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Back to the Bunnies.

Post by Elmer » 09 Aug 2015, 12:38 am

Its been 5 weeks since my last sniping expedition so with the promise of good weather I headed off to a patch that I had not been to for about 3 months,this spot consists of 7 warrens spread out in an area of about 500x500 yds.
Well what a surprise, with some good rains the bunnies had been breeding with all the warrens populated with several kittens.
I shot 5 with one bunny taken from each of the warrens so as not to put a large dent in their family groups...sustainable sniping :lol:
Anyway, the first was at 232mts (254yds), the second 278mts (304yds), the third 214mts (235yds), the fourth 284mts (311yds) and finally the fifth at 240mts (262yds).
All bunnies were shot through the chest and died instantly , the last one was the most spectacular....with victim being flung several feet into the air with bits of guts and other assorted goodies launched into orbit :twisted:
Yup, it was a good day with plenty more targets for next time....
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Post by stefo » 09 Aug 2015, 9:24 am

Wicked !! Nothing better than pluggin a few rabbits
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Post by Baronvonrort » 09 Aug 2015, 1:58 pm

Nice vids.

What camera are you using ?
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Post by Title_II » 09 Aug 2015, 2:46 pm

Man, you guys are good shots.
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Post by bigfellascott » 09 Aug 2015, 3:48 pm

Nice one Sean, no headshots?
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Post by tom604 » 09 Aug 2015, 3:56 pm

nice going on the little ones,and the big ones :D what camera? it has a great zoom on it :thumbsup:
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Post by Elmer » 09 Aug 2015, 8:40 pm

stefo wrote:Wicked !! Nothing better than pluggin a few rabbits

Agreed mate 8-)
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Post by Elmer » 09 Aug 2015, 8:42 pm

Baronvonrort wrote:Nice vids.

What camera are you using ?

Thanks Baron, its a panasonic HC-V550M.
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Post by Elmer » 09 Aug 2015, 8:43 pm

Title_II wrote:Man, you guys are good shots.

:lol: We try to be ;)
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Post by Elmer » 09 Aug 2015, 8:48 pm

bigfellascott wrote:Nice one Sean, no headshots?

Thanks Scott, I have to get a couple of bunnies for the boss so I reckon some head shots will be in order ;)
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Post by Elmer » 09 Aug 2015, 8:52 pm

Thanks Tom ....its a panasonic HC-V550M.
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Post by bigfellascott » 09 Aug 2015, 10:40 pm

Elmer wrote:
bigfellascott wrote:Nice one Sean, no headshots?

Thanks Scott, I have to get a couple of bunnies for the boss so I reckon some head shots will be in order ;)


Yep only way to go if you want to eat em hey mate. :thumbsup:
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Post by Heckler303 » 09 Aug 2015, 10:42 pm

bigfellascott wrote:
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bigfellascott wrote:Nice one Sean, no headshots?

Thanks Scott, I have to get a couple of bunnies for the boss so I reckon some head shots will be in order ;)


Yep only way to go if you want to eat em hey mate. :thumbsup:



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Post by bigfellascott » 09 Aug 2015, 11:02 pm

Mines pretty simple, cut em up into pieces (KFC Style) soak em in water and vinegar over night, drain em the soak em in milk until ready to cook, coat em in egg then seasoned flour, brown em in some oil for a bit until a bit of colour is on em, then I cook them in the oven in a cast iron pot with onions, mushies and a steak dianne sauce mix, I add a bit of cream just before they are ready to be served, usually in a hour or so (I just check em to see how tender they are and when ready I take em out and get stuck in.

They are usually meat falling off the bone type deal and are bloody beautiful to eat (very very similar to chicken and most wouldn't know the diff other than the diff meat cuts. :thumbsup:
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Post by Heckler303 » 09 Aug 2015, 11:06 pm

bigfellascott wrote:Mines pretty simple, cut em up into pieces (KFC Style) soak em in water and vinegar over night, drain em the soak em in milk until ready to cook, coat em in egg then seasoned flour, brown em in some oil for a bit until a bit of colour is on em, then I cook them in the oven in a cast iron pot with onions, mushies and a steak dianne sauce mix, I add a bit of cream just before they are ready to be served, usually in a hour or so (I just check em to see how tender they are and when ready I take em out and get stuck in.

They are usually meat falling off the bone type deal and are bloody beautiful to eat (very very similar to chicken and most wouldn't know the diff other than the diff meat cuts. :thumbsup:



I have saved this in a notepad and will recommend to the old man to try this out with me when we get a .17 HMR sorted :D Thanks a lot bigfella
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Post by bigfellascott » 09 Aug 2015, 11:14 pm

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bigfellascott wrote:Mines pretty simple, cut em up into pieces (KFC Style) soak em in water and vinegar over night, drain em the soak em in milk until ready to cook, coat em in egg then seasoned flour, brown em in some oil for a bit until a bit of colour is on em, then I cook them in the oven in a cast iron pot with onions, mushies and a steak dianne sauce mix, I add a bit of cream just before they are ready to be served, usually in a hour or so (I just check em to see how tender they are and when ready I take em out and get stuck in.

They are usually meat falling off the bone type deal and are bloody beautiful to eat (very very similar to chicken and most wouldn't know the diff other than the diff meat cuts. :thumbsup:



I have saved this in a notepad and will recommend to the old man to try this out with me when we get a .17 HMR sorted :D Thanks a lot bigfella


Your welcome mate, the vinegar and water helps take that wild rabbit flavour out of em a bit and the milk helps tenderise em a bit I believe, certainly seems to work cos they don't taste crap like a lot of rabbit dishes do and they are very very tender, just like a roast chicken, the sauce is like a gravy type thing and covers around 3/4's of em, I just cook em around 160deg from memory, like I said I just check how tender they are and when ready we get stuck in.

I also add garlic, onions, mushies, salt and pepper and as I said some cream at the end (thickened from memory) but sour cream would be fine too (may even be that) ah its good having old timers :lol:
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Post by Will » 11 Aug 2015, 10:56 am

Soaking in milk absorbs some of the innards smells as well.
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Post by bigfellascott » 11 Aug 2015, 2:07 pm

Will wrote:Soaking in milk absorbs some of the innards smells as well.


Haven't noticed mate - but I only eat the legs and back straps type thing anyway (nothing else worth eating on em really) :D
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Post by sarki » 12 Aug 2015, 12:15 pm

The milk trick is for the real stinky stuff e.g. if you're into eating offal.

Smelt a fresh kidney before? They blooding stink!
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Post by Andrew.22 » 11 Sep 2015, 9:58 pm

Great post. Loved the video. Good shooting on those kittens. Not a big target.
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Post by Andrew.22 » 11 Sep 2015, 9:59 pm

Great post. Loved the video. Good shooting on those kittens. Not a big target.
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Post by Elmer » 13 Sep 2015, 8:49 pm

Yup, they go anywhere....that car has cost me almost 1500 bucks in the past 5 weeks, Im looking at retiring it soon.
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Post by Elmer » 13 Sep 2015, 8:58 pm

Thanks Andrew, will be getting the 22-250 ready within the next few weeks and will use it to knock off Bugs from 400-550 yds, so hopefully will get some interesting footage,
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Post by fawksel » 14 Sep 2015, 11:39 am

22-250 on bunnies is going bring some explosive results :twisted:
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