colin lad Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 well it was a text actually just sounds better hehe it just said, " Colin loads of rabbits up middle hill can you go and have a look" thought to myself a job for the .22lr and the night vision so Sunday evening about 1 hour before dark i went for a stroll along said hill and by 10pm i had 17 bunnies in the bag, but this post is not about Sunday evening it's about today's shoot, i did notice before dark that there was a lot of fresh scratchings along the hedge that travels about 500 yards along a ditch at the bottom of the hill, i know they were fresh as the farmer was discing the field Sunday day time and they were there Sun evening so the rabbit's had to of been out during the day, also on reaching the said hedge row i did notice a quarry that i have not stalked for nearly a year now, so i thought to myself i will pop back today for a wonder, after reading a thread off here about favourite gun for a wonder i thought it would be a good chance to take the 12g out as i have not taken it out since February and i have 2000 cartridge's sat under my bed that have not been touched and with the chance of bolting rabbits possible pigeon and crow i filled my cartridge belt and both fleece pockets with cartridges ready for the off, the fields i was heading for are only half a mile from my house so i thought leave the car at home and go for a walk, so gun broke down and in my short rod bag (i use it when walking through village so know one knows its a gun in there) a cool bag with drink and sandwich also to carry quarry home, left my house about 11am and it was drizzling but quite warm, about 200 yards up the road it started to rain heavier but hey i am a shooter of all season's so a bit of rain won't hurt lol by the time i reached the fields i was totally soaked boot's were full of mud and weighing half a ton each but i pressed on, i got to the hedgerow were there was a good chance of rabbits and my chosen quarry i was getting quite excited about, so i slowly made my way along the hedge hoping for a bolting bunny but nothing showed, i could see over on another field there was a decent pigeon flight line and a few crows along it too but no i knew what i was after and i wasn't going to change tactics, on reaching the end of the hedge i thought a sit down and time for some refreshment's, while eating my lunch the rain stopped and it became quite nice so i waited 20 minutes then strolled back, 2 and a half hours later i fired no shots off got soaked to the skin covered in mud me and cloth's but had a great day out loved it and as for the said quarry i had not stalked for at least a year well i picked 1000's of the little critter's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 Sounds ideal Colin , well apart from the getting wet bit , and the getting muddy bit , and the not shooting anything is not great come to think of it Nice blackberrys though , is that a personal best punnet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highbird70 Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 Those look yummy, what you going to make with them Colin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin lad Posted September 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 Sounds ideal Colin , well apart from the getting wet bit , and the getting muddy bit , and the not shooting anything is not great come to think of it Nice blackberrys though , is that a personal best punnet lol yeah that was all i could fit in my coolbox Those look yummy, what you going to make with them Colin? blackberry and apple crumble and blackberry whiskey colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo33 Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 Good report that Colin Good do on the bunnies and a bit of blackberry crumble on the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOXHUNTER1 Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 Enjoyed that read Colin ....with an unexpected end .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highbird70 Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 lol yeah that was all i could fit in my coolbox blackberry and apple crumble and blackberry whiskey colin I hope you sharing....lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 Colin, I think you also had a little chuckle to yourself didn't you as you were trudging through the mud? Yes, you were planning this post and took a photo of the gun with the quarry in that kind of Macho, look at the big beasty I just nailed. We can see them on that bush by your gun. You are an outrageous show off and trophy hunter aren't you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin lad Posted September 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 Colin, I think you also had a little chuckle to yourself didn't you as you were trudging through the mud? Yes, you were planning this post and took a photo of the gun with the quarry in that kind of Macho, look at the big beasty I just nailed. We can see them on that bush by your gun. You are an outrageous show off and trophy hunter aren't you? lol yeah but the write up i had in my head as i was walking around was much better than it was by the time i got home and sat in front of computer colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 Real edge of the seat write up colin at least you got some reward Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin lad Posted September 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 lol i guess i could of moved over a field or two for the pigeons but i only went for some blackberries thought i would take the gun in the off chance of a bolting rabbit, just while i was out i thought i would take a pic and do a write up lol was going to line all the berries up like in the pics with big bags of pigeon but there was way too many colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentalmac Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 Nice write up Colin, I did similar the other day, ended up eating loads of blackberries and forgetting to shoot the pigeons coming over me, and ended up with only 3, but then a while batch of blackberries, a tummy ache and 2 baskets of elderberries to make wine with :-). The feeling of trying to quickly shove some carts in the gun for a pigeon but prioritising getting a blackberry in mouth... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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