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Thread: What little pesties did you bowl over today?

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    Shot 10 odd aussie over stayers near whangarei. A couple got away and one was stuck in the tree. Lots of Joey in pouches. Had to whack 4 of them.

    I had heard that they smell bad but wasn't prepared for the smell. Next time going to pluck not skin.

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    Did ya get any pesky gang members while you were at it

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    Quote Originally Posted by FatLabrador View Post
    Did ya get any pesky gang members while you were at it
    Nah. I think something bigger than a 22 would be needed ha.
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    Another 250-odd bunnies last night. You know the numbers are bad when you can empty 3 mags with a very high hit-rate, without moving the truck once..

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    Quote Originally Posted by StrikerNZ View Post
    Another 250-odd bunnies last night. You know the numbers are bad when you can empty 3 mags with a very high hit-rate, without moving the truck once..
    Those are good numbers, I am not seeing anything like that here in Central where I am shooting.

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    Went for a walk and got onto a few yesterday, was a beaut of an afternoon for it!
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    @StrikerNZ I'd love to come down and help out with your bunny problem

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    Haha, fortunately it's somebody else's bunny problem! This 250 were shot off the same 60 hectares as the 200+ from last week. They'll be desperate for the virus to be released next year.

    Gets scary when you can scan down a 500m fenceline with the thermal and see almost 100 rabbits have come down off the hill and are sitting out in just one paddock alone.

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    Quote Originally Posted by StrikerNZ View Post
    .Gets scary when you can scan down a 500m fenceline with the thermal and see almost 100 rabbits have come down off the hill and are sitting out in just one paddock alone.
    Thats what dreams are made of
    And nightmares

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    Geeze the floods can't of drowned many,even seen pics of the rabbits getting on sheeps backs to keep dry. I haven't seen a rabbit or hare for about three months up here.
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    I hope they don't release the new virus, I shoot a 250 acre block that was infected. I have shot 1350 off it in 8 months. It's got bugger all now and I am starting on the neighbours property .
    It's does take awhile to achieve but with some time and persistence I think with the current control methods available you can get them under control.
    The problem is the land owners who have no pest control in place and their land becomes riddled and of course spill into neighbouring property.

    I am just not a fan of releasing more and more virus's and pathogens into our environment. These things have being around for millions of years and survive because they adapt.....sooner or later one strain will species jump.

    My 10 cents worth.

    Plus it will really fuck up my rabbit shooting

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    very jealous of you guys with hundreds/thousands(!) of rabbits.
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    They say the numbers are high and in certain area's they maybe.

    I shoot a farm out Bannockburn way ( out the back of Cromwell ) , there is a paddock I drive through to get to a more productive spot.
    I am lucky if I even see a rabbit in this large paddock. However in the First World War they used to sweep this paddock with a sort of fence / wire mesh and push them into a corner.
    They were then killed, tinned and sent oversea's as meat for our soldiers, ( something I never knew ), on several of these sweeps there were over 10,000 caught. They were so thick and deep the ones on the bottom suffocated and basically cooked and had to be thrown away.
    TEN THOUSAND. ( just in case you thought I had the dismal point in the wrong spot.)

    We are no where near the bad old days and I doubt we ever will be allowed to be again, a lot of whinging and hand ringing and in some case's farmers hoping that the Government and tax payer sort it out for them.

    There are a lot of great farmers out there who are doing their best with poison, fencing, gassing and shooting. Sure they still have rabbits but the numbers are under control. There will always be rabbits, they are one of natures great survivors.
    I moved down here 18 months ago and expected to see the hills moving when you clap your hands.... I have yet to see that

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    interesting viper.
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    Quote Originally Posted by viper View Post
    They say the numbers are high and in certain area's they maybe.

    We are no where near the bad old days and I doubt we ever will be allowed to be again, a lot of whinging and hand ringing and in some case's farmers hoping that the Government and tax payer sort it out for them.

    There are a lot of great farmers out there who are doing their best with poison, fencing, gassing and shooting. Sure they still have rabbits but the numbers are under control.
    i have a good example of both approaches to Rabbit control . . . the station i shoot on the Manager supplies myself and other shooters with ammo ( .22 & shotgun ) and between us we have hammered the Rabbit population down from the Spring highs to small pockets of die hards and the cunning beggars . . . over the fence on the next farm the population is still as high as it ever was or worse, never seen or heard any shooting there in the years i have been shooting in the area.

    On the positive side there will always be good shooting to be had for many years to come . . . R
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    without a picture . .. it never happened !

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    another stunning day in central, sun out and so were the rabbits warming up. 29 shot.Name:  saturady.jpg
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