rubberlegs Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 (edited) well managed to get out to one of my permissions last night after a break of 6 weeks due to weather and work,overcast but crist i know what the rabbits have been doing while ive been away!!!.I ended up with 92 over two farms that are next door to each other and the little cz is bang on the money if anyone else shoots a hmr and would like to join me on weekends and has a open ticket pm me Edited August 25, 2008 by rubberlegs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberlegs Posted August 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 and another pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
game_boy Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 Well done, thats some number of rabbits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 Good shooting rubberlegs. :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scout Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 Hi rubber legs Glad yo managed to get out again, good numbers to. Give me a shout next time you're out if you want some company, don't mind coming to you, or you can come over to my place cheers Scout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilv Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 Yeah it was a great evening. I was driving back up the M1 from London to Newcastle and now and again I could see perfect shooting country with no one in sight. There were places where I was thinking, 'I'd love to take a walk around there with the HMR.' So here I am back with quite a lot of shooting permissions and the weather is windy and wet again. Believe it or not, I went down to meet a millionaire from San Fransisco who flew over especially to buy an expensive bicycle I had for sale. Had a good weekend, even though I didn't do any shooting, but I've never shot as many rabbits as that Rubber Legs. I often get up to forty in the summer, but I generally stop about there because it begins to feel like your a slaughterman at the time of FMD. Although I really enjoy my shooting there comes a point where it can start to be depressing bringing all that death and all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberlegs Posted August 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 mate i need to keep on top of them as the fields and hedgerows are getting hammered its amazing what a mess they make of a field with there burrows,and the farmers having to right off one because of all the holes and undermining the little beggers are doing and the place is alive with them ask scout he bagged 30 odd christening his new .22!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilv Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 (edited) mate i need to keep on top of them as the fields and hedgerows are getting hammered its amazing what a mess they make of a field with there burrows,and the farmers having to right off one because of all the holes and undermining the little beggers are doing and the place is alive with them ask scout he bagged 30 odd christening his new .22!!! Oh I know what you're up against. One of my farms has a really bad problem. The walls are undermined and you can break through the surface in the fields as you walk around because they are so burrowed out. It still can get a bit sickening though after about forty. Then there's the heaps of corpses to bury. He started complaining about the smell when I left them lying about. It did stink mind. On the other hand I remember how scarce rabbits were up here when I started shooting in the mid nineteen seventies. I thought I had a hell of a bag back then if I got three. Now they are everywhere. On another farm there's a hell of a lot, but it is a smallish patch of about twelve acres alongside a main road and about 500 yards from a village. I'm scared stiff trying to shoot there in case of a bullet bouncing over the embankment or whatever. There are a few safe shooting lines, but most of the field has to be left alone because of safety issues, so there I am with five rabbits in sight and not a one I dare fire at. The crafty beggars sit too far out for the air rifle as well and I could use that if they would let me get a wee bit closer. Of course, they aren't going to do that. Maybe I should make a hide and get myself into it before they come out and see me. As it is, I sit in the car on a farm track. I know HMR doesn't bounce much, but I'm scared sh*****s about what could happen if it did. The road is about twelve feet up an embankment and behind a wood, but I'm not about to risk it. Meanwhile the farmer is twisting my arm about exterminating them. Edited August 25, 2008 by Evilv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted August 26, 2008 Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 My three best nights are 93 between my grandson and I - 119 between fleabag, his mate and I - and 70 on my own: All on a new permission in Cornwall using HMR's out the Pajero window and roof. We shot over 500 bunnies spread over a 10 day break. It can indeed lead to a bit of soul searching when you get umpteen in one night, it is certainly mundane, but the farmer wants the job doing and may well get someone else in to do it instead. I just offset that against the nights I only get 2 or 3 up here in Leicester. Another visit to Cornwall is on the cards soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxwell Posted August 26, 2008 Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 good shooting mate, cracking pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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