Thread: Bullet Choice on Hares

a couple of things i learnt re hares .using .303 180gn round nose softnose at 100m is very slightly overgunned -all i found was a back lag with tendon attached -rest compost!


Second was a WTF incident -mate and i out for a wee sneaky in a likely spot for deer -he used an immaculate 7x57 mannlicher schoaneur scoped with a 4x81pecar me with trusty striling.22with 4x40 scope.
Anyhow wed seen a hind poke her head out of some scrub and it was on.after20mins of fruitless search ,realising shed got one over us we spied a hair .seems this bloke was just waking up .Anyhow I decided a snapshot was in order and sent a round down the tube .bugger me he did a couple of backward flips and that was it .
went to pick him up -bugger me Id knocked the top[ of his skull off like a boiled egg!!! he was used for dog tucker .
To this day ive never been able to repeat that shot .

mind you im often tooled up with the trusty 12g if I come across hares etc these days usually on the prowl for geese.

Originally Posted by kotuku

a couple of things i learnt re hares .using .303 180gn round nose softnose at 100m is very slightly overgunned -all i found was a back lag with tendon attached -rest compost!


Second was a WTF incident -mate and i out for a wee sneaky in a likely spot for deer -he used an immaculate 7x57 mannlicher schoaneur scoped with a 4x81pecar me with trusty striling.22with 4x40 scope.
Anyhow wed seen a hind poke her head out of some scrub and it was on.after20mins of fruitless search ,realising shed got one over us we spied a hair .seems this bloke was just waking up .Anyhow I decided a snapshot was in order and sent a round down the tube .bugger me he did a couple of backward flips and that was it .
went to pick him up -bugger me Id knocked the top[ of his skull off like a boiled egg!!! he was used for dog tucker .
To this day ive never been able to repeat that shot .

mind you im often tooled up with the trusty 12g if I come across hares etc these days usually on the prowl for geese.

Ha ha...reminds me of when I used to do drives with the Nth Canty Gameshooters club years ago, we had been on a Hare & Rabbit drive somewhere, 8 guys sat down for lunch on a stinking hot summers day beside a brilliant wee creek.....nek minute this poor wee wabbit comes hopping around the corner minding his own business - 8 12G shotguns came up, not a good day for Mr wabbit!.

one suspects mr wabbit knew very little about it and thered be very little remaining of him!