How to Hunt Rabbits With an Air Rifle

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Buy an air rifle (.22 or .177) with a little under 12pcf (pounds per cubic foot) (12lbs is the legal limit before a license is needed in UK);

   Many decent ones can be printed off the internet, either a standard ringed target or a rabbit picture. ,,,, allow your shoulder to move and the full recoil movement is complete. holding tight can mean you're not always on target , Halfway through, stop and hold for 2 seconds and slowly pull the trigger.
   
   Count to 5 before moving the gun away. , Keep moving the sights until you can successfully hit the point of aim 5 out of 5 times.
   
   Or until you can put 5 shots in the space of a 5 pence piece (about 10mm, half inch, diameter) , Don't rush out and wound a creature.
   
   The purpose is to humanely kill it for food and pest control purposes, not torture it to death. ,,,,,, If going for a head shot, ensure that you aim for the space between the rabbits eye and the base of it's ear as this is the weakest part of the skull and will ensure a kill shot. ,,,,), or if you have the nerve, hold it upside down by its rear legs and break its neck by a swift chop to the base of the skull.
   
   This requires a slight amount of force, but ensures instantaneous death by snapping the neck. ,
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   Step 2: Find some rabbits.

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   Step 3: Ask the landowner for permission to shoot his rabbits

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   Step 4: maybe offer him 1 in ten kills to persuade him.

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   Step 5: Zero your gun sights

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   Step 6: get two old pillows and a target.

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   Step 7: Now make sure you are more than 50 feet (15.2 m) away from the centre of a road or public area (closer is illegal - UK) and put your pillows down 30 yards (27.4 m) from your target.

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   Step 8: Rest the gun on the piled up pillows

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   Step 9: or better still use a bipod

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    Step 10: and lie down and hold with both hands.

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    Step 11: (If you have a telescopic sight set it to 30 yards)

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    Step 12: DO NOT hold the gun tight if using a rest or if standing simply support the rifle wait on your forward hand and keep loose.

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    Step 13: Aim for 5 seconds

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    Step 14: breathe deeply in

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    Step 15: relax all your other muscles(apart from those holding the gun) and exhale slowly.

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    Step 16: Change the sights a little and repeat.

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    Step 17: Practice

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    Step 18: practice

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    Step 19: practice—under different conditions

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    Step 20: in different positions.

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    Step 21: OPTION 1

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    Step 22: TAKES AGES BUT WILL GUARANTEE A KILL.

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    Step 23: Get on some warm clothes and maybe a thermos flask of tea or coffee and go lie down about 20–30 yards (18.3–27.4 m) from the target rabbit hole.

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    Step 24: (load your gun at this point)

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    Step 25: Wait until a rabbit comes out and then study it through the sights for about a minute.

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    Step 26: Try not to move at all at this point.

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    Step 27: Aim behind the eye just in front of the base of the ears

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    Step 28: NOT THE BODY as this is more likely to wound the rabbit

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    Step 29: causing it unnecessary pain.

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    Step 30: Use the process as for ZEROING

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    Step 31: count to ten

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    Step 32: relax...

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    Step 33: Make sure the bunny is more than 2 yards (1.8 m) away from a hole or its nerves may make it jump down there and you've wasted a rabbit.

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    Step 34: Take your shot

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    Step 35: Now wait for a minute

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    Step 36: hold the rabbit in both hands for 5 seconds and if you feel any movement fire point blank into the brain (mind your foot!

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    Step 37: Now you have one very dead rabbit!

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