Spiderbait the rabbit slayer

[Arra Slinger]

Dan i'll let you tell the story mate
But here they are everyone, the Rabbit Slayer Dan

His first rabbit and first kill with the bow
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A group pic with our wabbits
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Dan at full draw on some rabbits on top of their hidy hole
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second rabbit
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Dan with both of his kills
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Well done mate you shot like a little demon
and like I said you can give everyone a run down on how the day panned out
catchas later

[bowhunting4eva]

congrats on your first rabbits dan. the biggest hurdle is over.
and ben you are a champion for taking him out, nice stuff to both of you

[spiderbait24]

oh what a day, i would like to thanks ben so much for letting me and my freind micheal out to one of his rabbit spots, ben tawt me alot about just waiting a bit longer and the way to stalk in on them, once again ide love to thanks you all for all your support i know ive been anoyying about those post, know all we need to do is get a property of me own and ''slay'' some more rabbits.


thanks again ben me and micheal had a great time.

[Aimless]

Aww mate, that last pic with the night sky is truly epic :D
Looks like a movie poster, stick 'The Rabbit Slayer' in big letters up the top and you're good to go.
Anyway, nice rabbits, you're 2 ahead of me, keep at it.

[spiderbait24]

thanks aimless, jeez there were rabbits everywhere and aparently it was a bad day, but i just wanted to start off with some kittens and its worked pretty well.

thanks again ben for the 20 millionth time.

[Bowdy]

Well done Danny,
No stopping you now!!!!;)

[Ben Kleinig]

Excellent work there, Danny!

[woodstoka]

well done dan
new you would get one sooner or later

[Antarcher]

Who'd a thunk it? Well done Dan you finally did it. The smile on your face says it all and to Ben, you are a champ mate. Good on you for taking him out.

[XTfreak]

Congratulations sir.
Annoying? You??? Naaaaa never:D
Bill

[timbo]

Congratulations Dan, Well done.

Top stuff to Ben as well for taking the time to show a young bloke the ropes.

Cheers Tim

[macka]

I hear ya bill :D

Well done mate i bet your over the moon. Ben your a champ mate really well done and also congrats on the successful group hunt you organised the other day!

Spiderbait time to go door nocking and get a better rabbit place for your own. Most times with hunting its the amount of game there to if your successful or not. once again well done!

Macka

[Hoyt_Trykon]

Bloody top stuff mate. A massive congratulations to you Dan. Once u hit the first, the rest will seem alot easier to shoot. Im very happy for you mate. This just goes to show the motto, "Patience is a virtue" is very true. Stick to it bud. And Ben, you have done such a great thing helping a fellow bowhunter out like Dan, well done mate.

[spiderbait24]

thanks everyone, lol ben said i waqs punching the air before the arrow even hit the rabbit,lol.

ben got a great rabbit and i was amazed at how hardy rabbits are, thanks again ben.

[stevenn]

Good one mate very happy for you buddy,its good to see,and good one Ben,for helping him out,its good to see guys helping out the young fellas, well done.steve

[spiderbait24]

thanks stevenn.

[Arra Slinger]

Your welcome Dan but at the end of the day mate, YOU are the one that pulled off them cracker shots.
So another BIG congrats to you mate, you deserve it ;) ;) :) :)

A little run down on how the day went through my eyes..
After a few phone calls to Danny and his dad I went and picked him and his mate up. We went back to my house to have a few shots so I could see how the young bloke was shooting, a few adjustments to his sights and he was slapping arrows together in the rabbit target at 15 odd meters (he’s not a bad little shot). A bit of a run down on the a few things (stalking, shooting and most importantly secrecy ;) ) and we were heading out to the wabbit block.
We stopped off and got the property owner the paper, bread and milk as I always do and then we were there.
We slipped the shoes and socks off to make for quieter stalking and hit the paddocks.
About 100 metres from the car we were standing there with Dans eyes popping out his head with the sight of all these rabbits running around playing and eating.
I could tell his heart was pounding and the ol adrenalin was kicking in by the quivers in his voice when he was talking (whispering), so I said just to get the excitement down a bit we would stand there and watch them for a while. Don’t think it was going down much as every ten seconds or so he would see another one and the heart rate would go up even more :) Anyway we stalked in to a bunny sitting on its warren and he let fly but the arrow dropped a tad low and missed. But without disappointment (as we know we don’t have to have a kill to have fun hey Dan) we went and grabbed the arrow and moved on to where we could see another few bunnies. Dan stalked into about 15 metres of two bunnies using the trees as cover and took a shoot, a great shot but the rabbit wasn’t there by the time the arrow got there. About ten more steps and there he was at full draw again, smacko the rabbit hit the deck giving its last kicks. I tell ya what, one excited chappy, punching the air in excitement and here I am watching this thing giving its last kicks thinking (this is all happening in slow mo)
‘nooooo, not the hole’, I leapt up and done the dash over to the hole, shoved my arm down it and grabbed it before it got down too far, feeuuuu. One extremely HAPPY hunter and two very happy onlookers. A bit of walking around later I had myself a rabbit. Now it was time for the pics, this being the hard part for me with Dans mate on the side saying stuff like “work it baby work it” “that’s it, talk to the camera” :) :) Anyway after quite a few pics I finally got one with him looking at the camera :) so we then went over to see if we could have another crack at em where Dan shot the first one. Sure enough another shot resulted in another rabbit for the boy,,, Oh now for the photos again,,,,,,,’work it baby work it’
A great day indeed. Great kids

Catchas later

[spiderbait24]

it was a great afternoon mate, ide like to thank you again....

he described it perfectly ive never seen so many rabbits!!!!

i had a great time and although micheal couldnt shoot one he had an awsome time as well, so yea great time and i am sooooooo happy!

they were no were near as scared as were i usually hunt and will be trying some of those areas you suggested to find a good bunny property and will be looking to get some more bunnys soon.

[fallowhunter]

Thats awesome Danny, absolutely awesome. Memories that will last a life time.

Cheers Steve

[spiderbait24]

damn right fallowhunter.

[bear beau]

Congrats Danny!
All that persistence finally paid off hey mate!

[spiderbait24]

yep sure did.

[Mullac]

Good on ya mate, well done!:D

[HOOD]

Congrats Danny well done.
Danny does your mate shoot or is he going to?

And Ben your a champ.

[spiderbait24]

hod he realy wants to shoot but he works on the day that we go to the local begginers club, so its hard for him to get a day off.

[will]

As someone has said before, you are two ahead of me!! You persevered and got not one but 2!! :). Very good to hear! You complained but didn't give in!!
Thumbs up from the other side of Aus!!

All the best,
Will

[Neix]

Spider, I notice you dont have an arrow rest,
Perhaps i could help you out, I have a
Cavalier Stinger Drop Away arrow rest, for a bow that you Hold with left hand pull back with right hand,
Brand new in box.

If this is convienient for your bow, Let me knwo and you can have it champ

RRP: $58.99au.

[spiderbait24]

um i do have an arrow rest?

[Neix]

Ahh my eyes are fkn me up :P stupid hard work as a Bricklayer =P hehe
Must be the little screwi saw from other side looks like those 1$ Rubber ones :P sorry mate.

[wayoutwest]

Good work big fella i see ya got your sights.
Good on ya benny boy your a champ.

[bobzila]

congrads mate whats next on the list a nice big pig or maby a deer

[spiderbait24]

thanks luke :D

[TOMMO]

Good one. The start of many more successful hunts for sure.

[spiderbait24]

thanks fella's, yea i am going for a pig soon but we are trying to get a rabbit property, hope we get one, we are gunu try some market gardens.

wish me luck.:confused:

[hunt or be hunted]

you have finally done it! great job. how long were the shot's and where did you hit them?

dan.

[spiderbait24]

hi dan.

both shots were just over 20m and they were both head shots, so they didnt last very long, the first one we had to finish off but the second was out for the count!

thanks mate.

[belegstrongbow]

Congratulations Dan, we were all waiting for this moment, and I am so happy for you. It sounds like you guys had a ball out there.

Ben, you are such a legend for taking the young fellas out, good on you, I bet it felt good to help him to his first kill, better than getting one yourself.

Great stuff, we will no doubt hear more from the rabbit slayer Dan.

[spiderbait24]

lol thanks mate, yea it was great of him and i was so excited when he asked me to come along, he really know's what hes talking about.

[hunt or be hunted]

good one mate, or should i say two!! what distances did you shoot them from and how good were the shots? oh and how is the new sight and peep working out for you?

cya, dan.

[hunt or be hunted]

good one mate, or should i say two!! what distances did you shoot them from and how good were the shots? oh and how is the new sight and peep working out for you?

cya, dan.


you already answered my question, to me:confused: i dont remember posting thay:rolleyes: ahwell. good stuff.

[spiderbait24]

lol thanks dan. :D

[adam]

How goods that, congrats Dan and Chambers your a legend mate it must have felt great for both of yas.

Is that the place you took me Ben, it almost looks like Dan is at full draw right were I shot at a rabbit last trip. Top stuff.

Adam

[spiderbait24]

thanks adam, yea he said he took you there before, so i really excited to hunt on the same property that you have been on yourself.

[Mozza]

well done on the connies Dan:D
Just goes to show that persistance pays off.
Well done to Ben to for taking him out.

[NormGunston]

Story of the year! That's awesome, young blooded-brother. You feel proud of yourself and keep re-living those shots over and over. You're confidence in future hunts will only increase. Now you know that you can- and will- hit what you're aiming at. Congratulations.

[adam]

thanks adam, yea he said he took you there before, so i really excited to hunt on the same property that you have been on yourself.

HA HA mate thats funny, the ground I walk over is no different then any other person that has walked there before(maybe a few critters less thought ;) )

Adam

[Waldganger]

great work mate.

Good to see the waiting paid off.

[Clemo]

Well done mate.
There is no going back now.

Its in your blood.:D

[spiderbait24]

cheers fella's.