Friday, October 9, 2009

OUT AND ABOUT IN BUNNY LAND


my night vision seems to be on its way out so went old school got
the lamp out an headed for the hills

on arrival had a good look round to find plenty of action ... Sime
had his new Yukon NV unit so needed to keep some distance so
i would not blow his image intensifier tube. So we split up i went
over four or five field while Sime stayed putt with the NV

i saw three in the first field but the distance was to make the shot
imposable so i needed to close down the range quite allot ,using
every thing i could as cover against the moonlight and crawling for
about thirty yards .I slid under the barbed wire witch separated
the fields to find i was well within range ,so i flicked on the lamp
but one had gone...never mind i can only get one shot off
anyhow..Both jump and run ,placing the beam in front of them
they both stopped and i could see one on the edge of the
scope,but when i moved the cross hair on to him because
the lamp is mounted on the gun the beam flooded him again
sending him running so i stopped him again moving the beam in
front of him this time when i passed the cross hair over him he
was not to move, so he went over with a click of the trigger....
great stuff one in the bag in no time.



although the bag was not empty the next rabbit was to come just
as quick in the next field lamp on and over he went, but with it
came the Grimm sight of the rabbits dangerous foe. with its eye's
puffed and pussy i was sad to see the disease,but at the same time
was happy I'd taken this bunny because it was obviously in some
real pain and discomfort as the picture below shows ...most of its
fur was rubbed off its face ,front legs and back legs ....and was
the skinniest I'd seen for some time...and i left him were he lay








this one is to match my friend Duncan....still eating





the next couple were text book opps................






bottoms up..........................................







.............................................................
CAUGHT UP WITH SIME




i headed back over to the N.V man..who had bagged up as
well with sneaky night vision shots he,d totted up three
,one of witch was a modest 50/55 yrd shot





Sime in the position i found him in when i got back....Yukon
unit in hand


Sime's pyramid off bunnies









Mike s410

2 comments:

Richard said...

Nice to see you postimg Mike and a very good lamping shoot. Glad the myxi hasnt got all the rabbits YET.
Very good bag the both of you...well done.

NIGEL ALLEN's Official Airgun Blog said...

A good night's lamping there. I have the same problem with the hot-spot spooking the rabbits. If I'm using a head-mounted lamp, I have it pointing off to one side. If I'm using my Clulite, it has a ball-head joint which allows me to angle the lamp left or right so that I can approach rabbits with them on the edge of the 'tunnel'. Of course, you don't always have the edge the right way round!