hunt or be hunted
13-09-07, 08:00 PM
i had the day off school today, and i didnt want to go hunting just incase the currier came with my new vectrix and i wasn't home, i waited all day just shooting my target with my one remaining arrow and as soon as dad got home i went for a quick hunt.
i was shooting nicely out to 30m with my fieldpoint and washer so i thought i was in with a good chance. walking across the open flat to the plataue i had the sun in my face and i could'nt see much, it died down abit and i could make out the shapes of fleeing bunnys on the hill.
when i could see good i cliped on my release and drew on a little rabbit about 30m away, i shot over its head.
i kept moving on and as i looked at a rabbit hole about 15m away i could see a set of ears, so i waited for a few seconds and then came to full draw, when the little bunny came out i took aim and release the arrow hit hard but only came in contact with dirt:(. that bunny was gone and i thought i better get my shooting together or i should just go home. i came to a spot where i could look over the blackberries and see into an open patch of grass stick's and branches where lots of rabbits sit in the sun and feed. as i reached the spot where i wanted to wait i looked at a rabbit bed about 20m away and it was the perfect spot to shoot so i thought i will only have a shot if one goes in that bed or i will lose my arrow if i try anywhere else and miss, so i waited for no more then 30seconds and a bunny peacefully came out and sat in the bed, its head was covered so i took the opotunity and drew back took ain just above its front legs and released, smack! i thought i had hit a branch but then my bunny kicked its way out from behind the twigs and layed there. i went around the back and came out into the open patch where i would find my bunny lying in the grass, i picked it up and its heart was still pumping so a quick hit to the back of its head and it was all over for the bunny. i looked to see where i had hit and i soon discovered that my fieldpoint and washer had smacked him square in the eye, not a bad shot and it done the job.
on the way back to my bow that was waiting for me at the spot where i had shot from and i sliped over and slid down a slope on my back riding over stinging nettle and thorns of all soughts, once i reached the bottom on my back i stood up and laughed my back was a little itchy but not as much as i thought it would be, i picked up my bow and headed home.
on the way back i came over the top of the plataue when i saw a kitten feeding about 10m away on a steep down hill shot, i shot too far to the right and it lived the die another day. once i had crossed the creek i was walking about 9m from a blackberry line when heard a growling and hissing noise, i stoped and when i done that a head poped up from behind a small pile of sticks and leaves, it was a cat that had run away and had now turned feral by the looks of things, and then another feral cat sat up about 3m infront of that one, i could of shot either one but i didnt want to just incase they were'nt ferals but im 95% sure that they were because i had seen the black and white one before and that is the one that had run away and the fluffy brown one i had never seen before and i know pretty much eveyones cat in the neighbour hood. i let them go and a little while later one of my cats was about to fight the brown one so i scared it away and it had a head on colishion with my cat, they both jumped up into the air hissing a growling and then they both took off at high speeds lol, it was quiet funny to watch.
i took about 20 pics of me and my bunny and when i put them onto the computer they were gone!!! they were gone off the camera and now the computer says there is not image in this file!!!! so that just ruined the day but it was still awesome to nock over that big bunny.
sorry for the long read and no picture to finish it off, i am not happy either.
thank's for reading.
dan.
i was shooting nicely out to 30m with my fieldpoint and washer so i thought i was in with a good chance. walking across the open flat to the plataue i had the sun in my face and i could'nt see much, it died down abit and i could make out the shapes of fleeing bunnys on the hill.
when i could see good i cliped on my release and drew on a little rabbit about 30m away, i shot over its head.
i kept moving on and as i looked at a rabbit hole about 15m away i could see a set of ears, so i waited for a few seconds and then came to full draw, when the little bunny came out i took aim and release the arrow hit hard but only came in contact with dirt:(. that bunny was gone and i thought i better get my shooting together or i should just go home. i came to a spot where i could look over the blackberries and see into an open patch of grass stick's and branches where lots of rabbits sit in the sun and feed. as i reached the spot where i wanted to wait i looked at a rabbit bed about 20m away and it was the perfect spot to shoot so i thought i will only have a shot if one goes in that bed or i will lose my arrow if i try anywhere else and miss, so i waited for no more then 30seconds and a bunny peacefully came out and sat in the bed, its head was covered so i took the opotunity and drew back took ain just above its front legs and released, smack! i thought i had hit a branch but then my bunny kicked its way out from behind the twigs and layed there. i went around the back and came out into the open patch where i would find my bunny lying in the grass, i picked it up and its heart was still pumping so a quick hit to the back of its head and it was all over for the bunny. i looked to see where i had hit and i soon discovered that my fieldpoint and washer had smacked him square in the eye, not a bad shot and it done the job.
on the way back to my bow that was waiting for me at the spot where i had shot from and i sliped over and slid down a slope on my back riding over stinging nettle and thorns of all soughts, once i reached the bottom on my back i stood up and laughed my back was a little itchy but not as much as i thought it would be, i picked up my bow and headed home.
on the way back i came over the top of the plataue when i saw a kitten feeding about 10m away on a steep down hill shot, i shot too far to the right and it lived the die another day. once i had crossed the creek i was walking about 9m from a blackberry line when heard a growling and hissing noise, i stoped and when i done that a head poped up from behind a small pile of sticks and leaves, it was a cat that had run away and had now turned feral by the looks of things, and then another feral cat sat up about 3m infront of that one, i could of shot either one but i didnt want to just incase they were'nt ferals but im 95% sure that they were because i had seen the black and white one before and that is the one that had run away and the fluffy brown one i had never seen before and i know pretty much eveyones cat in the neighbour hood. i let them go and a little while later one of my cats was about to fight the brown one so i scared it away and it had a head on colishion with my cat, they both jumped up into the air hissing a growling and then they both took off at high speeds lol, it was quiet funny to watch.
i took about 20 pics of me and my bunny and when i put them onto the computer they were gone!!! they were gone off the camera and now the computer says there is not image in this file!!!! so that just ruined the day but it was still awesome to nock over that big bunny.
sorry for the long read and no picture to finish it off, i am not happy either.
thank's for reading.
dan.