Old Krico,5 shot mag,shit 6x Tasco all head shots. The pic shows 10 of the 20 I knocked over today in two shifts.I didnt bother to take a pic of the first 10.
Posts: 87 | Location: Victoria Australia | Registered: 07 September 2002
Reminds me of an article that I read in a Gun magazine years ago in the 60's about 2 Aussies who hunted rabbits and some Roo at night. They shot a couple hundred and had the meat canned and shipped to Europe!
Hip
Posts: 1943 | Location: Long Island, New York | Registered: 04 January 2008
I dont bother these days as I clean them and freeze to give away.I recently gave 30 away to one mate,he gives me home killed lamb...much better for me.
Posts: 87 | Location: Victoria Australia | Registered: 07 September 2002
Are the light sandy rabbits an adaptation to your dry climate? I've shot black (Really very dark chocolate) rabbits in NZ and the UK but never seen that sandy colour in the wild.
Posts: 429 | Location: New Zealand | Registered: 24 March 2018
Its generally known or accepted (in Aus) that when rabbit numbers are high they will start to show the indicator of blacks and gingers. I have knocked 4-5 gingers recently including an adult.I dont know if there are any others but soon will when the 22 comes out again.
Posts: 87 | Location: Victoria Australia | Registered: 07 September 2002
A mate arrived last Thursday with .300 WM deer rifle and a HB 223. He was fortunate enough to shoot a sambar stag and a sambar calf and then did a lot of wandering in the known spots culling rabbits with his 223 between the AM and PM deer hunting. Heads flew off and bodies were misted as it was "shoot to kill no matter" 90 rabbits taken out of here has made a big difference.Plus another 30 I knocked over again. Quite a lot were shot from the house garden...bastards!
Posts: 87 | Location: Victoria Australia | Registered: 07 September 2002
Where I hunted in the Hartley area in NSW there were a lot of black rabbits. That seemed to be the dominate colour. I did shoot the odd piebald bunny as well.
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Posts: 8116 | Location: Bloody Queensland where every thing is 20 years behind the rest of Australia! | Registered: 25 January 2001
When I still lived on the farm in the Capertee Valley we noticed that black and ginger rabbits were mostly only seen in warrens where the rabbits were away from other warrens. I was told the colour variations were because of inbreeding of isolated groups of rabbits.
Pete
Posts: 248 | Location: Northern NSW Australia | Registered: 08 March 2005
That is always a possibility as the rabbits here are sort of isolated to a degree over about a two kilometre stretch then its a long haul to the next lot.
Posts: 87 | Location: Victoria Australia | Registered: 07 September 2002
