Walker570 Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 (edited) I have a number of locations which have a rabbit problem and I am methodically reducing the numbers but one particular area is proving difficult. The rabbits are there in numbers but a difficult spot to shoot safely. I have to date set up either with my pop up or just sat in the passenger seat of the Land Rover with the 22RF and during sitting I have heard a low snorting sound coming from the brambles close by, similar to a mouflon ewe or goat when alarmed, a sort off 'phuttt' now the only animals in close to me are large beef cattle which cough occasionally, but I came to wondering if rabbits make this noise when alarmed. Been out and about for over 70yrs now and this is a new sound to me in this country. Any ideas ? I point out that there are no deer locally only the occasional muntie. Edited July 30, 2017 by Walker570 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesj Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 Badger snuffling about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 (edited) Once when decoying I set my hide up on the side of some deep undergrowth. I heard a noise much as you describe, It was a female Munty with young one. Edited July 30, 2017 by la bala Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted July 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 Badger snuffling about?This is a definite short sound as you would tend to hear as an alarm sound. As I said, I have been in the close proximity of mouflon, wild Spanish goats, Aoudad(Barbary sheep) and the females of all these species and various species of deer as well, make a similar noise when they see something they do not like the look of. I'm used to badgers working close by and also used to hear hedgehogs snuffling but this is not the same sound I'm hearing. Just cannot place it and wondered if the rabbits in the brambles were smelling me close by and making the noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team tractor Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 You sure someone isn't winding you up? Cows make some funny noises? Poachers ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingEgg Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 Gruffalo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCat Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 Years ago I lived miles from anywhere. The nearest house was 600 metres away and there were about 7 of us in that sort of radius. One marvellously hot summer night I was struggling to sleep. The windows were open and I lit up a smoke and sat on the end of the bed looking across the moonlit fields. I heard what I can only describe as 2 people walking on my gravel drive before what sounded excatly like 2 people having far top good a time outside my bedroom window. I leant out but could see nothing. Still this very human like noise persisted. I half hung out the window and waved my arm about to catch the light sensor. It illuminted 2 hedgehogs going at it hammer and tong. A few years later after foolishly joining the army we were on patrol one night in some God forsaken patch of southern England wondering why I had sighned up and all the better things I could be doing at 2am not covered in mud on a wet cold night; when I heard coughing. The patrol hit the ground and fell into defense as we were meant to be the only ones there. We waited ages and heard unmistakable coughs from maybe 30nyards away. Couldn't see anything through the rain with he carp nv we had. Cutting a long story short it was sheep. They were 100% like people coughing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimfireboy Posted August 2, 2017 Report Share Posted August 2, 2017 So it was you in the Land Rover, told the missus to keep the noise down. Thought it was somebody perving at us,lol..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted August 5, 2017 Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 (edited) Munties do have quite a range of grunts, snorts and barks, as do badgers. Edited August 5, 2017 by Vince Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexBee Posted August 5, 2017 Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 Hedgehog ! Surprisingly loud for small creatures . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted August 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 Been back to same spot three times since and no strange noises but the wind has been in my favour. It will I suppose remain a mystery. Brings back 70year old memories. We lived in an old farm house which was originally housed and run by close order nuns and supposed to have undetected tunnels leading all over. I was about 7 and had gone to bed at about 9pm followed closely by my parents and grandfather so I believed. I woke suddenly to the sound of light tapping noises coming from below my room which was the part of our kitchen which led to the cellars. I dived across the passageway into my parents room and a grumbling father crept downstairs .. he confirmed it was just after midnight ... to find my grandfather at the kitchen table finely chopping walnuts and hazel nuts so he could eat them ... he had very few teeth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB1 Posted August 5, 2017 Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 Nuns & undetected tunnels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roddy189 Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 Sounds like a hedgehog, the missus has one as a pet and I often think someone has broken in at night or I think she's arrived back from work and is making weird noises. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vampire Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 I have a number of locations which have a rabbit problem and I am methodically reducing the numbers but one particular area is proving difficult. The rabbits are there in numbers but a difficult spot to shoot safely. I have to date set up either with my pop up or just sat in the passenger seat of the Land Rover with the 22RF and during sitting I have heard a low snorting sound coming from the brambles close by, similar to a mouflon ewe or goat when alarmed, a sort off 'phuttt' now the only animals in close to me are large beef cattle which cough occasionally, but I came to wondering if rabbits make this noise when alarmed. Been out and about for over 70yrs now and this is a new sound to me in this country. Any ideas ? I point out that there are no deer locally only the occasional muntie. Flir one therm would of picked it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted August 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 (edited) Flir one therm would of picked it out I can think of better things to spend a couple of grand on. Used one and it removes all that anticipation which after some 70yrs of hunting is still top of my list for enjoyment. KB1 ... did anyone ever tell you, you have a dirty mind ....... clever though :-) Edited August 9, 2017 by Walker570 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vampire Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 I can think of better things to spend a couple of grand on. Used one and it removes all that anticipation which after some 70yrs of hunting is still top of my list for enjoyment. KB1 ... did anyone ever tell you, you have a dirty mind ....... clever though :-) £170 connects to iphone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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