After getting home at 10pm here (UK time) there was just enough light to see through my scope on the bobcat so I figured I'd have a quick walk around and see if anything presented itself for the taking.
I loaded up 1 mag, checked the pressure gauge on the gun, threw on a dark top and went for a wander. After a few hundred yards I figured I must have scared most of the rabbits off when driving up the driveway so I had a quick check around the rear of my property.
I I slowly walked towards the unused barn like I always do, expecting nothing to be round the corner (has been an empty spot for a while now) and to my surprise there was a 3/4 grown rabbit sat upright. I didn't dare to move to a better position so I slowly lifted the gun and had to take the 40yard shot standing, unsupported. I felt good about this shot, the crosshairs were fairly stable on his head so I touched off the trigger and was rewarded with a positive THWOCK as the .22 JSB heavy hit home. The open barns really made the shot Echo and I thought that would have alerted every animal within a half mile radius.
I carried on stalking round to look up the lane into the fields and saw 2 rabbits bolt into the hedge. Just as I was about to turn back I spotted a dark shape at about 50-60 yards that could have been a mound of dirt or could have been a rabbit. So I lifted the rifle and checked through the scope. Turns out it's a rabbit... Great... Except the pass through would have meant a ricochet potentially towards a house up the top which I obviously didn't want. So I chanced my luck... I stood upright and walked forward 3 steps. The rabbit did as I hoped she would, which was make a run for the hedge. As soon as she started moving I knelt down and waited for her to stop for that split second before she bolted into the hedge for the night. The second she stopped I dropped her like a stone.
Thats 2 nice healthy rabbits for the pot, all taken in around 5 minutes, including getting out of the back door and then back inside to fetch a knife.
Took me longer to prep them than it did to go and shoot them!
The bobcat
2 bunnies for the pot
I loaded up 1 mag, checked the pressure gauge on the gun, threw on a dark top and went for a wander. After a few hundred yards I figured I must have scared most of the rabbits off when driving up the driveway so I had a quick check around the rear of my property.
I I slowly walked towards the unused barn like I always do, expecting nothing to be round the corner (has been an empty spot for a while now) and to my surprise there was a 3/4 grown rabbit sat upright. I didn't dare to move to a better position so I slowly lifted the gun and had to take the 40yard shot standing, unsupported. I felt good about this shot, the crosshairs were fairly stable on his head so I touched off the trigger and was rewarded with a positive THWOCK as the .22 JSB heavy hit home. The open barns really made the shot Echo and I thought that would have alerted every animal within a half mile radius.
I carried on stalking round to look up the lane into the fields and saw 2 rabbits bolt into the hedge. Just as I was about to turn back I spotted a dark shape at about 50-60 yards that could have been a mound of dirt or could have been a rabbit. So I lifted the rifle and checked through the scope. Turns out it's a rabbit... Great... Except the pass through would have meant a ricochet potentially towards a house up the top which I obviously didn't want. So I chanced my luck... I stood upright and walked forward 3 steps. The rabbit did as I hoped she would, which was make a run for the hedge. As soon as she started moving I knelt down and waited for her to stop for that split second before she bolted into the hedge for the night. The second she stopped I dropped her like a stone.
Thats 2 nice healthy rabbits for the pot, all taken in around 5 minutes, including getting out of the back door and then back inside to fetch a knife.
Took me longer to prep them than it did to go and shoot them!
The bobcat
2 bunnies for the pot
