lamping

[babs2020]

hi guys any body got any good tips on finding your rabbits in stubble after you shoot them at night out to about 100 yards had a few tonight what took a bit of time to find

[loriusgarrulus]

My first thought was thermal imaging camera as they are bound to be still warm. Then I went to have a look at the prices of them. They start at about £695 so this might be a bit of an expensive option.

[KFC]

Are you using a red filter? I use a white headlamp and, generally, the white belly or scut will show up.

 

The other thing is to try to mark the shots using the lines between trees and bushes before moving. I still lose some though which I'm usually able to pick up the following day. Crows and Buzzards show me where they are.

[fortune]

You've got to mark you're start/ shooting position and the position of the target as previously stated and collect straight away, (even this can be difficult some times due to the height of the stubble even with charley)

what we tend to do is that the lamper marks the target position both visually and mentally against an object and holds the beam on that point referencing any notable thing like a longer bit of straw or anything that can be used as a marker and the driver follows the light to the target. generally it is easy to find the target. it is a bit slower and more disruptive doing it this way. The other way is to roughly mark and count how many that you've got down and use a dog when you come back to pick up. We have even had to go back next morning to find charley out on a ploughed field. Big fields are more difficult because the distances at night are a lot different to day distances. visually.

[babs2020]

cheers guys try to mark it with lamp but not always easy at night

[Grandalf]

I try to get Merlyn, my yellow lab, to run down the beam of my head torch. Mostly works.

[Billy.]

My first thought was thermal imaging camera as they are bound to be still warm. Then I went to have a look at the prices of them. They start at about £695 so this might be a bit of an expensive option.

 

http://obtain.thermal.com/product-p/lw-aaa.htm

[loriusgarrulus]

http://obtain.thermal.com/product-p/lw-aaa.htm

That looks a bit better price.

[Sha Bu Le]

 

http://obtain.thermal.com/product-p/lw-aaa.htm

 

Like the ad says the possibilities are endless, however here's one you may not have thought of. Some crims are using a similar IR detection system to capture an image of an ATM keypad immediately after it has been used. This shows which buttons have been pressed and as the IR heat source decays in the order it was put on the keys they can also determine the order in which the keys were pressed.

 

All they have to do then is get the card (or clone it).

 

Apparently plastic buttons retain the heat longer than metal keys.

 

So how to avoid it, once you have completed your transaction using both hands quickly press every key on the pad, slide you fingers over all of them a few times. The heat source left will be very confusing to a crim trying to get your PIN.

 

Saw it on a rip off Britain programme but cannot remember if its something done in the US or here, if it is the US it will get here soon enough.

 

Sorry to hijack the thread slightly but its worth knowing.

 

ATB

Bri

[Grandalf]

Well that's all sorted then - All our friend needs is a £1000+ thermal imaging device so that he can pick up a shot bunny!

Simples

[Scully]

If you're firing from one position then I can imagine it will be difficult to remember where they all are and to find them. It's amazing how easy they disappear even from a vehicle when lamping,which is why we now use those little white freezer bags. Getting in and out of a vehicle to pick up each shot rabbit just disturbs everything, so we now have a collection of white bags with a small stone tied in each one. We toss them out of the window to mark each rabbit we shoot then when we've finished in that field we drive around and pick them up. The white bags show up clearly in the lamp.