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Thread: What little pesties did you bowl over today?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sideshow View Post
    @Shearer do you have a few more photos of that trap and how it works? Just for interest sake. If the photos comprise where it is our your not keen on posting no worries
    Sorry. Don't have any other photos at the moment. Pretty basic design though..
    A spiral (sort of like a snail shell) which just overlaps, with a spring loaded gate. The trigger is a stick in the ground surrounded by bait (grain in this case).When they are well into the trap and bump the stick it releases the gate which closes. Lucky to get 4 this time.
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    Finally caught up with the ginger tomcat that's been seen around home for the past year. Next door neighbour rung just before dark, to say it's on his front lawn!
    The pressure was on with his wife watching from their lounge window... pleased to roll it over cleanly.

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    Good shit
    You chose the right gun to roll it over quickly

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    Tried out my new 22-250 on a few plovers yesterday, shot one at about 100 yards, it popped and blew into three pieces, bit hard to see from the photo but distance from one wing to the head was 14 paces. First time with a 22-250, I have to say I was impressed.

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    Got stuck into the goats today. Far too windy for .223, so the .308 had an outing. Even a 165gr BTSP was a challenge, it was blowing a bloody gale at 80-90° for the most part, with frequent horizontal rain. Wanted them either laid down DRT or tumbling headlong off the bluffs. Due to treacherous conditions underfoot there was no way I was going to try and collect evidence of their demise for most shot today... bloody lethal in the steep hills.

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    And I’ll mention this in the pest section as well, because that’s exactly what these deer are now. Hammering the reds, and being very selective with which ones I shoot - hinds only when there’s a mixed bunch. Three last night, three this evening, managed to get to four of them for a good haul of meat. If they fall too far into the gully, that’s where they’ll stay. The numbers on these back blocks farms are waaayyyy outta control.
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    First session back in the apple orchard after the harvest, great to get back in behind the 17 Hornet, the laser trajectory and carnage it causes never gets old. Took a mate out that hasnt fired a gun it over 15 years, he was pretty stoked with his headshot. He was well impressed with the little hornet.

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    Couple of Lapwings and Pukekos from the last few days. Nasty talons and spurs on these guys.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mintie View Post
    Couple of Lapwings and Pukekos from the last few days. Nasty talons and spurs on these guys.

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    Kill them all!

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    Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to the dump we go...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flyblown View Post
    Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to the dump we go...

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    Coming back from the hills with the big cal I spotted this.
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    Rushed home to lock the big gun up.
    Grabbed dog and trusty Stirling.The rest is history.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dundee View Post
    Coming back from the hills with the big cal I spotted this.
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    Rushed home to lock the big gun up.
    Grabbed dog and trusty Stirling.The rest is history.
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    The one and only time ive tried hare backsteaks it tasted extremerly 'irony' like eating an iron bar and almost as chewy, we spat it out and said never again.

    Im picking it was a geriatric buck.
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    Out last night for a quick wander around a block I have permission on, saw me bring these home. Left a few more behind cos the cheeky buggers had the gall to roll down cliffs or into thistle patches.

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    Got a message from the land-owner today to advise me that they have started laying Pindone. Luckily they only started yesterday arvo, so these should be fine to eat. Time to find another block though as the kids have come to like the taste.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GWH View Post
    The one and only time ive tried hare backsteaks it tasted extremerly 'irony' like eating an iron bar and almost as chewy, we spat it out and said never again.
    I've had that too, plus a hint of grass. It was a backstrap diced, skewered and cooked over a charcoal BBQ. Very disappointing as I've read that hare tastes like venison so many times. Most of our hare (and rabbit) ends up as bunny biryani which is great. I posted a recipe up on here somewhere.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mintie View Post
    Couple of Lapwings and Pukekos from the last few days. Nasty talons and spurs on these guys.

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    What's the story with shooting pukeko? Permit required, or are they fair game? There's a small army of them on the drive into one of the farms I'm shooting on.

 

 

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