al4x Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 another vote In support of Hill Billy, yes its overkill but its the target practice at rabbits thats the issue with a scope you're not confident about, really you need to be 90% on paper before even trying live quarry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulABF Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 it's a good thing you have to pass a mental age test to obtain a FAC or SGC or you would be right in the cart On that same vein, if a sense of humour was a requirement, your hunting would be limited to using a catapult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George1990 Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 My cat's breath smells of cat food. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 like he said can't you just learn how to be a bit quieter and get within 100 yards of a rabbit and shoot it with something a bit more sensable. to be honest if i was a land owner and found that the people i trusted to do my vermin control were messing about attempting to shoot rabbits from long ranges with centre fire rifles then i would kick you straight off, there is nothing clever sensible or heroic about blowing a rabbit to pieces just to say to others you can do it ! besides its all well and good writting you have done it and posting a picture but what does it prove for all i no that rabbit was sittin 30 yards away, You'd kick them off for shooting a rabbit with a CF ? That's just ridiculous! As I said the only problem when shooting a quarry is if your calibre is NOT BIG ENOUGH! Especially for vermin control. For vermin control where your not after meat then you just want to get a CLEAN HUMANE kill on the animal. I have no doubt that the 223 did that in this case as shown! Shooting squirrels with a 17HMR will do similar amounts of damage but should we not shoot them with it ? What can we shoot them with ? I don't see where the problem is shooting something with a CF. If it had been like a 50 cal I understand its a bit OTT, but a 223 isn't exactly huge! Atleast you can be happy the rabbit was cleanly dispatched without suffering, as opposed to say shooting with an air rifle and having it slink off n die slowly in a hole :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soreshoulder Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 i swear some people just lurk around this section loving to start and arguement :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lez325 Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 Are you looking at me :( Les Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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