Hunting, tips

[PanzerJaeger]

Unless you are an extraordinarily good shot, you will not be able to hit a running rabbit with a pellet gun. And unlike prairie dogs and other varmints that can be hunted from a long range with a scoped rifle, rabbits always use cover, so using a stand or trying to sneak up from a distance (especially with a pellet gun) are not viable options.

The way it is done around here is with dogs (to get them running towards you) and shotguns (to widen your field of accurate fire). Even then, I have found it to be nothing but frustrating. Does anything else interest you? If you can make it across the pond, the big game hunting in America and Canada is great and not as pricy as Africa or as dangerous as Russia.

If you are intent on hunting wabbits, I would definitely invest in a shotgun, and take that shotgun to a range routinely for a couple of weeks before you even tried it in the field. Many skeet ranges have a 'rabbit' option, which is a flat circular skeet that rolls across the ground instead of flying through air. Until you can hit that, reliably, don't even bother going out. Also, I would recommend getting hooked up with a guide, preferably running dogs. Going out alone for your first time will likely turn out to be nothing more than a nature hike.

Good luck! Hunting is great fun with a gun, second only to CQB training in my book.

[Fragony]

Need no guide, find rabbit, shoot it, pick it up, buy onions carrots and wine. Could catch them by hand chasing them. But shooting is cool, want to make it ramboesque

[Tellos Athenaios]

Check that you're actually allowed to “kill things that are smaller than [you]”. Far as I know the law here takes a dim view of hunting for sport without proper paperworks.

[Fragony]

Check that you're actually allowed to ?kill things that are smaller than [you]?. Far as I know the law here takes a dim view of hunting for sport without proper paperworks.

Guy lives in the middle the woods police don't come there, but might have to check that out. Too cold now anyway.

Found a nice online shop where they sell airguns. 130 euro for a 4.5 scoped one, 400 m/s sounds pretty powerful and it looks really cool. A shame you need a permit for the powder types.

@Sarmatarian they hop around as close as 5 meters, maybe we have really dumb rabbits. Maybe I should get a crossbow instead as I want to grow towards using my bow. Dart should take them out.

[Tellos Athenaios]

@Sarmatarian they hop around as close as 5 meters, maybe we have really dumb rabbits. Maybe I should get a crossbow instead as I want to grow towards using my bow. Dart should take them out.

On the other hand: they can move faster than cats, and cats are faster than Usain Bolt. So unless you plan to go really slow and are lucky to have a rabbit sit that long in a single spot enjoying his dinner show, it might not be so easy.

[Banquo's Ghost]

Fragony, old bean, it appears that your country has rather strict laws on hunting and these include rabbit. It also seems to be the case that air rifles are not permitted weapons for hunting.

I think you would do well to join a hunting group, pass your licence and perhaps learn to shoot pheasant first. As well as a fine day out, they make very good eating.

[Fragony]

The Netherlands has strict laws on everything doesn't mean I should naturally oblige every petty rule tofu-munching city-folks cook up. Screw the laws too many of them to keep track. Besides I got night-goggles police doesn't, they will never catch us way too dark.

[Sarmatian]

Need no guide, find rabbit, shoot it, pick it up, buy onions carrots and wine. Could catch them by hand chasing them. But shooting is cool, want to make it ramboesque

Ok, I have 10 euros here that says Frags isn't gonna catch anything. Anyone?

Seriosly Frag, there are almost no chance you're gonna hit a wabbit with an airgun. They're sneaksy and they jump around.

[gaelic cowboy]

Could catch them by hand chasing them

If you can do this then the rabbit is sick probably with Myxomatosis

[Gregoshi]

How do you catch a rabbit by hand? You gwabbit.

Thank you! Thank you!

How do you kill a rabbit with an air gun? You Frag it.

Oh! I got a million of 'em!

[drone]

Could catch them by hand chasing them

If you can do this then the rabbit is sick probably with Myxomatosis

Watch, and learn.

[Slyspy]

I've been led to believe that a dark night, a low powered rifle and a high powered torch are the best things for hunting rabbits. Plus any necessary licenses and permissions of course.

[Tellos Athenaios]

I've been led to believe that as far as Pheasant goes, raisins (or whatever it was) stuffed with crushed sleeping tablets (I think) it is. But that might be a fiction.

[gaelic cowboy]

I've been led to believe that a dark night, a low powered rifle and a high powered torch are the best things for hunting rabbits. Plus any necessary licenses and permissions of course.

No thats for foxes

[Furunculus]

Ok, I have 10 euros here that says Frags isn't gonna catch anything. Anyone?

Seriosly Frag, there are almost no chance you're gonna hit a wabbit with an airgun. They're sneaksy and they jump around.

i've bagged a rabbit with a head-shot at thirty yards. the fun is stalking into a shooting position without spooking the rabbit, would never try a moving shot with an air-rifle tho.

[Husar]

rabbits always use cover

Crazed Rabbits also shoot back!