For Members who lamp bunnies etc.

[night trunker]

Need a genset on trailer for this lamp

The one as quoted is six milliion candle power and very impessive, with filter or not .

Heavy duty lamping

[si tate]

Heavy duty lamping

Jesus, do you use that to alert batman.

[JamesG]

Anti hunt campaigners being ignorant of Fox hunting with lamps. On average 1 in 10 hound hunts end with a kill. While lamping Foxes many more that 1 Fox is killed in any one night.

To be fair to the anti hunt campaigners – they promote lamping as an effective method of dealing with foxes.

[TonyN]

If the thread title had mentioned that it was about killing rabbits, those of us who disagree with it or don't like the idea of it, wouldn't have read it.

To be fair, its a pretty universally used term in general, you must have had a sheltered education

Thread titles are going to extremely long and boring if we have to cover every eventuality for misunderstanding.

Sorry if you got upset Andy, but its been an interesting thread in general. I had you down as a roughty toughty outdoorsy person actually.

[Andy Pandy]

Surely its more humane than spreading MIXY amongst them,they need culling as they do untold damage around farms and country properties.
I have a friend who used to like them until they undermined his house extension causing subsidence and eventually the collapse of very expensive conservatory. He now spends hours sat in wood the back of his place picking off any bunny not wise to how he feels and feeds bodys to next doors rotweiller. Or at least those he doesnt eat.

[Long way 'round]

To be fair to the anti hunt campaigners – they promote lamping as an effective method of dealing with foxes.

Didn't know that. It's always in the manifesto isn't it.

[noobysurfer]

10 pages and no one said it??? Anybody? Ok I'll do it! Be vewwy vewwy quiet I'm hunting wabbits huhuhuhuhuhu.... Meah wassup doc?? I'll get me coat!

[Webbo]

Blimey this has got a bit emotive. Each is entitled to their opinion though.

Vermin control, like it or not, has to be undertaken. I don't get any particular kick out of shooting animals but I enjoy eating them & being out hunting.
I shoot rabbit with headshots using hollowpoint .22LR, the animals die instantly. They're prepped for the pot/freezer in the field, unless they are mixi, in which case they are buried.

Andy, Hunting with bows n' arras is an absolute no-no legally & morally, for good reason - it's almost impossible to achieve a clean kill.

Whilst on the subject of shooting, does anyone on the forum use a .243 Howa?
If so, any comments on the gun would be appreciated.

I can recommend my .243 Remmington SPS very nice gun. Anyone else on here owns an hmr17 ?

[Shalershasker]

I can recommend my .243 Remmington SPS very nice gun. Anyone else on here owns an hmr17 ?

Nope, the awesome destructive power of a .17 hmr is to much for many people .
To be be fair there are quite often times where the .17 is a better choice than the .22 but a lot of the time the gun shops tend to stock up on more .22 making the .17 not as readily available, least ways, down here anyway.

[Webbo]

Nope, the awesome destructive power of a .17 hmr is to much for many people .
To be be fair there are quite often times where the .17 is a better choice than the .22 but a lot of the time the gun shops tend to stock up on more .22 making the .17 not as readily available, least ways, down here anyway.

Quite right Neal very destructive indeed. And as you said a better Gun to use for long range targets 200 yards plus, also if there is a risk of ricochet as the bullet fragments on impact not like a lump of lead pinging around. Saying that .22 moderated sub is nice and quite, not like the boom of the hmr.

I am off shortly with the hmr after Crows on my shoot some long range shooting as its not to windy here at moe.

[Albannach]

To be fair, its a pretty universally used term in general, you must have had a sheltered education

Thread titles are going to extremely long and boring if we have to cover every eventuality for misunderstanding.

Sorry if you got upset Andy, but its been an interesting thread in general. I had you down as a roughty toughty outdoorsy person actually.

I'd never heard the expression 'lamping' as a way to stun/immobilise an animal before it's shot (seems a bit unfair to me). I am a reasonably roughty toughty outdoorsy bloke, I've just never got in to killing things :P

Anyway, I'm doing my DA thing, as I always do in threads like this.

Maybe we should have a hunting section?

[White Russian]

17

got a 17HMR, as well as a couple of .22s and a .223. i prefair the 22 for lamping because it,s so quite, but the .17 has the range and lazer trajectory .but a bit on the loud side

[TonyN]

I'd never heard the expression 'lamping' as a way to stun/immobilise an animal before it's shot (seems a bit unfair to me). I am a reasonably roughty toughty outdoorsy bloke, I've just never got in to killing things :P

It's like I said earlier, its not about sport or giving it a chance, the Bunny has got to die in my situation, its no different to killing a wasp nest in the roof, setting mouse traps, etc.. its vermin. Anything that makes a clean quick kill is good in my book.

Mr Thumpy is in no danger outside our field boundarys from us, he can happy live on and look cute, but inside he's in trouble. We've chicken wired virtually the whole fence line in an effort to keep them out, if they can't take a hint they have it coming..

Anyway, I'm doing my DA thing, as I always do in threads like this.

Maybe we should have a hunting section?

Good Idea. Seems to be quite a cross over between hunting and Surf owners.

[Webbo]

I'd never heard the expression 'lamping' as a way to stun/immobilise an animal before it's shot (seems a bit unfair to me). I am a reasonably roughty toughty outdoorsy bloke, I've just never got in to killing things :P

Anyway, I'm doing my DA thing, as I always do in threads like this.

Maybe we should have a hunting section?

No it does not stun or immobilise animals, Rabbits and Foxes of the like tend to feed or hunt at night. The lamp is a way of lighting them up so they can be seen. As I mentioned earlier on some of my shoots where they get used to bright white light I will clip a red lense/filter onto the lamp this tends to make them less startled and nervous of the light. Hope this explains a bit better the way we lamp.

[Webbo]

got a 17HMR, as well as a couple of .22s and a .223. i prefair the 22 for lamping because it,s so quite, but the .17 has the range and lazer trajectory .but a bit on the loud side

I totally agree, just took a shot from inside the Truck and ears still ringing..