"Phil" wrote in message
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An old English long-bow is a much better idea.
1) You'd probably miss, but get close enough to frighten it away for ever.

Why should you miss? It's extremely difficult to get rabbits with an arrow
from a longbow, because they're alerted by the hiss of the arrow as you
loose it, but cats aren't as sensitive - they're not normally prey so don't
have the same reactions.

Mary