@Flyblown they sure do have awesome eyesight alright.
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@Flyblown they sure do have awesome eyesight alright.
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The weather has been bloody wet and shitty here for a few days, the heavy rain dropped to a drizzle by mid arvo so that was good enough for me, i needed to get out for a wander and get some trigger time.
Was planning on shooting last couple of hours of light then heading to another property round the corner and shooting after dark with the IR NV.
So i took the T1x 17hmr with the Pard NV008 IR scope.
It works ok in daylight mode as well.
Pinged a few rabbits including some preggy does so good to get them before numbers explode again.
One buck looked like he'd had a run in with a wild cat or something, his ears were all ripped and bits missing.
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Enjoyable little shoot in north Canterbury last night with @Bob Da Browning, @gadgetman, AJ and self. Delightful farm we've been shooting for near 15 years - a real pleasure to visit this one. Soggy ground limited ability for truck to wander the big paddocks, but we still nailed 47 bunnies - maybe 50-50 rabbits and hares. 12 guage, 223s, 22WMR, and 2 for the truck...
A good outing - not the 1000+ in an evening this site once gave - but still great to get out and 47 kept us busy enough. Good fun - boys did well.
A comment - that Fiocchi 55gr SP 223 factory ammo is really doing the job for us. Shoots very well - like 0.5 and under groups at 100m in 3 of our 223s - Howa, Tikka and Savage. It's a good load. Well worth a try..
It's a bugger when you stop and think you've been outsmarted by a 'dumb' creature. But there is nothing dumb about a strong survival instinct. Well done.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flyblown
Hey, I just realised you didn't give us our usual 'fireworks' display last night, @mudgripz. For the uninitiated this involves electric fences.Quote:
Originally Posted by mudgripz
Bugger off... I was being careful big time. Those fences kick like hell these days!!
This evening's walk.
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Ill grab a box and give it a go, Thanks for the heads upQuote:
Originally Posted by mudgripz
Bunnies tonight. We don’t have that many around here, they tend to live in small groups and not get too numerous. Feral cats (and me) keep them in check. Sometimes we get a minor population explosion - like now - after a warm winter and very warm spring.
On this new-to-me property I’ve been watching where they have their little warrens, and how best to get onto them with the .22LR. I can’t use fullbore here, subsonic .22LR only. It used to be regularly shot by an old fella I know who did a damn good job right up until the day he had a stroke earlier this year. So over the years, the rabbits have gotten quite cunning, and setup in small native timber stands in gullies, a bit above drainage. These ones have nailed the perfect balance between cover, fresh feed and dry burrows.
Only two tiddlers in the photo, you’ll just have to believe me that there were several more that I couldn’t be bothered to go get. I haven’t quite worked out the fence lines and gates yet, and a couple of times I’ve gone to retrieve bunnies and found fence where I thought there should be a gate. I will never, ever attempt to climb over this guy’s electric fences again, because when it whacks your bollocks, you will wish you were never born. An almost mortal shock I got the other day, worst I’ve ever had, two of them as I almost got fatally tangled up due to a slippery green stay on the strainer post. Must have looked quite funny. I questioned what energiser the cockie uses, and he just laughed.
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@Flyblown that’s a ripper of a story about the peacock. I’ve never hunted them before but when I was doing a lot of small game hunting I did come up against some pretty cunning feral cats, which took some effort to finally knock off. A worthy adversary that I had a grudging respect for, despite the damage they can inflict on native birds
A few bunny's tonight with a young fellas help.
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Out knocking over a few rabbits tonight with the T1x 17hmr with the Pard IR NV008 and new external IR illuminator from Kiwi-hunter......i came accross this big feral, bloody heavy bugger too.
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That sure dose look like one very heavy moggy! Nice going.
A few Bunnies & Hares spotlighting the neighbors farm, l still enjoy a feed of rabbit so make sure to head shoot a few for the table -
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Here's the vid of my North Island Big Cat experience ;-) Make sure you have the volume up to hear the savage thing...
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haha i watched that vid on you tube yesterdayQuote:
Originally Posted by GWH
Have been out to a mates farm the last two nights. 15 bunnies on the first and another 8 on the second.
Got permission to shoot over the neighbour's fence as well (from the neighbour) so bowled a couple down right next to his vege garden.
Hoping to get the invite to walk the neighbour's farm too as the numbers are dropping pretty quickly on the first one.
Also top tip, check how many of the fence wires are hot before you stick your barrel through them!Quote:
Originally Posted by Horsenabout
The dog is still sat there, waiting to be issued the order to re-kill the magpies. He refuses to accept the futility of this situation.
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Enjoyable recce trip to new McKenzie country station this weekend.
Stayed in Tekapo and explored alot of new terrain. We'll do alot better as we learn the station and shoot new blocks that have not been shot heavily and poisoned, but we still managed 180 varmints - 170 rabbits and 10 wallabies. A good start and great fun :)
Managed to find a source of powder, projectiles, and primers for the 17 hornet, so can use it again.
At just under 100M, it's kinda overkill on the rabbits, but very satisfying.
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@quentin PM me if you want to share that source, I'm getting short on projectilesQuote:
Originally Posted by quentin
Some quality longer range .22LR this evening. The only way I can get onto this little warren is from above and quite far away - they hang out around the edges of that little stand of natives between the recently mown paddock and the un-cut paddock to the right. Range was between 135-145m, using subsonic HPs.
Had a really tricky fickle breeze blowing left to right that caused the first three shots to drift right a tad more than I thought they would, clean misses but only bloody just. Also I shot slightly high, a function of the downhill angle. Each time I missed I had to sit and wait for the rabbits to come back out… Good thing about the dust is you can see the bullet splash so once I’d worked out my windage and drop it was a case of sorry mate, next time you come out you’re time is up.
Then a hare very unwisely ran into the fray, and he got nailed too at exactly 150m, which I think is my longest ever Lagomorph with the .22LR using subs. (Got a magpie on the ground at 152m two days ago, definitely my longest. Had to shoot it twice as well. Chuffed with that.) So getting the hang of this new ammo, which is very consistent and spot on. The CZ 455 is properly dialled in now. Bloody good fun, challenging and a good way to spent a mint evening.
As I walked the long way around to get to my quarry, I watched two harriers - an adult and a young ‘un - swoop in and pick up a couple of the smaller rabbits and them down the gully to pluck fur and have a solid feed. Nice to see that.
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Me & the Missus mornings spotlighting dog tucker keepers from the neighbors farms ,we have been going out a couple of times a week as the neighbor injured himself & can not get up the hills anymore so asked us to take over their rabbit control.
We have been on our farm for 14yrs now & about 6 yrs ago the rabbit numbers crashed & this year is the first year there has been good numbers again .
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Another Syntong adventure last night on a block up the road. The clip on certainly makes a difference. Once I spot them the light goes off, I Aquire them in the scope n goodnight nurse. They’ll just sit there. Still need to try a red light though…
Three possum(one recovered) four hares, a hedge pig, magpie n a cat
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How long have you been waiting to use that word? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Flyblown
Daily occurrence! I speak in Latin most of the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by vulcannz
Did you have to look it up?
I took the 17 Hornet out for an outing late Sat arvo. Visited a new vineyard property that was suppose to have a few rabbits around.
We saw very few, and managed to shoot most of them. Including head shots at 200+ yards and a lone hare in very poor condition.
Such an epic fun little cartridge.
However, in a little tiny paddock at the back of a neighboring lifestyle property we counted about 40 rabbits.
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I did.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flyblown
yup me too.
Bloody big Hare shot at lunch time today, saw the bugger a few days ago but he quickly moved to the customer's neighbors horse paddock so I couldn't do anything about it. Today the thermal scope spotted him hiding in a tuft of grass and I managed to creep in nice and close with the Leshiy. Bloody thing was bigger than the rifle! Would have butchered him but he had a bit of a skin issue going on so left him for the Hawks to have a feed.
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@Mintie if you don't mind me asking, where did get the Leshy from and how much?
Oh and what caliber is it?? :-)
I have .177, .22 and .25 barrels for it, it's currently set to 14fpe in .22 cal which is perfect for the bird work it mainly does for me, in .25 it can get up to about 30fpe from memory.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sasquatch
It came from the NZ supplier but I believe it was the only one ever imported.
Nice one man, sharp wee rig. At a guess, 2ish grand?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintie
Fair bit more, then $6500 worth of thermal on topQuote:
Originally Posted by Sasquatch
Gave the stirling a work out. 32 hectares of peas to control.
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Took shotty out as well.
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And a couple of rabbits
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A nicely placed shot with the stirling.
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1st shot for today's walk, 165yrds.
Sako .222 with 6X Khales
50grn. VMax
Never ceases to amaze me - CZ527 17 hornet
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