Thread: wanted small game hunting tips

Get really good at using your binos and knowing where to look, I shoot a ton of rabbits in Orchards, and most of them in the daylight hours are not out in the open on the grass, but they are generally sitting right beside a tree trunk, or in the long weeds around the bases of the trees, taking cover etc. Many i shoot, ive only seen a part of the rabbit with the binos, so learn to look for part of an animal (dont just look for the whole animal). Often will only see a nose, or an ear, or the top of a head with ears back.

Once you have spotted the part of an animal, then you can move into a position where you can get a shot at it, and or wait until it moves a little bit, or get in position and let out a whistle or a 'hey' to get it to put its head up or similar.

So many times when out shooting these orchards with a friend, they will walk along the ends of the rows first, looking for rabbits, and i will follow behind, I will often see rabbits that they have not seen. Just experience.

I do use 17 Hornet and 17 hmr mainly, sometimes 22lr with subs, but all have a greator range than your springers air rifles obviously. Im doing it to shoot as many as possible for pest control, so when i see one, i like to know i can shoot it from there, rather than stalk in closer and risk it spooking etc.

The 17 hornet and 17 hmr are extremerly effective for this.

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