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Being laid up post back fusion surgery sucks. Not allowed to swing a rifle around due to weight and leverage.
Had to resort to the little yellow box. Big fat female that stripped the neighbours mandarin tree the night before.
Decided to skin the skull out and add it to the collection of cat skulls in the freezer which are awaiting my first attempt at cleaning and whitening for display.
Knife is the second one I ever made in 1084 with buffalo horn scales.
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Quick little dusk walk around a friends lifestyle block last night, I have a permit to cull Pukes on the property for the next month so will head back out there again soon. Might take the .223 next time tho as the shots were all 120m plus across a small lake which was starting to push my comfortable limit with the old JW.
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NiceQuote:
Originally Posted by Mintie
I have several properties I shoot that have problems with the blue chickens too. What's the process to get a cull permit?
Land owner has to apply to fish and game, there may or may not be a fee involvedQuote:
Originally Posted by GWH
To be honest it was super simple, Danny is right that the land owner has to apply with their details, a reason why they need to be culled and add your name and FAL # as the shooter. This permit was back in a couple of hours and at no cost. Max of 10 birds a day or 40 a week and they just ask you to report back to them on what days you hunted and the number of birds killed. My permit had no restrictions for weapons used but did mention no calling or decoying.Quote:
Originally Posted by GWH
Can you tell my wife I was right about something :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Mintie
There is a fee (fine) if you shoot Takahe while culling Puks on certain offshore islands.....Quote:
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:XD::O_O::O_O::XD:Quote:
Originally Posted by Moa Hunter
70-odd bunnies, 8 roos, 1 cat, and this tricky wee thing last night..
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Off with his tail for the hunting and fishing comp?
That's for sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by charliehorse
I suspect this to be the same ferret that I spotted maybe 3-4 months ago, when we were shooting the same block from the other end. Continuously moving, pausing only to dive in and check the odd rabbit hole. If you look near his head in that photo, the only reason he stopped there and gave me a shot was to check the hole.
I was just tracking him with the thermal waiting for an opportunity, probably for 150m. He wasn't bothered by the truck really.
Good shooting [emoji106][emoji41]Quote:
Originally Posted by StrikerNZ
17 hmr?
Sounds like a good night.
I was just commenting to my mate last night while walking around with a spotlight for a cheeky midweek shoot.
" its good to be out there doing it !!"
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How hard are they to shoot? They seem like such a small profile and low to the ground.Quote:
Originally Posted by StrikerNZ
17hmr indeed. Put him straight down, but shot placement was pretty spot on there. They're tough wee critters, have had the odd one soak up a few rounds in the past before finally expiring.
They do run pretty low to the ground, can be a funny motion at times, look a bit like the loch ness monster through the thermal. When they pause for a moment, like this one did, they'll often stick their head up in the air pretty proud, giving you a chance.
I was shooting pretty well by that point in the night too, after a bit of a rocky start until I got the zero sorted.
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Thwack.
"That was a headshot"
"Sounded like it. You breaking out the fancy shooting now, are you?"
"Nah, that was just the only bit I could see"
Great shooting mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by StrikerNZ
Bloody impossible!Quote:
Originally Posted by Russian 22.
Shot one with 222 once my form of vaping :)
I shot one on the farm track years ago, from the hip, with a Marlin 44Mag, while the little bugger was on the run. No time to sight a shot as he ran from one side of the metaled track to the other.Quote:
Originally Posted by northdude
Actually shot about two foot too low, but the shrapnel of bullet and road metal shredded the nasty little menace. One of my few "claim to fame shots". Fortunately my brother was there to verify the kill, otherwise it could never have happened.
Had a bit of a clean up of the hares over a couple of nights.. 12 in hares in total 2 rabbits and a pigeon.
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On a range were they...[emoji51][emoji848][emoji2955][emoji6]Quote:
Originally Posted by Wingman
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Yeah something like that..
Was trying out the new 4K video scope cam which did ok.. really limited by the spot light I was using but got a bit of usable footage.
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What scope cam you running?
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Tactacam 5.0
Full review coming as soon as I get familiar with it
Bloody peacocks are getting out of hand.
I'm picking a few of but any tips for time of year that they roost together or cant fly as malting, any ideas welcome!
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They didn’t cooperate like that on the weekend ;)Quote:
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Ain't that the truth!Quote:
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Dont know about peacocks but a few years,ago turkeys decided to move in by the house and roost on the back fence. The Mrs pestered me to do something about those bloody birds but I was a bit slow. Came home late one night and there are 5 headless turkeys in the garage for me to breast.
She went out after dark with a red headlight and the hedge clippers.
Cut off there heads with hedge clippers !! is your Mrs a disciple of Lorrena Bobbitt ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Marty Henry
Hedge clippers and loping Turkey heads have gone together down through the ages.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moa Hunter
No but shes pretty strong minded she said she had let ut get too dark for the shotgun.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moa Hunter
well regardless, I would advise strongly against extra-marital affairsQuote:
Originally Posted by Marty Henry
Peacocks have roosting trees,eyes shine Sapphire blue. Very cunning birds once they been shot at in day light.
The moment my truck pulled up at the back block there would be alarm calls and all birds heading for the Gorse/Teatree gully's
Went to mum and dad's this morning to pick up some bits and pegged another magpie with @gonetropo air rifle at 35 yards.
Had to get my stalk on and crawl on my belly between a couple of raised gardens as they're real cagey since we've been shooting a few
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Nice to see someone else with stacked wood. @Moa Hunter :thumbsup:
Good work on the Maggie db. Take your old man a couple of Gudgeons and get him to hang that gate before you shoot him any more. He can straighten it if he lays it flat on the ground and panel beats it with a sledge hammerQuote:
Originally Posted by dannyb
PS he could put a few more staples in that stay assembly while he's at it.
Another night on the hill last night, home at midnight.
1 Hedgehog
1 Rabbit
1 Hare
5 Possums
Even spooked a mob of wild pigs [emoji106]
Hopefully get a couple more nights in before the end of daylight saving [emoji41]
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Another hare hanging around.
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Back stakes for breakfast at my place mate [emoji3]
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This weekend the damn swallows have returned. I evicted em from under my house where i built a man cave, thought i'd give em a chance to relocate last year once I blocked it off....
sometimes they come back, well Christine the swallow and her pals returned so 'curiosity' the shotgun came out to greet them. Iv been carrying that thing everytime I go outside..... got two of the bastards and the third decided to move next door.
After hearing of the rough time Christine and her friends got, two possums decided to take revenge on my fruit trees. Bad call.
Sunday, Cue daytime fireworks..... 2.5 Rosella's later :)
So a good day for mankind, a bad day for Swallows x2, possums x2 and rosellasx 2.5
Must say the Rosellas are very satisfying to blast.
I hate speech those dam things.
