Thread: Rabbits and Hares close to houses

Originally Posted by flock

I,m shooting Hares a bit further out of town so tree huggers not so much of a worry.

Using a low end inferay thermal to find them, with the colour menu I get a red glow to 60M which is the shoot able limit for my PCP air rifle. Shooting jsb18g pellets at 35flbs or 920fps, with pard night vision scope sighted in a 50M this rig shoots half inch. Shooting off homemade shooting sticks as where I shoot is flat & often has longer grass. Head shots are a must, puts them down no worries, Quiet & at night I'm not shining a torch all over the place.

I do them in a slow cooker with a Maggi slow cooker sashay, onions & parsnips, bacon & whatever takes your fancy. Lot of meat on a hare, well worth eating.

Sorry I was meaning to reply to you flock above. I’m keen to try out some night shooting and wondering where to start, either a dedicated cheap night vision scope, a clip on night vision that attaches to a normal scope, or a dedicated cheap thermal scope. Rabbits will be <100m away, using a 22lr.