tomto Posted June 16, 2013 Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 Well after checking the weather and seeing that it was supposed to rain tonight I decided to go out this morning. After a lovely lay in I got up at 0730 and got to the farm for about 0800 where I parked up. Walked about 50 yards before seeing the first rabbit in the crops which stuck its head up for just long enough for me to squeeze one off dropped exactly where it stood but unfortunately it wasn't the only one there and the rest decided to disappear back into the bush, so I picked it up and walked it back to the car as it wasn't far away. After setting off again I decided to go the opposite direction which proved to be a good idea because I got to the first gate where I rested the rifle on the gate post looking straight up the side of the field. Looking down the sights I could see 3 rabbits looked like a lovely little family. Squeezed the first one off and the smallest and closet one rocked over onto its side, this one was about 100 yards away. The other two didn't seem to be phased by this so I lined up the second shot which was about 120 yards so didn't make a whole lot of difference to the point of aim, again slumped over where it was eating. By this point the third rabbit had bolted to the hedge line but stopped where I could just make out its whole body but this one was about 150 yards so a couple of lines down on the scope and bang 1 flip backwards back into the field and then nothing. Was very pleased with my first half hour. But the rest of the morning didn't go so well, there didn't seem to be a thing anywhere or more to the point I couldn't see a thing because the crops have grown a lot in the past couple of weeks. But luckily daddy rabbit popped his head out and jumped right out in front of me no more than 20ft away, so moving very slowly I got my rifle in my shoulder and then there was another rabbit destined for the pot. All in all a lovely stroll this morning and daddy rabbit at the end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyrapid177mk2 Posted June 16, 2013 Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 Nice one you can't beat a day out with the hmr on the rabbits... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimfireboy Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 Well done tonto.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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