pigeonblasterian Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 Had a call from Stuart a few days ago asking if i would go and have a look at a field that a farmer asked if he could sort a few rabbits.Had a look and there were a few about so we decided to have a night session last night.We wrapped up well as the forecast was mixed with rain and snow showers and it was going to be cold and windy. Most of the rabbits were coming from a neighboring piece of land to graze on this field so we had to try and get rid of a few. We set up a couple of hundred yards apart and the shooting was steady nearly all night.We had to shelter in the vans a couple of times during the night once for a snow shower and again for a heavy rain shower. We left the rabbits where they fell and collected what rabbits we could when it got light this morning. It was a pleasant suprise to find we had got more than we were expecting to when we counted up. We picked up 87 rabbits of which 2 large rabbits had myxy so we slung those before the photo. We had 49 good large rabbits and 36 small rabbits which should please the farmer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbit_stu Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 Wow, bumper bag!! Great stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartbrierley Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 spoke to the farmer very happy great night good shooting hopefully we bottomed them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 Cracking nights work, well done lads, wish i was seeing those numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yod dropper Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 Very industrious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 Nicely done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartbrierley Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 anouther good do ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 some top pest control guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxwell Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 Excellent nights work, well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 Excellent night out. I went out last night and came back with a fat zero. The only ones I saw were on the way home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samboy Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 Iv'e got 6 permissions and not a rabbit about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeonblasterian Posted April 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 We could have shot these just at the right time.We only shot two with myxy and if we had left it for a couple of weeks longer it might have spread and wiped out most of the rabbits anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted April 27, 2016 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 We could have shot these just at the right time.We only shot two with myxy and if we had left it for a couple of weeks longer it might have spread and wiped out most of the rabbits anyway. Do you think that mixy has carried on through the winter. It seems to die off at backend my way, and then re occur late summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeonblasterian Posted April 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 Do you think that mixy has carried on through the winter. It seems to die off at backend my way, and then re occur late summer. I have no idea if myxy has carried on through the winter.What i have noticed is that i have been shooting some rabbits that have a lot of fleas on them for this time of year.Especially round and inside their ears and i suppose this is due to the mild winter and will help to spread myxy through them spreading among the rabbits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dob Posted April 27, 2016 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 Did you use night vision or a lamp, .22 ? Good work guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeonblasterian Posted April 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 Did you use night vision or a lamp, .22 ? Good work guys We were both using 22lr with night vision.For spotting them we both have a handheld nv spotter made by Dave-G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartbrierley Posted April 27, 2016 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 we will have another go ian i think most of these rabbits have moved from lower pastures (flooding) i was on the same fields in January on the quad and the ones i saw i shot no way was there this many rabbits been doing this field 10 years never this many about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeonblasterian Posted April 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 we will have another go ian i think most of these rabbits have moved from lower pastures (flooding) i was on the same fields in January on the quad and the ones i saw i shot no way was there this many rabbits been doing this field 10 years never this many about I think it could do with another all night session just to see if we have have made a dent in the numbers.Makes you wonder how many there are left there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshMike Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 Fair play gents thats some good pest control Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted April 29, 2016 Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 Well done , great result, well worth the effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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