stevethefish Posted February 4, 2008 Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 Hi, I went out decoying over rape yesterday, set the deeks up and the magnet and it looked irresistible. I set up in good time to catch the early morning flurry but for some reason they just were not having it. A couple of days earlier there were hundreds in the area so I expected some decent sport but was I in for a shock. After about 2 hours I had just 2 birds and was getting rather niffed off to say the least. As I was looking around I saw a rabbit hop out of the hedgerow about 30 yards away, I thought about blasting it but just watched it for a while. Then I saw something great, a stoat shot out of the brambles and chased after the bunny and grabbed it, boy did it squeek. Seeing as I hadn't got mutch to show for the day I legged it up the bank and after scaring the stoat off picked up the half dead rabbit, necked it and went back to the hide. I threw the rabbit around the side of the hide and thats when I got the biggest shock, a buzzard swooped down within 10 feet of the rabbit and scared me half to death. I had seen the buzzard take rabbits in this area before but never thought they would come so close to humans. 15 minutes later I saw the stoat again and heard another rabbit squealing just seconds afterwards, so at least we both got a meal out of it. When I got home and dressed the rabbit I noticed it had teeth marks in it's neck, been previously peppered with shot and had got the healing signs of mixy, it just wasn't the rabbits day! I think next time I'll take the ferrets and learn a lesson from the stoat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J@mes Posted February 4, 2008 Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 I remember seeing a stoat take a rabbit when I was at work once, I couldnt believe the noise the rabbit made, or the size of the rabbit the stoat was taking! quite a sight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbivvy Posted February 4, 2008 Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 good story steve top man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CARBINE Posted February 4, 2008 Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 Did you eat it I don`t think I would of with all them things in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevethefish Posted February 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 It's going in the pot, don't like to see good meat go to waste, ferrets had the offal and pigeons in freezer for the magnet next time out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Dog Posted February 4, 2008 Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 A dull day turned into quite an eventful one. Good post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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