Call came for geese again, but when we got there they had been driven off.
So not all wasted for the call-out! ending the day with a couple of rabbit's.
KH
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Call came for geese again, but when we got there they had been driven off.
So not all wasted for the call-out! ending the day with a couple of rabbit's.
KH
Our nightly outings have been a bit knocked on the head! as I haven't been to enthusiastic and the nights haven't been very dry.
But manage a quick one in tonight with dog and at least he was very enthusiastic, thankfully I hit something for him to find.
Otherwise the ride home might not been meet with the same enthusiasm.
Seven months ago this fellow was gun shy, I mainly shoot 17hmr with him now and it's a very different story and worse when I miss and there's nothing to find.
KH
@TheJanitar tell me a bit more about this blow gun if yours, where, how much, how accurate are they?
Well managed another quick walk with the enthusiastic dog.He wasn't disappointed tonight either.
Thankfully.
KH
Well, it may seem like a high jacked thread, but which one isn't! Threads that should be pm's and comments that should be threads.
But hay I am not the admin, thank God.
But it has got me thinking, nevertheless the nightly walk may have been to early and the hawkes are still feeding on rabbits shot a couple of days ago. Therefore no rabbit's seen and dog went home with no reward, so I gave him a little pestie, well he thinks it is.
KH
Well Iam not trying to do a series.
But the nightly walk has benefits.
KH
@SevententhsQuote:
Originally Posted by Seventenths
Well, the model I'm using here is the Cold Steel Professional 4FT blowgun. Made in USA I believe.
It's perfect for using as a walking stick. Just need to get the right sized furniture leg rubber feet thingy from bunnings.
It shoots several types of darts. You can buy a pack of the Razor hunting darts from gun City. I sharpen these so that they are literally razor sharp. I have to remove and glue the little orange flight onto the dart, otherwise the expensive razor dart will go right through the possum and embed itself deep into the ground, $$ gone. Amazingly powerful.
With the 4Ft model, I am able to shoot very accurately to about 10 metres. I also own the same model in a 5ft variant which gets slightly higher velocity and is accurate out to about 12 metres - but not so convenient to use as a walking stick.
Cheers
Orders were issued at 08:00 today.
Flyblown, pines to be planted in 6 weeks. Go and kill the hares. Out.
So not being one to dilly dally when orders are issued, I went out this evening and killed some hares. I’ve been on top of them this summer as they’ve been prolific. It’s nice to have a few around the house paddocks to watch, but not the kind of numbers where before you know it, they’re in your butternuts.
The easy hares on the heifer paddocks are accounted for, and tonight conditions were perfect for some long range haring up the back. So out came the .223 varmint rifle, and a baker’s dozen of hares were sent to the afterlife at ranges in the high two to three hundreds. Best shot a respectable 393m with the wee 50gr Zombie Max.
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A baker’s dozen aye? The younger members here probably would not have heard of that term.
Hit and killed a black rabbit in the car on my way to work at 0415 went to get a pic after work and someones dog had beat me to it.Shot three black rabbits but hitting one with the car is a first for me.
I'm beginning to wonder where they are all coming from. So is Dog.
This morning before the sun came up I heard another mob of juveniles going hell for leather, so I set up the UE Boom and proceeded to annihilate them. As usual six or seven are stuck up the tallest pine tree - there must be thirty odd birds up there this year alone. Yesterday my son said he saw a harrier trying to hover near the top of the tree in an attempt to grab a dead bird. Didn't see the harrier get one, but I suspect it is regularly succeeding as there's nowhere near as many falling to the ground in the wind as I would expect. Harriers aren't very good at hovering, as it is a gliding bird.
Just as things were starting to calm down and I'd shot the fifteenth-ish bird, another mob of juveniles came hooning in from over the way. I'd run out of ammo, so they can wait until tomorrow morning. It was gratifying the other day to hear a neighbour say that he's noticed fewer magpies, and that they don't bother him on his Sunday lie in quite so much. Wonder why...
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Yes left out the walk! as I was a bit late with tea, so we did a drive by spotting then get out and shoot and send the enthusiastic one to find and retrieve.
KH
I was to set up some Trapinators for a local and going down the driveway I thought I saw what looked like a rabbit, but carried on to the end of it.
I just had to go back and make sure of what it was, so unpacked a 22lr that was in a gun bag and walked back to where I had seen the shape! Put the scope on 10 power and looking right at me was a buck with ripped ears enjoying the sunny face of a hill out of the wind.
Nice easy shot and then walk back put the rifle away let enthusiastic dog off, took him up the drive let him under the fence nose to the ground but came up short and had to be resent this time success.
Nice to have the early report done today.
KH
Now, so ends the series, nightly walk with enthusiastic dog.
Cheers Dundee
KH
I stuffed up a shot on a deer last week.Thought my 7mm08 needed sighting in so tryed an unsupported standing shot on a magpie at 100 yards.Looks like it was my foe-pa last week!
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There you go Dundee, free standing works for you. Probably used one of those fandangled bloody gismo bipod things the other day....:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
I've been taking the fly rod out a bit in the last week (after 10 odd years off it) and found this wee bugger up the side of the river having lunch on a dead possum, managed to sneak in with a stick to ruin his day, also got a few brown trout so was a productive day.
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CZ 17hmr working hard in the very dry central Otago hills, 60 shot and 45 minutes of daylight left
Dare I ask how many rounds it took to shoot 60 rabbits? :P
On a good day, fifty seven. Ha ha ha haQuote:
Originally Posted by Joe_90
Well @Joe_90 it's a CZ for a start so it doesn't really know what a miss is ;) However the nut behind the butt does. At the 60 mark I had made 5 misses.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe_90
Ended up with 67 rabbits and a ferret. I have a mate down for a weeks varminting so there will be a lot of shooting.
Good stuff @viper! If you see the Easter bunny put one between the eyes.
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They really are better!
I think this is known as a double-header.
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One of note from yesterday's walk, just over 100 shot plus a cat.
I've got one down here viper, jet black as well ! I've seen it on the road side after a night shooting and twice I missed it with the front wheel and if you include the back wheel, well I've missed it four times.
I think I'll stick to shooting it at some point.
Nice getting the unusual.
KH
Shot five rabbits and my first hare on a friends farm this evening, didn't expect to see a hare there. Pretty excited to cook him up to see if he tastes good. Saving the meat and liver/kidney/heart from the bunnies too. Not as many bunnies at my area compared to where viper is! Wow thats a lot of bunnies shot. Must be a real bad infestation.
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Originally Posted by JessicaChen
Damn Jessica, you shot the Easter Bunny! :D
You'll see the hare meat is red compared to the white meat from rabbits and might want adjust your recipes accordingly. Good butchery by the way.
Yep I did tell my farmowner friends that it was appropriate to pop by and pick up some easier bunnies for Easter weekend, the easter hare caught me by surprise. Haven’t seen any in that area for years. And yep, a lot of hare recipes seem to call for richer flavors like red wine and rosemary, whereas rabbit usually uses milder flavors like white wine and parsley.Quote:
Originally Posted by MB
Good little shoot last night - @gadgetman and I headed out to a farm 40 minutes from Christchurch. Spotlighting from the truck we popped 29 hares in 2 hours - just one missed. Gadget did well on 223 while I was on shottie duty for the runners.
Very pleasant evening, and sunset over lake Ellesmere was absolutely spectacular - had to stop to take some pics. Being out in nature a huge part of why we do this.
A good night :)
I think that the hare is better aged! at least three days, just makes those back straps tender and taste better.Quote:
Originally Posted by JessicaChen
My mother used to do a hare soup, but as said I like the backstraps, hot fry.
Poor man's venison.
KH
Sunset wasn't too bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by mudgripz
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Nice photo G.
Epic bunny hunt this evening (by local standards). About a third of our bag, the rest being taken after dark.
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Very nice MB - a great little haul. Young fella would be enjoying that..
Thanks. The boy was so in to it. He loved that I trusted him with the rifle when we climbed over fences (unloaded/magazine out/bolt open). He also makes a great retriever!Quote:
Originally Posted by mudgripz
Lovely evening for a gentle stroll by torchlight.......with the T1x 17 hmr and twin Maxtoch's [emoji6]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...4293eb5a34.jpg
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Head shot these 2 at 170M with the .222 Sako / 6 X Khales / 50grn. VMax
@rossi.45, @caberslash
Had to laugh when I saw this. The Poms wet themselves at the mere suggestion of shooting a “wild boar” with a .224 cal. For that job, according to them, you need a .30 cal, 9.3xBazooka or some kind of anti-materiel crazy weapon.
And that’s not driven boar I’m talking about, it’s pigs over bait shot from a blind at 60 paces.
Fark they make me laugh. You can never have too much gun for those lethal boars if you’re a suburban gent in Blighty these days.
@Flyblown They're probably not going to like this then . . Not my work, someone i know.
I’ve posted this before, but now we’re on a roll.... .22LR.
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There’s a long story attached to this. It was a case of circumstances and necessity over-ruling normal procedures...
