Thread: Do subsonics scare rabbits?

Originally Posted by Mintie

I use 22 suppressed subs a lot, mainly because a fair amount of my work isn't far from town and I try to keep a low sound profile. I've tried a bunch of different suppressors but it doesn't seem to matter how quiet the rifle is they still hear it and it's about 50/50 on if they will spook or not. Some will sit there and let you dial in the range with a few misses, others will spook straight away.

When I'm working more remote areas I tend to use a well suppressed 17hmr, the sonic crack is omnidirectional and helps to conceal the muzzle report so they don't know where it's coming from or what to do. I find it confuses them more and works better to keep them still a bit longer.

This is what Im wondering too, the rabbits seem to be in groups of 3 or 4 about 1 metre apart, Im hoping I can shoot more than one in each bunch or else it will take a month of sundays but the place is full of the things, Ive said to the owner that poison may be the last resort and he agrees, but I want to see if I can get the population down first, plus we can get a bit of meat out of them too.