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Shooting rabbit's with a shotty


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  1. 1. Where you aim when shooting rabbits

    • Slightly above the rabbit
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    • On the rabbit
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This is a very strange poll so I have not answered on the poll. It very much depends upon the situation. If the rabbit is running, you won't be aiming at all, you will be swinging through the rabbit to ensure that you mantain your swing with the speed of the rabbit.

 

Everyboy has said aim low; I assume this is at rabbits sitting facing you? But you wouldn't aim low if a rabbit was running away from you. I shoot a lot of rabbits over ferrets throughout the year and I can ensure you it depends upon the situation :good: .

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Im spoilt, i use a holographic sight on my mossberg hushpower otherwise all my shots would be high, if the circle covers or touches the bunnie then its dead. like the other chap said its all circumstancial if they are coming in aim low, running away aim higher, then left to right just swing through. Its a whole different skill shooting from a moving atv though :lol: ! atb Dave

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I always aim at the head, its something that i was taught when i first started shooting.

 

I dont know why you would aim at its feet. If the rabbit was tested on a pattern plate and you aimed at its feet there would be a lot of shot below the rabbit which would in theory strike the ground, however if you shot at its head you would still get shot below the rabbit but not as much.

 

If you wanted to eat them there would be less pellets in the body.

 

There are many different factors to be taken into consideration

 

Distance

 

Shot size

 

Choke

 

Placement of the shot

 

 

Shane

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I do a lot of bolting rabbits to guns.If it's going left or right,swing through its legs and the second you're in front pull the trigger.If it's going away,blot it out,if it's coming towards you,shoot at it's front legs.

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