One day I'll get back to the mainland for a visit. Must do some hunting next time.
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Wish my body worked properly
Hell mate you are doing alright,that is only memories for me now.
Good day at the farm today :thumbsup:
Got another bloody kitten in a cage - he liked the tin of Salmon - that’s No 2 - Mum and the rest of them are round there somewhere
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Got a ferret as well in a cage - he liked the tin of Salmon as well - forgot the camera so had to shoot them and cart them back to the shed - Cruz was happy carting the pussy round
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So we are both in the Swamp-comp Dundee - hope you can let me know when it starts - got it hidden in the freezer :roll:
Will let you know Time out,great results:thumbsup:
Just a wee stroll tonight for half an hour or so. Picked up this hefty fella..
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Giving the old SN6X a try on the scope mount instead of the wee C8.. I liked it. :thumbsup:
first magpie with the hmr. does a hmr usually do this much damage?
the bird was sitting about 60ft up a tree facing away from me
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it's surprising to me, i have shot about a dozen plover and nothing like that but they were at 150m so a lot further than the approx 60m of this victim.
bought a marlin 917v a couple of months ago. Got it cheap. The seller said it wasn't shooting straight. He had it threaded and supplie the suppressor.
Brought it home and found he'd never cleaned it - ever. And the suppressor was a GC one, that when you looked through it, the in and out holes weren't inline. Yep, you could see the rubbing marks on one side of the exit hole where the projectiles were clipping it.
So, cleaned it and got a Gunworks HMR suppressor from TM. Got some dovetail to weaver bases from US and stuck a Nikko 4-16x44 on it.
Took it to the range. Well it shoots very well. Only problem is the trigger was breaking very lightly. In fact if you cock it with empty chamber and drop the butt on the ground from 6inches, it will dry fire!
Took it out on Sat night to a local farm. 10 shots for 8 hares, out to 130m. Thing is a laser when it comes to putting down the hares.
However, two of the misses were caused by the very light trigger. Its scary.
So I whipped the scope off tonight and took it round to gunworks for some trigger beefing up. Oh, and asked him to chop the barrel another 2 inches to 19inches and re-thread.
So tonight I'm soaking the hare backsteaks, tomo night they go in the slow cooker, and on Friday night I'll make a hare and cheese pie for the kids.
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Magpie yesterday at 181 yds , with Hornet
Hi Dundee - can you put up that magpie box/frame again please - I cant find it
I might see if it will catch a rabbit - couple of them digging in my lawn at present - one wanted to come in the ranch slider this morning - he might try eating apple or carrot under a frame - then some pitch fork treatment
I have got the cages on a job up at the farm - cant use a gun round here
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Surprisingly, no follow up shot was required.
Heres one from the other day :) shot with my 223 with some ammo given to me. 69gr sierra match king at 50m.Attachment 37638
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Attachment 37717didnt take the shot, wasn't confident with the range
I watched my cousin miss from there with a shotgun, just dug a little tunnel for the Joey to crawl into hahaha
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Here you go Time Out,I'm still looking for a pic when it is set.
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How did you catch these fella's?
will they become 12g practice? :)
I think I put it in the recipes section. But basically soak in pieces in water with 1tsp of salt per 1L of water - overnight. Next day rinse and soak in fresh tap water for at least 4hrs.
The brine draws out the blood and any gamey flavour.
Another 6 goats today. Took meat from 4 of them, and took one home for the kids.
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Here you go @time out and grunzter yes the weopon of the day was the shotty. Set trap as shown bait with fat or bread so it doesn't get fly blown and the magpie stands on the V no.8 wire and sets the trigger off live capturing them.:)
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Another magpie with the hmr. Probably can't tell very well from the pic but the damage the hmr does is unbelievable
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The lads got 6 hares toinight,will check the freezer tomorrow:)
I liked the hmr before but since I've started using it on the war with the magpies it's topping my list of favourites.
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Hmr versus satin bird
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3 hares and a puddy tat:D
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Attachment 38171Attachment 38172Been getting a few with 300 gr just because it's more fun than 35 gr.
17 bunnies and 7 roos this afternoon.. in before the weather turns. :)
Had a bit of rain overnight but it came up nice again today, so went for a walk before my body catches up and realises I'm not supposed to have any energy for a few days.
I could see clouds starting to drift in around the valley I was heading for as I drove up the road, but took my chances anyway, figuring I could always turn back if it got too bad. :ORLY:
Fairly nice and clear for the first hour, but as I gained a bit of height it started closing in again, luckily just damp cloud, with a bit of heavy drizzle at times - mainly when I was trying to navigate a field of spaniard. :O_O:
Total of 12 roos for the afternoon.
Took a few pics for yas..
Spot the fallow:
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No fallow in this one, but I did find a pocket of roos just a little further down there and picked a couple off.
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No fallow in this one either.. whopper.
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That is a beauty must be 30kg? Biggest I got down there was 25kg.
Another victim of the hmr.
Aim, fire, dead
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Got 16 possums over a couple of nights. Got a fair amount of fur from them too so can hopefully fund O-week festivities
Just using toxin and steel - checked about 20 bait stations, 13 possum kill traps and about 20 rat kill traps this morning - no possums but two lousy rats for my effort
Man - they are getting hard to find - but that was the object of the exercise
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But plenty of Tui and other feathered ones having a ball in the sunshine - must have been ten Quail sitting round up in this ponga
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Great day in Taupo, walked the farm, about 20 mil of ice on the troughs you could stand on it. Banged 10 rabbits and three hares. A few out to about 150 metres the HMR still purring! Missed! Two bloody cats! Pissed me off, one at 183 metres the other at about 50 FFS, magpie paid for my frustration!:thumbsup:Attachment 38469Attachment 38470
One magpie at 183yds , with the hornet
THEy bloodly HATE it , my farmer mate said HE knows the magpies I have shoot as they are 1 ) Very Dead & 2 ) Flat , the ones his workers have shot are usually hopping around on the ground ( ie just winged with shotgun ) .