amateur Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 the Pete Wadeson book is excellent, i'd highly recommend it.There also a good video by James Marchington called Rabbits... http://www.marchington.com/ Got the DVD today. A well-made basic primer in rabbit hunting by stalking with a 12ftlb air rifle Only covers daylight hunting though, no lamping or nv. Nevertheless - well recommended, so thanks Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 (edited) nice Blog Peter and no prob Amateur Edited April 2, 2009 by nickbeardo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carbonrocket Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 Rabbits! Their brain is between the eyes and base of the ears. A shot halfway between these two points will cause a kill! I shoot them, I eat them! I practice before hunting to make sure my rifle is on target for its distance! The rest is stealth through experience. Just make sure your shot is right. Carbon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebag Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 When I started I had a lot of trouble with judging distance, so I got a lemon (roughly the size of a rabbits head), set it at 25yards and looked through the scope got the lemon in the crosshairs so as to see where it lined up. When I went out and got a rabbit in the crosshairs it made it easier to judge its distance. Hope this makes scence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blahblahblah Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 use dead ground as much as possible ie try to keep something between youthat will hide you from the bunny. clumps of nettles, fence post ect are good to help you get into range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbithunter2008 Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 You tube has some good stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter_O Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Since I posted upthread I wrote a fairly lengthy article on my blog as a summary of what I've learned in the first year of rabbit hunting and as a kind of intro to absolute beginners: http://austeritygrub.blogspot.com/2009/10/...-air-rifle.html I changed my mind about .22 v .177 and wrote a post about that too which might be a kind of follow on to the above: http://austeritygrub.blogspot.com/2010/03/...ng-rabbits.html Cheers all & happy hunting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12borejimbo Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 practice makes perfect, I have done it since i was 9, im 22 now and can stalk deer across any terrain, but i learnt from practice, watch the animal, when it becomes alert, stop dead and wait for it to carry on, then keep stalking it, tread lightly, dont have shiny or rattling objects, buy some realtree camo and a good set of boots and get amazingly good with your gun, practice shooting eggs, coins, cans on string, old fruit ect and test yourself, shoot your targets free hand standing and give yourself between 3 seconds and 5 seconds, thats how you get good. Ask to go out with someone, when I was 13 I went and knocked on a gamekeepers door and asked for help/tuition and extra shooting, now im basically the underkeeper. Good luck, I remember when I started, From here on, every day will get better!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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