermin control on some land that i have permission, then it will be rabbit stew yummy.

[Martin]

Nice little haul there mate. Hope you're well??

Martin

[Roadkillphil]

Stoo for the next coupla days then is it? ;)

[luresalive]

Lucky man, rabbits are practically extinct over here.

[AL...]

Nice bunch of bunnys there . :D

Cheers
AL

[JonnyP]

Cheers chaps.. We are over run with rabbits here.. I must of shot over 20 in a couple of hours. The ones in the pic were the ones I gutted. They will be going in stews and some will be chopped up for me ferrets.
Doing ok at the mo thanks Martin. Still waiting to hear the results of the scans..

[Tony1948]

Nice work JonnyT^

[FishyFolk]

That is so incredible illegal here in Norway. We are not even allowed to shoot hare with a 22LR, as the law says that the caliber is legal for animals up to the size of a hare, but not including a hare.
I am not even allowed to shoot a sparrow with a gun that does not use gunpowder... so we tend to look at air rifles like toys for kids. Even though they can be very powerfull.

What range to you normally shoot at?

[Primerib]

Same here! Allthough we are allowed to shoot predators like weasel, fox or badger with 22 lfr oder 22 hornet. roebuck need minimum 5,6mm and 1000 Joule Impactenergy at 100m and everything larger need 6,5mm and 2000 Joule E100. All birds are practically only allowed to be hunted with a shotgun with smallshot aroudn 2,5-2,75mm. Airrifles here are practically only for target practice. Airrifles with more than 7,5Joule at the Muzzleexit are only allowed with a license anyway.

[JonnyP]

I much prefer shooting with an air rifle than with .22 or a shotgun. Its the fun of the stalk, you need to get closer to the prey. My ideal distance for shooting rabbits is about 25 meters, but I can take them to a maximum of 50 meters. I always aim for the head so there is less chance of an injury and more of a chance of an instant kill, or a total miss hit.
Rabbits are a big problem around here (and most places). They collapse the hedgerows.
Like this.. This used to be an old Cornish Hedge on the boundary here..
http://hedgecombers.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/101.jpg?w=1024&h=768

[AL...]

I have a BSA Lightining .22 I use for bunny bashing . Fantastic wee rifle
Same here Headshots only and never take a shot unless I know im gonna knock it over.


Cheers
AL

[Tony1948]

Righ on AL. never take a shot unless you are certain of a kill.

[Basha72]

Just as well no one had the cash to buy it, agreed much more fun/excitement creeping up on them for the shot :-)

[JonnyP]

Just as well no one had the cash to buy it, agreed much more fun/excitement creeping up on them for the shot :-)

Its my other gun I am selling mate ;0)

[Basha72]

Doh lol :-)

[KaiTheIronHound]

Good haul mate, my missus saw the picture earlier, and now wants rabbit stew... Too bad uni is in session at the moment, not much time for hunting... Will crack out the old slingshot and see what i can bag on uni grounds, plenty of rabbits around there! :D

[JonnyP]

Good haul mate, my missus saw the picture earlier, and now wants rabbit stew... Too bad uni is in session at the moment, not much time for hunting... Will crack out the old slingshot and see what i can bag on uni grounds, plenty of rabbits around there! :D

Is hunting with slingshots legal over there..?

[KaiTheIronHound]

Yeah mate, so long as slingshots arent illegal in the specific state you are in. Bunnies are pest animals over here, so long as the critter dies clean, its fine to hunt them.

[twosmokeforever]

I wish we had that many rabbits, the closest I get to that is the misses toy box!

I gave up my shotgun license a few years back, and recently bought a 12ftlb .22 air gun which at first seemed like a kids toy. But it's a tool you have to be capable of a head shot. But it is so quiet I shot a pigeon out of a tree and his mate looked at him with confusion as I was taking aim for the pair, you can't do that with gun powder

[Chubbs]

I wish we had that many rabbits, the closest I get to that is the misses toy box!

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