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Thread: What little pesties did you bowl over today?

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    No picture but there is currently another dead rabbit in the middle of my bosses lawn (he lives next door). I shoot them in the reserve behind us and sometimes they jump and fall back dead sometimes on his lawn, this has happened twice now. One day I might own up to it. Shot with my JW15 and CCI subs from my back door step.

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    Super frustrating, this is a 15m x 30m'ish patch of grass next to Macdonalds Mana (Porirua). On the right is State High 1, on the left railway tracks.

    Photo taken late arvo, you can walk up to the fenceline, lean over and the bunnies can't even be arsed looking at you. There were 2 more on the left out of shot. At night time the place is lit up by the McD and Motorway lights.

    Some of them are quite fat.

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    Yep. The problems with game living too close to civilization. I can understand the frustration. You wouldn't want the armed defenders squad showing up. ( or whatever they're called now)
    Last edited by Allizdog; 08-10-2021 at 04:42 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Allizdog View Post
    Yep. The problems with game living too close to civilization. I can understand the frustration. You wouldn't want the armed defenders squad showing up. ( or whatever they're called now)
    Allizdog the name is armed offenders squad. The mistake that you and many others make is because when it is said, it very much sounds phonetically like your version of the name.
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    Quite right @Rushy. My mistake.

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    Two juvies….




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    Same place again last night. Sorry for the grainyness, this is from my phone - no zoom.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rush View Post
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    One of two I bagged today.
    What barrel is that?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rush View Post
    Attachment 180390

    One of two I bagged today.
    Nice looking setup mate. Care to share all the details of it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Danger Mouse View Post
    What barrel is that?
    Quote Originally Posted by Ronin007 View Post
    Nice looking setup mate. Care to share all the details of it?
    Ruger 10/22 with:
    Kidd stainless steel fluted bull barrel
    Kidd 2 stage trigger
    MDT LSS chassis
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    Harris bipod clone
    Vortex Crossfire II 6-26x50 (have now changed this to a Zerotech Vengeance 4-20x50)
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    Spring must really be on the air, I've been shooting a lot of juveniles lately. Best part is they just sit and wait to be shot. Hard part is that through a thermal, a juvenile at 25m looks like an adult at 70m

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ronin007 View Post
    Spring must really be on the air, I've been shooting a lot of juveniles lately. Best part is they just sit and wait to be shot. Hard part is that through a thermal, a juvenile at 25m looks like an adult at 70m.
    That was the problem I had with the PARD 008 model without rangefinder, and the .22LR shooting subs. I was really struggling to tell how far away the bunny was and got caught out by the baby bunny effect several times.

    I decided the only way I could be effective on the land I shoot bunnies was with a much faster, flatter shooting cartridge… Which inevitably means bigger bang which isn’t going to fly at night around here. Guaranteed complaints.
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    I had the 17 Hornet out late yesterday arvo for the first time in a while, most rabbits shot around 200 yards, damn i love this rifle/cartridge.

    Epic fun.

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    Another pest reduction effort….



    5 hares 4 possum.
    Will have to mix it up a bit. Staff member is seeing animals during the day n I’m not seeing them at night. Will find out and get up there when he’s seeing them.


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    Went for a wander this morning and found a few bunnies out in the sunshine. Took my 223 and some reduced loads - because it's fun and gives me more range than sub 22s. First two snack sized rabbits copped a 50g Sierra semi-point ambling along at 1940 FPS at the muzzle. Third full size bunny wore a 50 grain Speer TNT to the noggin at 112 metres. This load starts out at 2590 FPS to replicate the flatter shooting characteristics of a 17 HMR without buying another rifle. Makes more of a bang than the Trailboss load used earlier (which is more of a flat crack) but really gives better range and wind fighting ability.
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