mubz Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 hi all, just wondering is it possible to lamp rabbits with a shotgun? i would love to get a .22 rifle but there is a public footpath on the boundrys of the farms. any advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J@mes Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 Air rifle i think would probably be better, unless you have a 10 shot so you can get a good load of them before they scatter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGalway Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 (edited) Possible yeah, no way ideal though. I used to but the bags were small (8-10 a night) as the rabbit area was small so the noise alerted them fairly quickly. As time goes on they'll get more and more lamp and noise shy, more so than if using say a moderated .22lr. The area I shot in had slight hills, small ones now not big things. I used to only go out on fairly windy/stormy nights. The wind helped to minimise the bangs. I would work my way up one little depression and down the other side. burrows all over the shop. A few times I had them running up to my feet three and four at a time in two minutes or so to get shot. If you're just after a few for the pot then it won't be a problem, if it's a control job then you're going to be looking at diminishing returns pretty quickly. So if you go that route you'll need to be absolutely ruthless in the beginning and take as many as possible the first few nights. Daytime ferreting or longnetting may be options to consider. I agree with J@mes that you'll be better off with a rifle of some description. Edited January 19, 2009 by JohnGalway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adymorris Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 Air rifle or why not apple for an FAC air rifle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 Yeah, I've done it loads of times, but as above, if you've not got much land, they'll all ****** off after the first shot. My permission has loads of public footpaths and I'm fine up to a .270, so if you haven't done already, check if the land is signed off. They might allow a .17 HMR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogfox Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 lamped 2 the other night, one running headshot and one crouched down so much i thought it was a rat....BANG..and this rabbit flips over backwards! another headshot, both with the lamp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_commoner Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 if you can get close enough to lamp them with a shotgun then you would be close enough to shoot them with a air rifle, the benefit being that as said before you wont scatter them after the first shot using a air rifle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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