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Nice effort, I can echo your sentiments of them being very cunning, magpie culling can be very satisfying. Today is the first day this week I haven't been to my spot to pop a couple but I'll be there tomorrow :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by SickShooter
How come you shot the white one? They're the easy ones to spot :)Quote:
Originally Posted by GWH
The unlucky 18th feral cat since August.
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Because the last video of shooting a goat at 900 yards I posted, I got given grief for picking on the black one, so thought I'd better not make it a pattern.... it was presenting the best shot ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Russian 22.
I was all set for another long distance hare shot.
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But pissed around and zoomed a bit further with the camera.
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To show the mighty stealth and distance...
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Of the ole faithful .22lr Stirling..Switched camera to video mode and the bloody batterys went flat on the retrieve:(
This was a cracker shot at 100 metres on the run with the .22 Stirling followed by a retrieve.
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Got the last 3 of these today at a little over 100m from what was a flock of 15 a few weeks back.. waited until two of them lined up and got them both with one shot then the third bird made the mistake or circling back around and landing to check out his mates having a dirt nap..
Unusual black saddle markings on the RH bird.. never seen that before
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Don't worry more will replace them, I have whittled 12 out of about 20 in the last 2 weeks that have been a problem at my folks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wingman
Still working on them but it's slower going now as they are very warey if they know I'm around.
What I do know is that once I clear this lot out more will move in and take over the territory.
After a good week, we are down 4 with just 2 or 3 left nearby but dozens more in the general area. Need to encourage our neighbours to join the cull - perhaps a community challenge with a Christmas prize-giving ceremony.Quote:
Originally Posted by dannyb
Too many snowflakes where I am think I shouldn't be culling them, tough shit I've seen the way they harras my folks chooks and their 2 geriatric dogs that wouldn't bother a fly cause they are mostly deaf and blind.Quote:
Originally Posted by SickShooter
Not necessarily a bad thing. Means that you don't have to walk far or spend much time finding them. More time shooting them.Quote:
Originally Posted by dannyb
Another hare has located in this spot.I will try and get a video of the shot and retrieve.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
#20 Feral cat, another chunky tom with the wee Toz .22
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Just come back from the run off with my groceries.:D
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And today it was a Ferret for the Toz.
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Good job there @bing little buggers are hard to shoot, did you get him in the open, or was he feeding?
Eating some bunnyQuote:
Originally Posted by Sideshow
plucked head off rabbit with .223 somewhere between 96 and 98 yards....google earth measured afterwards. keep whittling away in council reserve,there might be 4 hares and 6 rabbits at most....very hard to get the last one.
That ferrets in good nick,too much tucker about
I went out yesterday afternoon with the 17hmr to see how many rabbits were about. I hadn't been out for a while & Mum was complaining about rabbits in her garden, so was expecting to see a few. Not many where I have concentrated on in the past but plenty in other areas, so I am making a difference.
I normally finish in the dark so I probably started too early & finished too early as there was still plenty of light to process the "catch", but had to get back home. I still managed 1 Hare & 4 rabbits including this one.
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It had a huge growth on it's neck under the chin. Fairly firm, it had a couple of areas of thinning fir & a cattle tick on it. Otherwise the rabbit was in OK condition. Consigned it to the bushes.
Since getting the 17 Hornet I havnt shot bunnies with anything else for a while.
Had to shoot a lifestyle property this arvo with a few other houses in close proximity.
Had permission to shoot one of the neighbors too but not from all so had to keep it on the 'down low'.
Only a little property too so the 22lr with subs was the order.
A very challenging property to shoot but still managed 10 in 90 mins, if I was allowed to shoot over the bottom boundary fence that could have been 25 - 30. Frustrating watching 15 odd hopping around well within range but in the safe zone.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...506f4ef92d.jpg
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I need to get you out with a couple of PCP's to show you what they can do in that sort of situationQuote:
Originally Posted by GWH
@Wingman I think there's two sub-species in NZ, black backed and white backed.
Dont know why people under esimate them going to dust mine off and start using it more the way things are going might pay for people to have a dabble in the airgun worldQuote:
Originally Posted by Mintie
Coyote pups, shot two, left two, First blood with the Sako 6 PPC, seen one,Attachment 121158 sitting on a pile of gravel, a long way off, was shooting into the sun, and bit hard to see how young, kinda felt a bit bad, about shooting young ones, but they tough on deer, and I pick up a few adults a year, , seen lots of deer, all to quick.
I'd like that mate, I've never had a play with a PCP but after watching a few of Matt Dubbers YT vids they do seem to go pretty well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintie
What distance is it effective to for you Mintie?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintie
Depends on the setup but I've managed head shots at 120m on Plovers before. Some people can shoot them much further with better gear tho.Quote:
Originally Posted by headcase
Wow, that would be impressive. I need to shoot more paper obviously.
Got a cat tonight with my new 223. Was driving along and saw her run into a blackberry bush halfway up a hill so turned the quad off waited a minute or so then tryed my best dieing rabbit impression and two beadie eyes appeared. Was a full jet black cat so I suspect it's a few generations old of wild cat.
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Dads(72yrs) off work atm so rehabing via pie snipering��
Took the trusty ole Stirling to work this arvo.
Rabbit had two hours to hide but was still there when I finished.
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So she got a bullet in the eye.
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Got 4 yesterday missed 2 :XD: hard to concentrate at work as there is a few bouncing about at the mo,
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Luckily it’s part of my job.
Took the Super Varmint .223 out for a walk this evening with the wife, a productive session of exploding lagomorphs. It's ideal varminting season now, as long as its a quiet arvo with bugger all wind. The good grass keeps the hares interested and fools them into thinking they've got enough cover. The grass will be cut for feedstock soon and the cycle will repeat itself.
The bullet used is the 50gr Z-Max at 3,400fps, longest shot was 289m with the rest somewhere between 140-180m. Always amazed at the destruction wrought by the Z-Max, note the bits of rabbit on the post... that was a 173m shot and man that rabbit exploded.
Love varminting, a social stroll with the missus and a job well done. There's a lot of riparian improvement going on around here, removing exotics like willow and planting natives. The hares are public enemy #1.
There was a bunch more rabbits shot tonight that we didn't bother recovering - hawk food.
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Nice looking varminter, great fun sniping at long distance.
flyblown...what sort of charge are you launching them with???? got a few hundy of them here and still pushing them out quietly with a not so hot load....26grns of 748
do you think it could be worthwhile running them hotter??? they kill wallabies just fine as they are and take heads off rabbits,is fasterer going to be betterer????
@Micky Duck
24.5gr of Benchmark 1 in ADI brass. This heavy barrel likes a bullet launched with fast powder, sitting just off the lands. The load is a bit more than book max, it makes for a slightly flattened primer but no ejector stamping or swipes. It's just deadly accurate, the load works better than any rifle I've ever shot, so I'll stick with it.
It's point and press to 150yd and a 1 MOA hold at 200yd, easy holds on the BDC reticle after that, 3 MOA, 6 MOA and 9 MOA at 300, 400, 500yd. If the bunnies are sitting around, I'll dial.
hmmmmm food for thought...I usually running GI brass in wee rifle cause Ive got a heap and its not such a bugga if drop one in tussocks when shooting wallaby.
so my pressures SHOULD be slightly higher anyway with smaller brass capacity. Nick Harvey has 26grns 748 at 3000fps and 28grns as max for 3300fps
might just have a wee tootoo and see if rifle likes them hot or not,never bothered as she accurate and pleasant to shoot at levels Ive been using.it was 24.5grns of AR2206h behind everything for years,only recently been tweaking that as changed to 748 as got a couple of pounds at good price....far out brussel sprout its easy to throw a charge compared to the chunky 2206h...
thanks for answering
keep up the good work.
I should add that the primary use of this Z-Max load in the last couple of years has been pest goat culling, especially along the rivers where the river grass is very tall and all you can see is the head. At 200yd a hold on the horn will shoot the goat through the centre of the skull... it's not quite 22-250 flat but the trajectory is easily good enough for quick and effective shooting.
At 300yd, the difference between 3400fps and 3000fps is 5" less drop, which is quite a lot when you're shooting like this.
And obviously the .223 is far more efficient than the 22 250 and a great deal quieter.
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