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vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 08 5:34 pm Post subject:

cpg03 wrote:

I've been hoping to try bunnies this coming year. ooh, maybe a new year's resolution. Anyhow, is it really as easy as folks make it seem? Just pop 'em, skin 'em, gut 'em and stew 'em?

I'm going to need to borrow a gun though... my deer rifle probably wouldn't leave much bunny for me....

pretty much! Fairly simple, same as a deer but a tad smaller.

Brownbear

Joined: 28 May 2007
Posts: 14929
Location: South West

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 08 5:39 pm Post subject:

vegplot wrote:

cpg03 wrote:

pretty much! Fairly simple, same as a deer but a tad smaller.

Oh, I don't know - used to know a Yank who shot them with a 30-06. As long as you go for head shots it will be fine. My .17HMR takes their heads clean off, and the meat is unaffected. Just makes skinning even easier.

vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 08 5:44 pm Post subject:

Brownbear wrote:

My .17HMR takes their heads clean off, and the meat is unaffected. Just makes skinning even easier.

I've only ever seen the tiny holes they make in paper. Such an innocent little round.

niteowlpaul

Joined: 07 Dec 2007
Posts: 18
Location: Derbyshire

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 08 5:53 pm Post subject:
Do game dealers buy them as i have a few to get rid of but not keen on shooting them to throw under the hedge for the foxes?

Brownbear

Joined: 28 May 2007
Posts: 14929
Location: South West

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 08 5:55 pm Post subject:

vegplot wrote:

Such an innocent little round.

Try firing a .22 hollowpoint at a molehill. Then try firing a .17HMR at a molehill. That will give you a good idea of their relative capabilities.

whitelegg1

Joined: 05 Apr 2005
Posts: 409
Location: Woodford Green

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 08 11:14 am Post subject:

Suprisingly I managed to get Whitelegg2 to try squirrel the other night......

Oven roasted, then shreaded a la crispy duck.
In a fajita with a tomato salsa and creme fraiche.

Very nice, and they have now been added to the acceptable garden quarry list!!

Obviously this is due to the amount of damage they cause, rather than purely shooting to eat.....

Those wood pigeons cause untold damage to my peas......and they have a habbit of stealing the bread I put down for the starlings at my primary zero!

Pete

vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 08 11:53 am Post subject:

Brownbear wrote:

vegplot wrote:

Such an innocent little round.

Try firing a .22 hollowpoint at a molehill. Then try firing a .17HMR at a molehill. That will give you a good idea of their relative capabilities.

A youtube video idea! I'd give it a go if, a) I had a variation for expanding ammunition and b) a .17 HMR

Brownbear

Joined: 28 May 2007
Posts: 14929
Location: South West

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 08 11:56 am Post subject:
Well, this is what one does to a full can of Coke: https://www.varmintal.com/17hmr.wmv

niteowlpaul

Joined: 07 Dec 2007
Posts: 18
Location: Derbyshire

Posted: Wed Jan 23, 08 3:27 pm Post subject:
doesnt anyone have a problem with vermin control in the derbys / notts/ south yorks area?

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