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Originally Posted by Kiwi-Hunter
You shooting or trapping them ??
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Good work [emoji106]Quote:
Originally Posted by Kiwi-Hunter
You shooting or trapping them ??
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Mostly trapping, but they are shot( this is a hunting and shooting forum��)Quote:
Originally Posted by kukuwai
These last two one was shot while out hunting the other trapped then shot, now sleeping with the worms.
But I think that you could go fishing with them, sort of sleeping with the fish's, burley bait.
KH
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knocked over 30 wallabies, 2 cats and lost count on the hares at the weekend. South Canty.
2 inches of snow on the top of the station and bloomin cold in the wind.
Had another wander around the ponds this morning and the river no ducks so got the .22 off the rack and nailed a couple of head shots.
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A good dark night out there tonight.
Lots of critters seen and shot.
More fluff in the bag and some bloody big hares.
Even tripped over a hedgehog at one stage which was very unfortunate for him [emoji41]
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Nice walk this arvo, big rabbits and lots of them, cold wind though.Attachment 113553
@berg243 , with the huge numbers down here we get a lot of strange colour variations, this is the second one I have shot like this.
The fleck in the coat is very cool.
No pretty colours in this lot, but 7 from 7 for the mighty J Dub 15
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Another 4 possums after tonights duck shoot.
A bit of fun with the 17 Hornet tonight.
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Cold hunt yesterday Arvo, rabbits looked about as cold as I was..not one of the more pleasant walks.
Still productive. This one was the highlight.Attachment 114349
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Drury school possum hunt was on again this weekend. Big shout to the FODS (Friends Of Drury School) team for sticking to their guns and organising it again this year despite all the bad press from the PC groups getting their 'opinions' printed in the press and the hand delivered flyers in the rural mail boxes claiming that participants were blood thirsty murderers.
Interesting that even with all the bad press over the past 3 years where activists pulled some underhanded stunts, this year saw the highest number of entries on record (big increase in the number of 'family entries'), and the biggest haul of possums (just over 1,600) and the highest level of funds made for the school (just over $6k). AWSOME !!
Our team managed second place with 206 kiwi bears. Top team was low 300's
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Edit: PS - I hate iPhone auto photo rotation!
Cleaned out a few more from the orchard this arvo, most of them were hanging around there burrows this arvo.
Some slid back into their holes that far I could even see them, just a big red stripe down into the hole. Others were too graphic to photograph.
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Well done what a mean effortQuote:
Originally Posted by hotbarrels
Good effort. Must be a real hot spot to get 200 plus possums..[emoji15]Quote:
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You'd be surprised at the places you find with the biggest numbers.Quote:
Originally Posted by tiroatedson
My aunt up north has a lifestyle block surrounded by farms. Very little bush around except her place.
I shot most of her possums one time.
The following year her neighbour shot 60 over the year. They come for miles across the paddocks for the citrus fruit etc.
if you get rid of all of them there will be an abundance of food
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Originally Posted by tiroatedson
They were hard to find this year. A lot of 1080 poison dropped in the area in the past 12 months which knocked out some of your usual spots.Quote:
Originally Posted by northdude
Most of these had to be dragged out on kids snow sleds to get then back to the vehicle. 20 possums on a sled (50kg?) dragged around the hills was bloody hard work.
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Keen alright. Especially to get 200 over a couple of nights. Obviously I don’t shoot enough. Be lucky to get 200 a year...Quote:
Originally Posted by hotbarrels
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Good to see you keeping them well hydrated on their little trip:thumbsup:
Is that what you call a strap on possum :XD:
I also hunted possums for Dury school used a quad bike tho . Got over 60+ over 2 nights. Had heaps drop into water tho or stuck up real tall trees.
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back on the hill today @viper . .. longest shot 300yds.
What! A blue rabbit or a you messing with colours?Quote:
Originally Posted by viper
It was cold
Another night on the Hares with @223nut and 25 more hoppers in the freezer. Some pretty average shooting by both of us but they were all dispatched humanely.
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since i did the majority of the shooting he is being polite and not saying i just wasnt on my game.... blame it on being tired and having had a big day on the hills with @Harryg
We we're both pretty knackered I was just finished night shift. We still managed a very respectable bag of hares even if your cruiser wasn't exactly conducive to good shooting.....those bloody monsoons will haunt me.Quote:
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Will have the zook wagon sorted and running again for next time......provided I can stop spending my $$$$ on guns etc
took this guy out yesterday to see how he would go for his first time he surprised us hes 7 months old went out to the farm we were going to look for some goats but got there a bit late and need to check mrs 22 zero which took a bit longer than we thought always the way tho on our way out saw the mob of turkeys the farmer wanted thinned out so shot 3 of those mrs breasted them and by then it was getting to late to walk out to the back of the farm so we headed back to vehicle and had some t and a rest and waited for it to get late then went for a walk around after some possums we got 26 mauser the dog had a fukn great time he ended up burying his rabbit and within the second possum he was sitting waiting for the shot when he heard it hit the ground heed look a us waiting to be told to go and get it he would go and get it and bring it back to us and drop it after a while he was finding the trees they were in as well Attachment 114880Attachment 114881
Good stuff
I'm off work today with the dreaded cough and full of snot, thought I'd lay in the back room and try new pellets, to try to increase my accuracy from pathetic to just ridiculous..then as I'm shooting at a bit of ply this retard lands 5 metres away to the side, to scoff the apple core I'd biffed out. Rats and Mynahs are my 2 biggest hates..so this one got it.
Clean headshot, (fluke on my part lol) I was trying H&N Terminators in .22, they seem to group fairly well and hit hard. This was shot at about 15 metres..only one bird but I'm posting because I can't believe how dumb he was..his or her partner wasn't so stupid and flew off.
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Finally got out for a walk tonight, has been a few months, the 17hmr still like a laser. Pretty warm out.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...2cc0f2a5a7.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...c1f4a682aa.jpg
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One with a difference, a lot of white and the real difference was it had enough white that the eyes were a stunning blue, almost felt bad for shooting it.......almost;)Attachment 115287
@altair they will decoy. What did you do with the body? If you still have it make up a small cradle with some wire I usually use some soft no 8 but you can use fence wire to. Make a circle with the wire around tennis ball size with the lose ends pointing up and down. One lose end you stick in his neck and up into the head. This holds his head up. The other lose end of the wire you stick in the ground. His feet should hang on the outside of the wire circle his stomach on the inside. I’d place him close to where you are shooting from say five meters with a clear landing site. You will need to camo up our make a hide with only a small window to snipe from.Quote:
Originally Posted by altair
If you have a shotgun and it’s safe to use then more fun:thumbsup: let use know how you get on! As you shoot more add more to your decoy patten.
If you don’t have the body then find an empty birds nest place this and some egg shaped balls lollies around it. This might just draw them in to. Good luck hope you feel better soon :thumbsup:
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Game of Thrones rabbit The White Walker Bugsy :thumbsup: @viper
Lol..thanks, I'll remember this. These Mynahs send me batty with their screeching, reminds me of an ex. Easily get birds nests, heaps of shrubs round here.
I've shot a few of these, to me they seem super tough birds, a solid chest shot seems to just stun them for a few minutes then they get up..so I get them again. Can't figure it out why, the air rifle kills Blackbirds and Starlings instantly? All the birds I shoot I bury under our citrus trees...bumper crop this year!
An hour on a couple of lifestyle blocks on Saturday night with the 22.
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Backsteaks recovered from them all. The rest went dog tucker.
All but one were bucks, so in the main, the doe rabbits must have been in the dens with newborns. The one doe shot had kittens inside her.
Shot a magpie yesterday and within seconds of it being tipped over a Harrier pounced on it.
All the magpie's mates started dive bombing him after he tucked into it.
He must have thought bugger this and just picked it up and flew off out of sight with it.
Been lugging the Hornet around the farm to see if it happens again but the magpies have been quiet.
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Is that 22hornet
