First of the year with a twist

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kayaker

kayaker

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I was on the forum reading some posts just before dark and all of a sudden the wife yells out "go" outside and get him. I look and said " YOU TOLD ME NO MORE SHOOTING THEM" (this happen last year) but I just wait till she goes shopping LOL. Well it turned out it was digging under one of her plants building a nest. I used my PP750 22 cal. with crosman domes 14.3's at 32 yds. it hit between the eye and ear DRT.

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Ezana4CE just a common cottontail
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Interesting. As I understand it, our cottontails don’t dig. At least they don’t dig burrows. What in the garden attracts them?
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They dig under my plants into the ground for their nest for bearing their young. They collect grass and their own fir then stuff it into the hole for the young, quite common here. 

Maybe your thinking about jack rabbits ? Last year they at the tops off of most of my onions (first time) tomatoes they leave alone. Not to worried about the garden but the plants in the yard is the dead zone. If the weather is clear tomorrow I'll post a picture of the nest. edit ; forgot to add the backyard is fenced so I think they feel more secured.
 
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@kayaker What you described sounds about the same as I’ve seen here concerning cottontail nests. When I mentioned digging and burrowing before, there are other species of rabbit I’m familiar with in other states that actually dig burrows consisting of tunnel systems. They are European in origin to my understanding. They can really damage some land. I’ve seen an out-of-state friend of mine with a neighbor who had rabbits that tunneled into their yard. It was a bit of a mess. I understand Jack rabbits to be hares. Anyhow, just curious. Good shooting on yours. And I thought you may have been talking about a vegetable garden. Didn’t know they eat onions. That’s a new one on me. Lol. 
 
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rabbits are the most destructive pest there is .. all it takes is one to decimate a garden or landscaping bushes .. yeah theyre all cutsie playing in the day while they lay waste to everything at night .. imo you 'dont' want one setting up shop in your yard especially if you plan on gardening as a serious backup food source for hard times .. it can take weeks or months to get rid of them, and then its serious and threatens your own well being ...
 
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They are welcome to mingle with my home grow vegetables,

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That’s the spirit! 😆


Good shooting! Good size rabbit
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Skydiv thankyou I got lucky at that distance with those fat cross hairs on the bug buster, just need to get another scope . The rabbit is good size for my area
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@kayaker Do you not like the Bug Buster in general or is your desire to get another scope solely based upon its thick crosshairs?
 
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Ezana4CE The crosshairs are too thick, I like to be precise at what I'm aiming at and want DRT . Should have done more research, I wanted something small, compact, but realize now that with my age and eye's I also need more power, like 16 instead of 9 . They might be ok for plinking cans for some, but for shooting groups on paper or at pests it's not good enough for me. Example: shooting paper at 25 to 30 yds. at a 1inch circle it almost covers the hole target, I don't like to mane or have large groups I strive for precise hits all the time. Like hitting tin cans it's not the can but a certain spot on that can same goes for spinners. Other words just not the right application for me but good enough for others. Hope I didn't open up a can of worms.


 
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