just the wings mate and add watties:D
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Just been given 850+ rimfire rounds...yesterday:)
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Today i made a phone call to a neighbouring farmer and have been given access to 1000acres to cull hares.
Had a quick look before sun down they were on the next ridge over just as the sun was setting.
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Zoomed in for a better looksie before two quick bolt action shots!
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Done on the line!:thumbsup:
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Let them cool for a bit then back strapped them;)
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On the 1000 acre block with Bo
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Kill shot.
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Bo on the retrieve
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Next shot on this rabbit.
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The retrieve
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Shot placement as to not waste any meat:thumbsup:
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Out for a shoot last night, snagged a ferret and a couple of hares. Oh, and 141 wallabies.
223 was running a little hot all night.. poor barrel.
Stopped on the track looking over a gully at one stage and shot 18 in <5 minutes without moving, then drove around the bend to look back into the side we'd been on, and shot another 4.
First night on the wallabies in ages, great to chase them again.
Got out twice more over the weekend, pretty good run on both. Ill just chuck the photos for both walks up together. Took 12 Rabbits out on the Orchard and 6 Goats and a Hare out on the Farm. Goat shots were 30-150m and the .223 did very well. The centrefire is a CZ527 Ebony in .223 and the PCP is a Zbroia Kozak in .22.
5 all taken from the one spot on the driveway
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Zoom in to see the beauty headshot on this bunny, 60m standing shot unsupported.
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This Nanny popped her head up only about 30m away, got a bit messy.
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This Kid was running at about 120m and the shot didn't quite go where it was planned so it needed a follow up head shot (which tore off its jaw)
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This Nanny was sitting still waiting for me at 150m so I put one into the engine room, good bang flop.
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Tried to get a fancy shot showing off the CZ
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This Hare hunkered down about 40m away thinking he was invisible, .223 made a real mess of him with blood and guts spread about 10m away.
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A cheeky Mynah that was bugging me at home today, knocked him off his branch nicely.
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Got a couple more hares today with the .22lr
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Zoomed in and got a vid but piss poor quality available on fbNZ rimfires
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Bo retrieved them both.
managed to hit a magpie with my car. the force ejected a load of bird poo onto my wind screen!
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Power board inspected the pole and they thought it was live.:D:patapon:
Coming back from the river with Rod n Rifle.No trout but a feed.
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And another tonight with Bo on the retrieve.
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Another head or neck shot.
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Earlier on in the week I bumped into a lovely family who have a bit of a bunny problem so they were happy for me to go and shoot a few funnies and that's an understatement.
Seeing as it was a stunning Saturday I wondered up there for an evening hunt with the CZ .22 as the shooting distance isn't far so I could leave the HMR at home.
Wondering around until dark in t-shirt and shorts in this sudden hot weather I shot just on 50 bunnies not even putting a dent in the population!
They weren't gun shy so you sat there and waited for them to pop out.
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I'll go back again in a couple of days for a night shoot with the new M1 Archer mounted on the rifle and see what I can accrue.
Gorgeous grain on that stock. Nice haul on the hoppers too!
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Went out to check the zero on the 17hmr before hitting the hares tonight.....yup zero is all good smacked these 2 over at 100 yards saved me wasting a paper target :thumbsup:
Out with the CZ .17 HMR with Maxtoch M1 Archer spotlighting last night.
Just some of the 60 odd bunnies, 1 hare, 6 possums shot.
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Numbers have gone a bit silly round our way too !
Couple from the neighbors small block, plenty others around but challenging to get a safe shot with the J dub.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...e38d438664.jpg
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Ran over this on Monday...
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Went out again on Thursday night and it was only when I got there I thought perhaps it won't be a good night considering the moon was half bright but I still went for a wonder and shot just over 70 bunnies and 3 opossums.
A couple of occasions i ran the 10 shot mag dry from one position and shot 26 rabbits out of one paddock alone.
So far in one week I've shot over 170 rabbits, 1 hare & 6-7 opossums and still loads more rabbits present.
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We need the politicans to see this thread and realise the impact recreational shooters are having on Pest numbers....
If they were serious about environmental issues then they will be passing laws allowing a pest proof fence to be constructed around the hot spots and then using every safe method to extirpate rabbits and wallabies etc. Otherwise it just seems like a whole exercise of futility
Not 26 in one paddock material, but 6 out of a reasonably well shot up paddock will do. Favorable wind meant I could actually shoot this paddock. The rabbits in there taunted me every day I drove home. Sadly the cat outdid me, and got 7, albeit over quite a few more hours.
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@quintin... does you cat look like this?
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Behaves like that, but is the camo version.
And she prefers the slightly smaller rabbits as they fit through the cat door, so she can leave them on the rug under the dining room table.
12 goats for the quick after work shoot. Had a first, went to cut the back legs off one of the medium sized nannies and noticed a wound channel full of shit. The projectile went in the chest and out by the back leg/ass
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Surprised it went through so far being a .223 62gr SP, but i guess it didn't hit bone.
Nice young hare for the .22LR this evening. Dogs' dinner. Had to crawl into a half decent spot to get the bugger, I'd bumped it in the long grass but it hadn't learned to keep running, too late to learn now...
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Note how the bitch refuses to look at it. That way, you see, she can't upset her brother nor can she succumb to temptation because what she can't see isn't there...
While I was out last night glassing for rabbits I spotted a bird that I immediately recognised from Australia, a Masked Woodswallow. Very distinctive bird that we used to see a lot in inland New South Wales. I watched it for about 10 minutes and googled it while I sat there to confirm what I was looking at. At the time I didn't think too much of it because I had rabbits and hares on my mind, but on the walk home it occurred to me that the bird was a very long way from home.
Turns out that there's only ever been one confirmed sighting of that bird in New Zealand, in 1972. So to say it is a rare vagrant is probably an understatement. I'm going back there tonight with my son with a decent camera and lens to try and get a picture. He's probably buggered off but no harm in trying.
I suspect the poor bugger has made it all the way over here because he's been chased out by the wildfires. Seems like quite a coincidence.
Big PROUD moment for Dad tonight. Young lad says...
Hey Dad, you going after a hare tonight?
Yeah mate, bit windy for the rimfire tonight though.
OK. But I think I'm ready for the centrefire now.
Ya reckon? I reckon so too. Wanna give it a go?
Yup.
And cool as a you like he setup the .223 Super Varmint, walked out with a purposeful stride, found a hare, ranged it and worked out his drop on Strelok. He dialled, I checked, and the rest is... dead hare. First go with the full sized centrefire on an animal and he smoked it. 173m, quite a breeze, he held on the nose, bullet went straight through the shoulders. Good boy.
Cool thing is about the lad is despite the ADHD and general bonkersness that comes with being a 13yr old testosterone fuelled ball scratcher, he's in no rush. He's happy to learn, happy to take his time. Shoot paper, shoot some cans. Rimfires and small centrefires, always sensible, never a dumbass. He's had the chance to go with the big rifle before, but nope, not quite ready yet Dad. His decision tonight, no pressure. And no hare fever either.
Really chuffed for the lad. As you can tell.
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Excellent stuff.
Interesting title.:D.
Have been quite on the posting, but not on the pest management side.
Been trying a cheap night vision unit and it has been giving good results.
With pigeons, rabbits and all sorts of critters, the great white is a gene factor that comes up in a certain block from time to time.
I find it interesting! Some have had more white than this doe and blue eyes.
But for old blue eyes I did it my way 樂
Had this bugger try to sneak past today!:omg: No ground game:ORLY:
But since I was on the end peg and a clear shot he got both barrels....so technically he wasn’t on the ground when shot:XD:
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Wasn’t the first time some had had a go he only had 1.5 front legs still in good nick though.
Nice Beretta
S04 :thumbsup:
@Sideshow so when you say no ground game....does that mean its a quick photo then toss it in the scrub so no one knows:P
Very nice grain on that shotgun.
What do you typically do with the foxes once shot?
When I was in Austria my first foxes I shot, pelts weren't able to be used (big holes from large calibre), there teeth were turned into an edelweiss
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Driving in Australia 23 years ago, father pulled over on the side of an outback road to show us kids a dead fox on the road. He then proceeded to extract the canines under our instruction, for some kind of trinket that never eventuated
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What load are you using @Sideshow