hunt or be hunted
27-07-08, 05:56 PM
It was rainging today but i couldn't waste a sunday sitting on the computer.
I was heading out with the camera, like i said it was rainging so i had to tape some plastic over any parts that would cause a shut down if water got through.
On arrival i could see about 20 rabbits getting about on the hillside so i took it slow. It was very uneventful only having 1 shot and 1 miss on a kitten from 20m. I spotted another tiny kitten feeding about in some short stinging nettle. I stalked into about 5m but he decided he was full and went down his hole. The next bit of action was a fair walk away. I had the camera rolling and was at full draw from about 10m on a kitten with its head poking out of a hole. I ended up pulling low on release and missed.
I walk around the hill a bit more and got myself set up for a shot at some kittens sitting outside of their warren. Camera was recording and I hit the trigger on my release. The rabbit ducket at the shot and moved forward having the blunt hit way to far back, I got over and finished the job.
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t76/go_and_hunt/IMG_0306.jpg
The clouds looked high so I asumed it wasn't going to rain again for an hour or so, so I thought I would walk around the whole property. I walked about 2km seeing heaps of rabbits but they were all too good and I was outsmarted by them everytime.
The day was getting on so I started the walk home. At the last part of the property near home I spotted 3 kittens outside of the warren where I had the first shot of the hunt. I closed into a good shooting range and set up the camera, after everything was set up only one kitten was left so I lined him up with the 20m pin and released, the kitten got blown out of its warren by my carbon arrow tipped with a Judo (minus the wire springs) and an adder from one end of its body to the other, very strong effective blunt. The footage looks great.
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t76/go_and_hunt/IMG_0309.jpg
4 Rabbits in a weekend all on film. not bad for me:)
Thanks For Reading
Dan.
I was heading out with the camera, like i said it was rainging so i had to tape some plastic over any parts that would cause a shut down if water got through.
On arrival i could see about 20 rabbits getting about on the hillside so i took it slow. It was very uneventful only having 1 shot and 1 miss on a kitten from 20m. I spotted another tiny kitten feeding about in some short stinging nettle. I stalked into about 5m but he decided he was full and went down his hole. The next bit of action was a fair walk away. I had the camera rolling and was at full draw from about 10m on a kitten with its head poking out of a hole. I ended up pulling low on release and missed.
I walk around the hill a bit more and got myself set up for a shot at some kittens sitting outside of their warren. Camera was recording and I hit the trigger on my release. The rabbit ducket at the shot and moved forward having the blunt hit way to far back, I got over and finished the job.
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t76/go_and_hunt/IMG_0306.jpg
The clouds looked high so I asumed it wasn't going to rain again for an hour or so, so I thought I would walk around the whole property. I walked about 2km seeing heaps of rabbits but they were all too good and I was outsmarted by them everytime.
The day was getting on so I started the walk home. At the last part of the property near home I spotted 3 kittens outside of the warren where I had the first shot of the hunt. I closed into a good shooting range and set up the camera, after everything was set up only one kitten was left so I lined him up with the 20m pin and released, the kitten got blown out of its warren by my carbon arrow tipped with a Judo (minus the wire springs) and an adder from one end of its body to the other, very strong effective blunt. The footage looks great.
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t76/go_and_hunt/IMG_0309.jpg
4 Rabbits in a weekend all on film. not bad for me:)
Thanks For Reading
Dan.