SAVAGE HMR Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Went out hunting hares again today with the 12 bore, great day for it but it was a bit windy. The grass is getting really long to so some shots are more or less impossible due to not being able to see my target. I managed to bag the first one at about 50 yards, he was sitting in between two trees cunning trying to disguise himself as a tree stump! The second one I got in the long grass but it ran off in to a wooded area with taller grass and disappeared completely, the dog couldn't even find it. I gave up looking for it about half an hour afterwards. I decided to get a bit more shooting in so I took the Stealth out on one of my other permissions and stalked some rabbits for an hour. I shot some pigeons in the farm buildings too but I never got any pictures of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decroyffe Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 wind and long grass sound just the ticket, if you can still see then get up thats is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Top one is a doe, was she still in milk or did she have young in her ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Top one is a doe, was she still in milk or did she have young in her ?? she will have carrots in her later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ice Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 good shooting pal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peck Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 (edited) Dont you think that it is the wrong time of year to be shooting hares, they will have young to feed. you are not only shooting this years hares but next years as well. i personaly will not be shooting them until November. Edited June 10, 2008 by peck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAVAGE HMR Posted June 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Top one is a doe, was she still in milk or did she have young in her ?? She still had the young in her, for me and my friends garden thats a bonus if anything. Dont you think that it is the wrong time of year to be shooting hares, they will have young to feed. you are not only shooting this years hares but next years as well. i personaly will not be shooting them until November. To answer your question Peck I don't think it's the wrong time of year. The hares are hear all year around and if I didn't see another one on my permission due to killing them all I'd have a very happy farmer and an even happier gardener! They are nothing but a pest on my permission that have done hundreds of pounds worth of damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traztaz Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Hares at 50 yards with a 12b??Thats a bit long is it not?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 I never seem to understand why people keep comming back with their spades to dig their hole even deeper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAVAGE HMR Posted June 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 I never seem to understand why people keep comming back with their spades to dig their hole even deeper. It's not so much got anything to do with digging myself in to a deeper hole. I simply don't care what people on here think of me for saying what I say or for that matter doing what I do. I keep posting here the same as everyone else does with the exception that I will tell the whole truth about how far away or how close I was to a target, whether I chose to be 'sporting' or not, I am probably one of the best shooters on here, not just in the way of having the talent to hit targets be them paper of mammal but also in the way that I'm just like all of you, cause everyone here is a top class shooter. Only I have the balls to tell the truth about messing up shots, I've used a magnitude of different calibers on different animals and injured more than I would care to remember. Some at near point blank range, some at hundreds of yards. I'm human just like you, but of course some of you are the rare breed of super shooting human beings that have never missed a shot in your entire lives, never picked the wrong caliber for the job, never injured an animal, never took shots that you though were tricky or out of your range, never ever under any circumstances did anything morally wrong what so ever when it came to the handling of a firearm. Or maybe you just don't have the balls to be as honest as me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 Lol to get on the band wagon, i shot two rabits at 50 - 60 yards on monday night with a 12b, using a 36grm No4 lead. Knocked them both down, clean instand kills no messing. So a 12b will kill at range no bother, if an air rifle can do it why cant a shotgun, considering the higher velocity and shot pattern, a kill is almost guaranteed. OUT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavman Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 Dont you think that it is the wrong time of year to be shooting hares, they will have young to feed. you are not only shooting this years hares but next years as well. i personaly will not be shooting them until November. its a valid point, but I guess it depends on if you have a problem farmer wants sorted or not, we have a great deal of them in east anglia and i no longer shoot them at any time they are a bit to strong a taste for us and thats a lot of meat to chuck out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 i dont shoot hares,nice two see them about.farmers like two see them.so do i. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NitroUK Posted June 12, 2008 Report Share Posted June 12, 2008 I never seem to understand why people keep comming back with their spades to dig their hole even deeper. It's not so much got anything to do with digging myself in to a deeper hole. I simply don't care what people on here think of me for saying what I say or for that matter doing what I do. I keep posting here the same as everyone else does with the exception that I will tell the whole truth about how far away or how close I was to a target, whether I chose to be 'sporting' or not, I am probably one of the best shooters on here, not just in the way of having the talent to hit targets be them paper of mammal but also in the way that I'm just like all of you, cause everyone here is a top class shooter. Only I have the balls to tell the truth about messing up shots, I've used a magnitude of different calibers on different animals and injured more than I would care to remember. Some at near point blank range, some at hundreds of yards. I'm human just like you, but of course some of you are the rare breed of super shooting human beings that have never missed a shot in your entire lives, never picked the wrong caliber for the job, never injured an animal, never took shots that you though were tricky or out of your range, never ever under any circumstances did anything morally wrong what so ever when it came to the handling of a firearm. Or maybe you just don't have the balls to be as honest as me! I think you hit the nail on the head there, every one makes mistakes but some people on here are far too quick to judge yet not so quick to post there own hunting stories, I was as good as told to leave the forum by some when i said i didnt agree with fox hunting with hounds, i was called an anti, a troll and what ever else they could think of. I say nice kills and good on ya keep the stories and the pics coming and dont let some of the numpties get to you :blink: NitroUK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispti Posted June 12, 2008 Report Share Posted June 12, 2008 Lol to get on the band wagon, i shot two rabits at 50 - 60 yards on monday night with a 12b, using a 36grm No4 lead. Knocked them both down, clean instand kills no messing. So a 12b will kill at range no bother, if an air rifle can do it why cant a shotgun, considering the higher velocity and shot pattern, a kill is almost guaranteed. OUT!! Agreed , a few weeks ago I droped a crow at some distance, paced it at 83 paces! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 Savage HMRs excuse for shooting hares ‘out of season’ (if you’re a sporting man) is the damage they’re doing BUT I’d question that. Without seeing the actual ‘damage’ it’s not possible to ascertain but hares don’t tend to do that much in a small area and to flowers??? It could be rabbits or more likely deer. What does the damage look like, bite marks etc? The population of the brown hare in Britain is in long term decline and although in some areas they are fairly numerous (we have quite a lot here in EA) shooting them ‘out of season’ isn’t considered sporting by most. At this time of year they are either pregnant or looking after young and ARE NOT vermin! He finally tries to justify things by ‘having the balls to be honest’ but IMO he’s a man who doesn’t learn by his mistakes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highseas Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 Savage HMRs excuse for shooting hares ‘out of season’ (if you’re a sporting man) is the damage they’re doing BUT I’d question that. Without seeing the actual ‘damage’ it’s not possible to ascertain but hares don’t tend to do that much in a small area and to flowers??? It could be rabbits or more likely deer. What does the damage look like, bite marks etc? The population of the brown hare in Britain is in long term decline and although in some areas they are fairly numerous (we have quite a lot here in EA) shooting them ‘out of season’ isn’t considered sporting by most. At this time of year they are either pregnant or looking after young and ARE NOT vermin! He finally tries to justify things by ‘having the balls to be honest’ but IMO he’s a man who doesn’t learn by his mistakes! OHH TALLY HOOO ime with you all the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAVAGE HMR Posted June 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 (edited) Savage HMRs excuse for shooting hares ‘out of season’ (if you’re a sporting man) is the damage they’re doing BUT I’d question that. Without seeing the actual ‘damage’ it’s not possible to ascertain but hares don’t tend to do that much in a small area and to flowers??? It could be rabbits or more likely deer. What does the damage look like, bite marks etc? The population of the brown hare in Britain is in long term decline and although in some areas they are fairly numerous (we have quite a lot here in EA) shooting them ‘out of season’ isn’t considered sporting by most. At this time of year they are either pregnant or looking after young and ARE NOT vermin! He finally tries to justify things by ‘having the balls to be honest’ but IMO he’s a man who doesn’t learn by his mistakes! And what mistakes have I made then? I count none. Plus 'hare season'? I wasn't aware there was a hare season. To my understanding you can shoot them all year round. Not vermin you say, by my definition vermin is any mamal that is a pest. These hares are a pest, thus are vermin. If you knew anything about the area I shoot in your first paragraph should not have even entered your head. I've seen two rabbits in the time I've been shooting there, both of which were shot. That was over four years ago and none have been seen since. So your idea about the rabbits is wrong. Also in the time I've spent there I have never, day or night seen a deer on the land. So again you are wrong. If it is really such an issue to you I will take some pictures of the damage that has been done to the plants in the garden to prove to you that my shooting of the hares is justified. The next time you want to try and make a fool of someone for your own gratification I suggest you do your homework on the subject first so you don't end up making a fool of yourself. Although I can understand doing your homework on any subject must be hard with the wind blowing so strongly when your up on your pedestal. Now that your head is out of the clouds you might be able to see things a bit more clearly. Edited June 13, 2008 by SAVAGE HMR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewis Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 Jan 1 - Dec 31 i belive I personaly dont like shooting hares Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artful badger Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 got to agree with savage here, so many of you are so self righteous its sad tbh, personally i wouldnt shoot a hare (anything else is fair game, vermin that is) but each to there own. if he says there a problem who is anyone to question him. i'd rather people tell the truth, jerry sanders springs to mind, when he says he missed something or blasted a bunny with a .223 people jump on him saying hes showing inexperience or going overkill, i'm indifferent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scallopdiver Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 My brother planted a hedge behind his house last year,the house is on farmland ie in the middle of nowhere,and the hares cut the tripe out of the hedge! He went out and chased them in the evenings when he was at home but as soon as he went to work in the morning they moved in. You may not believe this but one morning he watched a hare who seemed to be looking at the landcruiser he drives,so he went out as norm jumped into the jeep and drove down the lane about 100yrds then he went back to the house and went in through the front door . When he looked out the kitchen window,which is at the back of the house, he was just in time to see the hare and her whole brood arrive for a go at the hedge!!He did this three mornings in a row and every time when the hares thought the coast was clear they moved in to eat the hedge! He has asked me to do something about it but i cant bring myself to shoot something with so much wit I can however attest to how much damage they can do to expensive plants,but thats your fault for planting them in thier stomping grounds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunnybasher07 Posted June 14, 2008 Report Share Posted June 14, 2008 Hares do have a season me thinks... But i have to ask, Why would you want to admit shooting a rabbit or a hare and wounding it? then you are just proving you shouldnt realy have a gun.. bizzare to me Cheers GM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAVAGE HMR Posted June 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2008 Hares do have a season me thinks... But i have to ask, Why would you want to admit shooting a rabbit or a hare and wounding it? then you are just proving you shouldnt realy have a gun.. bizzare to me Cheers GM Because unlike the majority of people here I don't mind telling the truth. Everyone messes up only I don't mind saying I do. Everyone else here is to scared to admit it because of the ridicule. In otherwords they are sad and pretentious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispti Posted June 14, 2008 Report Share Posted June 14, 2008 Hares do have a season me thinks... But i have to ask, Why would you want to admit shooting a rabbit or a hare and wounding it? then you are just proving you shouldnt realy have a gun.. bizzare to me Cheers GM Has everything you have ever shot died instantly then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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