A little rabbit fun

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A mate and I headed out to a colleague's property tonight to have another crack at the rabbits which had been plentiful about a month back.
Unfortunately there were quite a few less and most made themselves scarce when we arrived around 4pm.
We waited and waited but it was not until the sun went down that we began to see them come out.
In the end we used the headlights of my mate's late model Land Rover Discovery III to "spotlight" them.
Unfortunately we did not have the success myself and another friend had last time, much of it due to scrappy shooting, but we did manage 4 in total; 2 with my BSA Martini Cadet sporter in 25-20 and the other 2 from my mate's H&R Sportster 17HMR.
Here's a pic of them on my '68 Land Rover pickup:

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We're going to leave it a few months before we go back.
By then they should be dumb and plentiful again.
 
do u guys know if there are any rules governing rabbit hunting in alberta? if so, when's the season, and where to hunt near calgary?
 
Hunting at night,it just seems odd to me.If I were to do that here they'd throw my a$$ in jail lol.Looks like you got yourself enough for a good little feed there Kombi.Can you hunt invasive species year round in Austrailia?Or are there seasons?What about licencing or tags?
 
Red foreman said:
Hunting at night,it just seems odd to me.If I were to do that here they'd throw my a$$ in jail lol.Looks like you got yourself enough for a good little feed there Kombi.Can you hunt invasive species year round in Austrailia?Or are there seasons?What about licencing or tags?
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Most invasive species can be hunted all year round although some species of deer have seasons.
Hog Deer are the only really restrictive species as they have a one month season April 1st to 30th and need tags.
Wapiti, Fallow and Red deer are open to hunt between March 1st and October 31st so if you can't find time then you really are in trouble.
Better still Chital, Rusa and Sambar deer are open season all year round, very cool considering Sambar are almost the size of an elk.
Chital and Rusa are harder to find as are Wapiti but red deer and sambar are easy enough to find in the right place and fallow are quite numerous.
In NSW you do need to have a Game Licence (G-Licence)but you can sit for the Restricted Game Licence (R-Licence) which costs no more but enables you to book and hunt in state forests at no fee.
Since you're hunting feral species it's actually a big tick in the conservation box for hunters to do it and the tree huggers HATE it. :D
And then there's the rabbits, hares, foxes, feral cats, wild dogs, goats, and pigs which inhabit most of Oz and the donkeys, camels, scrub bulls (feral cattle) and Asiatic water buffalo in central and northern Australia, all of which have no season.
So, yeah, if you have the time, the contacts &/or money and the inclination you can hunt small game, predators, big game and dangerous game the year round here. :)
Mind you, we don't have any bears....... :(
Furync said:
I love your truck. :)
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Thanks.
It's a '68 Series IIa Land Rover 4x4 trayback pickup with the Landy 2.6l straight-6 and has only done 45,500 miles.
It used to be a Rural Fire Service truck, hence the bright red factory paint job and still has holes in the roof where the lights and beacon used to be.
I had to duct tape them up when I bought it because we drove it home almost 600 miles and the minute we picked it up it began to bucket down!
We drive it everyday and although fuel efficiency is non-existent and it has no heater it's quite ok and starts every time, first time.
Not bad for a 40 yr old car with the original motor.
My wife was a tad chilly in it though when it snowed here on Sunday afternoon. :redface:
 
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