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dpack



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 31, 08 10:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

long net ,ummm
i wouldnt want to net holes in a blacthorn tangle but if it can be done im open to suggestions

gil
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 31, 08 10:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

[off-topic ] dpack, what's the sloe crop looking like this year ? [/off-topic]

where are the holes in relation to the hedges/ ditches ?

dpack



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 31, 08 10:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

many sloes
holes deep in the thorn and a few down the bank on the bushes slope

gil
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 31, 08 10:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I'm sure it can be done with the net far enough away from the thorn not to get tangled - seen similar situation on South Downs involving sloe thickets with rabbit holes, where the grass was being eaten almost down to the chalk. Nets at the distance KnG suggests.

dpack



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 31, 08 10:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

they go out a fair time
they go out a fair distance
they are tight in the bushes
a net to collect returnees may be possible

like fish ummmm

gil
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 31, 08 10:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dpack wrote:
a net to collect returnees may be possible


That's how I was thinking it would work

dpack



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 31, 08 11:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

umm
i will get to know them

dpack



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PostPosted: Sat Aug 02, 08 5:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

and i will phone a chap who makes nets to ask his advice
thanks, that may be the best way to manage flopsy long term
short term the scrim and tarp are in the dung heap
ambush by sniping
they are scuttly but they dont shoot back

jaracas



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 14, 08 10:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

im a noob on the forum, but not a noob to assasinating bunnies.
if im after bulk for the freezer, its the hw100k.if im after one for the pot its the ar28, cheap rifle, but fun.
the hw gives me PoP easy at 50m, but i like to keep my shots within 40m, just to be on the safe side, and never had a screamer yet.
get ligged on a mat, use a bipod and theyre toast....well casserole.
what really gets my goat are the ones hopping about next t the road that you cant do nothing about, lol.

steve

matt mavin



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 17, 08 9:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Personally i would shoot from 15 to 20 yards away but 50 meters wow haha !

If you dont have a tripod you can always use a fishing rod holder they often come in a y shape and are very cheap does the job

But good luck !

dpack



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 24, 08 3:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

hides sorted ,bunnies close , elevation to 1.25m fire point from a padded rail ,one hole groups to 25 m
bunny lurks in hedge to traverse the kz and scrub is just wrong in front of bun
mines would work

gil
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 24, 08 4:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Bother. I take it your plans have not yet worked.
Trim the hedge back ?

dpack



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 24, 08 4:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

some low trimming may help
i recon a major change of tactics is needed to thin them
funny how they will be happy when one is tending a sick sheep and nervously in the hedge when more focussed on them
im starting to consider control more than harvest and brownbear's magic dragon is starting to seem attractive
neither hastings or cairngorm bunnies were so well adapted to surviving
they have enough food within a few metres of the hedge ,a lot in the under margins,they do move out of cover but dont have to

if i look to the control aspect what do you folk reccomend ?

Drewsephine



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 24, 08 4:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dpack wrote:

mines would work


try this


Brownbear



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 24, 08 4:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Or this.

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