Thread: Rabbit City

the deer dont like those bulk hornady loads either...is your lot reloadable brass or steel case???? the brass stuff is awesome.
at that price its tempting to not reload at all!!!

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

the deer dont like those bulk hornady loads either...is your lot reloadable brass or steel case???? the brass stuff is awesome.
at that price its tempting to not reload at all!!!

$260/1000 - $26/100. 55 grn Projectiles. Not loaded ammo.

Originally Posted by Tahr

$260/1000 - $26/100. 55 grn Projectiles. Not loaded ammo.

What powder you using with the 55grn

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Originally Posted by 25/08 IMP

What powder you using with the 55grn

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2206 or W748

Has anyone got any spots/contacts they're willing to pass on to me for rabbit shooting please? Keen to get some runs on the board with the new Ruger. Just moved to Lincoln for uni, so I don't have any contacts or much experience in the area.

Cheers, Sean

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

the deer dont like those bulk hornady loads either...is your lot reloadable brass or steel case???? the brass stuff is awesome.
at that price its tempting to not reload at all!!!

Belmont black in 1000 round cans makes reloading 223 a very marginal exercise even though it's now gone to $800 a can. The other bonus is you don't have to worry about dropped brass.

Getting £1.50 at my local game dealers head shot gutted and in the fur. Shame NZ dose not have a similar setup.

Originally Posted by Sideshow

Getting £1.50 at my local game dealers head shot gutted and in the fur. Shame NZ dose not have a similar setup.

yes it would be a good idea - locally processed rabbit and venison - some dollars for the hunter but would we get todays little precious buggers to eat it -their labrador would- but kids bought up on a diet of maccas and chips maye not - when my mother and father had their butcher shop in Gisborne years ago Dad tried selling rabbit dont quote me but I think it was from China - could not sell it despite the fact that it was cheaper than chicken - he had similar luck with turkeys - would not sell --pet food may be a better bet

Squeeze gutted Leaving liver, heart and kidneys in for inspection I suppose

Already a big demand in NZ particularly for higher end resturants - https://www.premiumgame.co.nz/

yeah that's good -- lets hope it grows - if I was a lot younger I might have looked at it - I was registered to supply wild shot venison but that lapsed some years ago - and our local deer processing plant closed

DOC is about to poison that area. They reckon it's past shooting...

Just staying around Queensbury tonight. Just counted 30 rabbits from one spot. No rifle and too many houses around

1080 does a real job on the wallaby. Reduces them to pretty much zero. Trouble is they don't do big enough adjoining areas at the same time so they soon re-populate. And they only seem to do the the outer edges to stop their spread so killing a few thousand with 1080 just makes room for another few thousand to move in.

Same with shooting. If neighbours aren't cooperating those who are shooting are just making room for a new influx.

Originally Posted by Tahr

1080 does a real job on the wallaby. Reduces them to pretty much zero. Trouble is they don't do big enough adjoining areas at the same time so they soon re-populate. And they only seem to do the the outer edges to stop their spread so killing a few thousand with 1080 just makes room for another few thousand to move in.

Same with shooting. If neighbours aren't cooperating those who are shooting are just making room for a new influx.

Comes down to dollars. Neighbours are happy to co-operate (generally) but effective poisoning needs to be to large scale and to geographic boundaries, or population boundaries. Rabbits or Wallaby's dont live inside fences so there-in lies the problem. Thats the very problem with a user-pays system that now operates. Some cockeys will willingly pay their share, others begrudgingly pay, some aren't interested.
Can't see it changing any time soon