Thread: Rabbits and Hares close to houses

I’m quite interested in an affordable night scope, just for rabbit pest control around a lifestyle block. Do you have any recommendations for where to start?

Originally Posted by flock

I,m shooting Hares a bit further out of town so tree huggers not so much of a worry.

Using a low end inferay thermal to find them, with the colour menu I get a red glow to 60M which is the shoot able limit for my PCP air rifle. Shooting jsb18g pellets at 35flbs or 920fps, with pard night vision scope sighted in a 50M this rig shoots half inch. Shooting off homemade shooting sticks as where I shoot is flat & often has longer grass. Head shots are a must, puts them down no worries, Quiet & at night I'm not shining a torch all over the place.

I do them in a slow cooker with a Maggi slow cooker sashay, onions & parsnips, bacon & whatever takes your fancy. Lot of meat on a hare, well worth eating.

Sorry I was meaning to reply to you flock above. I’m keen to try out some night shooting and wondering where to start, either a dedicated cheap night vision scope, a clip on night vision that attaches to a normal scope, or a dedicated cheap thermal scope. Rabbits will be <100m away, using a 22lr.

Originally Posted by Jesse1122

Sorry I was meaning to reply to you flock above. I’m keen to try out some night shooting and wondering where to start, either a dedicated cheap night vision scope, a clip on night vision that attaches to a normal scope, or a dedicated cheap thermal scope. Rabbits will be <100m away, using a 22lr.

If you have a spare .22 that can accommodate the NV/Thermal scope full time, that is the best option. Thermal scopes are good but not much good without a thermal handheld as well. Once you already have the handheld, a good NV scope isn’t far behind the thermal unless you get a really good thermal, then it’s in a different class.

Originally Posted by Jesse1122

I’m quite interested in an affordable night scope, just for rabbit pest control around a lifestyle block. Do you have any recommendations for where to start?

This is in the buy/sell section if you can see that
https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....t-more-110945/

Originally Posted by Jesse1122

I’m quite interested in an affordable night scope, just for rabbit pest control around a lifestyle block. Do you have any recommendations for where to start?

You want to take a look at nightvisionnz https://nightvision.co.nz/product/dn...nd-ballistics/

The DNT Zulus is perfect for rabbits. I use mine for both close range pigeons and rabbits, so it's quite a versatile unit.

Originally Posted by longshot

If you have a spare .22 that can accommodate the NV/Thermal scope full time, that is the best option. Thermal scopes are good but not much good without a thermal handheld as well. Once you already have the handheld, a good NV scope isn’t far behind the thermal unless you get a really good thermal, then it’s in a different class.

Thanks longshot, @No good names left and @Pauly5, since I posted that I decided to go for a dedicated night vision/day scope (pard FD Compact), and just finished up my first shoot.

Took a while to get a scanning system going, as no handheld thermal to help with scanning, but came home with 6 rabbits all at 40-60yards in the dark, so not a bad start.