It was our first trip to a new property and arriving at around midday we shook hands with the property owners and geared up for a wander. The first walk was uneventful with a few goats sighted and a couple of hills climbed but upon returning to the shearing quarters getting on to late afternoon the scattering of rabbits caught my eye. I left Jeffro to talk to the property owner whilst I snuck off to have a crack at the bunnies at the back of the shearing shed. The grass was long making it difficult to spot them but also made it easier to cover ground and or conceal my presence. I managed to draw on a couple of loners but my movement gave me up and the tell tale stomping of feet meant that each time you were spotted you had to wait for 5 minutes for the bunnies to re surface.
The light was fading fast but this became an advantage for me as I was to discover. I spotted to bunnies feeding in front of a fallen log at 30 meters on the outside of the sheep holding yard and brought my bow up with my fingers already on the string. Now 30 meters on a rabbit is a tough ask but what did I have to lose except an arrow
. I drew back to anchor and had time to hold at full draw and judge the gap as I have done many times before on the field range. The rabbit stood there staring in my direction knowing something was up but with the sun low in the sky and my silhouette unclear he remained complacent. I loosed the arrow and struck him in the middle of the body, preventing him from retreating to the nearest burrow. I quickly ended his life and wandered back to the shed where Jeffro was still chatting. I recall the property owner showing surprise when I walked around the corner with a longbow in one hand and a rabbit in the other . Steve- 100_3657.JPG (54.38 KiB) Viewed 3698 times
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