lewis2012 Posted October 11, 2012 Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 Hi all got my FAC a few days ago and purchased a 17hmr Cz452! Going out with it for the first time tommorow up my local permission and wouldn't mind bashing some bunnys. My permission is a farm that's situated on top of a little mountain, and just below there's a few fields which doesn't belong to the farmer that has rabbits onit. I also have permission for this land but only for my shotgun and wouldn't shoot my hmr onit as I think that it is unsuuitable. However the permission I have for my hmr ( already cleared )has a wall all around it with large fields. I've never seen rabbits on this top famr but have been told they are there and have been askd to dispatch them I.e why I have my hmr. Just because the rabbits are at the lower farm doesn't mean they're there aswell am I correct? Apart from me seeing the rabbits what else should I be looking for to locate these? I know warrens but sure if they'd be located at certain parts of the field? Or is there anything else I should be looking for? Also the famr has crows and a few of them pesky magpies lol what could I use to get them to land? Something I can purchase in supermarket as have no dead rabbits lol. I have a hide + decoys aswell. Thanks all Lewis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remmy1100 Posted October 11, 2012 Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 (edited) if you walk the land you should see where there digging and dropping are and runs in the grass ,if you havent seen any during day doesnt mean there is none there a dog walker ,fox, buzzard ect could of put them to ground prior to your visit.night time is best to see whats about sometimes its good to just walk the land with the lamp without the gun to get a picture of where to expect rabbits and range of them as things look alot different at night under the lamp then plan your shoot. as for attracting the corvids any dead roadkill or rabbit youve shot belly up good luck with hmr ive one its a cracking tool. Edited October 11, 2012 by remmy1100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewis2012 Posted October 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 if you walk the land you should see where there digging and dropping are and runs in the grass ,if you havent seen any during day doesnt mean there is none there a dog walker ,fox, buzzard ect could of put them to ground prior to you visit.night time is best to see whats about sometimes its good to just walk the land with the lamp without the gun to get a picture of where to expect rabbits and range of them as things look alot different at night under the lamp then plan your shoot A buzzard does usually circle the fields, so does that mean there is rabbit there or? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remmy1100 Posted October 11, 2012 Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 possibly but theyll eat owt ,ones around our farms are always chasing the pigeons.if theres fresh dropping theres rabbits . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted October 11, 2012 Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 Walk the land. Look for tunnels in undergrowth/hedgerows, holes/diggings/spoil, pathways/worn areas, droppings (often found on mole hills), and when you know it, you can sometimes smell them, footprints in damp soil/mud, bunny eaten crops/plants/grass, etc etc Just look for the rabbits themselves, early evening or early morning probably a good time now, although they are out at all sorts of times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon pete Posted October 11, 2012 Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 look at there poo ,if its hard and light in color its old ,if you see dark brown / black poo and you squeeze it and its soft and green inside this is fresh poo ,and like Dekers said foot prints in the mud ,i love it when we get the first cover of snow ,i then go out and see were all the warrens are and where they have been ,this will tell you what warrens are live ,and damage to the base of trees bark missing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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