Thread: I wasn't seriously expecting to hit it.........Fluke shots.

I was away rabbiting with a new hunting mate. I saw two rabbits standing bolt upright about 120m away and with the angle I was on, one appeared to be directly above the other,. I lined up on the top of the top one while mate looked on from off to my left about 40m away. I squeezed off a single subsonic round and knew I would hit rabbit somewhere but was surprised when one started leaping around like dog on a rubber band. I thought "bugger , winged it" and went to pt it out of its misery. My mate saw me take the shot but not where the rabbit was, he was looking closer. He watches me walk to the rabbit getting more impressed the further I went. (He confessed afterwards that he thought I was taking the piss when I went past 100m) sees me pick up the rabbit and gives me a thumbs up. Imagine the look on his face when I return and it is a dead centre between the eyes head shot with two bulging eyes and a skull cap missing. He looked at me as if to say to himself, "Shit, this guy can shoot....."


Anther time was similar, we were spotlighting rabbits on a station trying out the new maxtochs (they were new at the time.) I had not had great success with goats during the day managing to hit the hill side a few times. Anyway we flushed a Hare. It took off from left to right about 50m in front of us at full chat. I swung across, giving it a bit of lead knowing there was nothing in the gully either side apart from dirt if I missed and squeezed off the shot. Fuck me it starts doing cartwheels. The farm owner looks at me to say "You winged it, off you go and finish it". I walk over, pick it up and carry it back and it is now missing both eyes and has brain hanging out the left one. He then says great shot, why didnot you shoot like that this afternoon. My reply was I couldn't, the goats were standing still......