Once again I found myself out under the cover of darkness, a place I could find myself quite
easily watching the local wildlife.
But instead I was out trying to find some troublesome rabbits in a delicate location.
This is one of the main reasons I ring 101 everytime I go out so everyone knows I am
out and is aware of my location and intentions.
Thank you for calling 101.
Well here we are out doing a bit of rabbit shooting at night and on my travels we have
been inundated with people, wanting to find out just what equipment we have been using
when we have been out rabbit shooting, now on the truck we have got some prototypes some
DIY stuff, made in peoples sheds and their workshops and we have got some stuff that
readably available that been tweaked and put together to make sure that when we are shooting
solo everything is safe and correct.
And although I do like to have two people in the truck, because of the unsociable hours
we are now lamping, and the long night and the long days, I just want to get it so its
comfy for me to be able to do it on my own.
And because the fields have been so wet, driving around the fields has been a know brainer,
the farmers just wont let us do it.
So what I have got to do is pick my positions whether I am shooting my 17 HMR, my 22 rimfire
or my favorite little FX cyclone in the truck their.
That when we are shooting we are going to be incognito, we will be like chameleon blending
into the surroundings.
But above all else we are going to get the rabbits of the land for the farmers.
So in the following clips we are going to show you exactly how I have been stealthily
shooting a few rabbits for the farmers.
My set up is designed for the loner.
Fitted on to my MTC Mamba is a deer save which holds my prototype night vision add on unit.
This is connected via a cable to my video sender on my stock which beams a signal to
the monitor situated inside my stead.
Being wire free I can use this monitor anywhere be it on a quad, gator, or inside my truck.
To shoot with, I use an FX cyclone kicking out at 22 ft pound.
With the right pellet this insurers a consistent clean shot of up too and sometimes beyond
50yrs without the fear of a ricochet sometimes experienced with a rimfire.
On top of this rifle lightening up my position for shooting is my trusty Nightmaster 800.
Because I am shooting on my own and driving around a little bit, I need to be able to
drive and spot safely.
So to aid this I asked my brother David make a spotter from all the odds and sods from
my years of tinkering.
Again fitted with a wireless transmitter the signal is beaming back into the warmth and
comfort of my truck.
Add to this my custom made rifle rest, I can easily, spot, drive and shoot.
Once the rabbit is located, I see it on the monitor and stop within range, I then switch
to the rifles night vision and illumination and watch my target closely.
This particular rabbit came out too see his friend, unfortunately I had shot him earlier
and left him out to avoid spooking the other rabbits I new would come out to feed.
And it worked.
With my FX loaded I released the safety catch in readiness for the shot.
Watching for a while when the shot was safe, I gently squeezed the trigger.
The pellet connected accurately.
With the chamber empty and the safety catch back on, I secured the rifle to the rest via
a bungee and opened the door and went and retrieved my bounty.
I find being able to safely open my door in this manner made solo shooting much safer
and easier to manage.
Once in the comfort of my stead I drove of into the dark sky in search of more rabbits
knowing that with good field craft and equipment I had gained the advantage above the one thing
mother nature finds hard to be afraid off, the dark.