View attachment 29377 I usually go southeast to the IV or northeast to the IE, but wanted to explore something new so Thursday 12/29 I went north from OC through the belly of the beast (LA) and looked for dove north of the Grapevine. Some big dairies out there so I thought there might be Euros to shoot. What I encountered were cattle lots/dairies that make the IV feed lots look like backyard pens, but only a few ECDs and POSTED signs everywhere.
Found a cluster of old abandoned buildings and sheds in a fallow field and noticed there were burrows under them, so I did a stakeout. Rabbits started popping out. Had my .22 cal air rifle with me, so I went American Sniper on the fur balls. All head shots. No meat damaged. Kicker was a lone ECD that came in and landed in the wrong place at the wrong time. Dropped two noisy crows who came in too. Although most of the day was spent fruitlessly looking for ECDs, bugs bunny saved the day. It was fun and looking forward to some marinated, grilled rabbit kabobs.
Good luck everyone!
Found a cluster of old abandoned buildings and sheds in a fallow field and noticed there were burrows under them, so I did a stakeout. Rabbits started popping out. Had my .22 cal air rifle with me, so I went American Sniper on the fur balls. All head shots. No meat damaged. Kicker was a lone ECD that came in and landed in the wrong place at the wrong time. Dropped two noisy crows who came in too. Although most of the day was spent fruitlessly looking for ECDs, bugs bunny saved the day. It was fun and looking forward to some marinated, grilled rabbit kabobs.
Good luck everyone!
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