With the coronavirus lockdown finally being eased and people now being able to move about a little more freely, I set off excited to visit one of my recently acquired permissions to see how the rabbits were doing, after being left alone for a few weeks to make themselves comfortable again.
Upon my arrival, I had a look over the first paddock to see what activity there was and there, sitting 20 yards away from where I was standing, was the first rabbit of the evening, just asking for me to remove it from the equation. So with steady hands and careful aim, from a standing stance, one clean shot just below ear was all it took to make a satisfying kill. The first rabbit of the night was in the bag after only a few minutes of arriving on site.
NO NATURAL COVER
After this first successful kill and no sight of any further rabbits in the first paddock, I decided to move into the second paddock to see if there was more activity, and with just a glance I could see over 50 rabbits hopping about and feeding. This was all the invitation I needed to move further around the field, and set myself up on top of a little rise that looked directly down over the paddock and on to a mass of rabbits of all ages. These rabbits had certainly made themselves very comfortable in my absence, digging holes and generally making a nuisance of themselves whilst I had been unable to keep them in check.
I hadn’t been in position for many minutes when another rabbit appeared in range, closely followed by a third. With no cover at all, I slowly raised the gun, took aim and with the shot on target, that was the second rabbit of the day lying in the kill zone.
This story is from the August 2020 edition of Air Gunner.
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