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1st of the evening . . 204 Ruger No.1 Varmint
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hard to tell from this pic how hard the wind was blowing . . it went from challenging down low on the station to fck me its hard to keep your hat on and walk straight.
tried to keep the wind at 6 oclock-ish and made some good shots under 200 yrds.
let the bullets drift with the wind and checked with Strelok . . man i like the 204 for varminting
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@Flyblown... dose your wife know you used her....HER cooking scales to wiegh that rat......guys flyblown might be the next pesties to show his mug shot in the line up of pesties knocked off....if she finds out;):XD:
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Originally Posted by Flyblown
HA HA HA if only you knew mate…Quote:
Originally Posted by Sideshow
My wife has a nervous breakdown at the mere thought of cooking. All three of us lads sing the same song to her every time she tries to cook… WHERE’S YOUR HEAD AT… don’t let the walls cave in on you… Gets a result, every time.
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They are my scales. MINE.
She’s good for a packet cake. And a smoothie. Maybe pumpkin fritters… on a good day!
Yesterday was pretty good. Got four feral cats, about 30 rabbits and a couple of pigeons. Today, not so good. Just the one cat.
Welcome to the forum.
Do these little pesties count as I feel they certainly fit the description....
15 in under 3 mins , new personal best....
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No spray required .
My weapon of choice ....
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Hehe...
So much more fun than spraying the buggas ...
I wonder if I can improve that total if I wear camo...
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haha that gave me a laugh. Those salt guns look like a lot of fun.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ftx325
I hope that they are all picked up before any ironing is done !Quote:
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@Ftx325
So you read the instructions and shot them in the bum eh……….”do not shoot in face or eyes”:o!
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Good little hack for improving kill rates on the older style Victor with small steel plate is to glue a bit of alkathene or PVC over it. Slows them down in the kill zone a bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flyblown
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1st for the evening
Ruger .204
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Lol had a double take at that photo @rossi.45 that rabbit looks like he’s lying on his back laughing at the sky…..lol missed again:XD::XD::ORLY:
Or more like shoot that other bugger he was stepping out with my girl!:P:thumbsup:
There seems to be a lot of rabbit left after being hit by a 204. The first one I shot with the 220 swift sort of blew up, mind you it's was only 84 metres.Quote:
Originally Posted by rossi.45
Put it down to the artistic pose I put them in . . Front one has ears but most of its head is missing, the one behind has its clockwork pushed out thru it's back, range was about 200yrds . . 204 takes no prisoners.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marty Henry
I can imagine the damage of a Swift at that range . . Brutal
Nice rifle.Quote:
Originally Posted by rossi.45
When I first started with a center fire I used to practices on rabbits to get used to the rifle. Lol soon stopped as 1 thecost of ammo but 2 there was not a lot left when hit by 270 & 243. :O_O::sick::XD:Quote:
Originally Posted by rossi.45
Gudday, Good work! Nice to catch up the other day.Quote:
Originally Posted by NZ Bunny Hunter
Cheers @Shearer . . . its a Claasic rifle.Quote:
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and to think i nearly sold it a few times . . i would have regreted that.
don't know if you've ever handled one but if your into the whole singleshot thing you will want one, get yourself into the singleshot mindset and they'll be a keeper.
This trick might help you own more rifles and stop you selling a good rifle off . . when i started looking hard at the amount of varmint rifles i had there were a bunch of .222s, .223s, .204 all in the same performance bracket, the way around that is to give them different jobs. The .204 i don't use a bipod, no suppressor, strictly shooting off a day pack. Sako .222 i put a 6X khales and no suppressor, old school, traditional shooting. Then i have the .223 with alloy chassis, folding stock, suppressed. 22VT full blown custom rifle, .243 for LR work . . its not that i want so many rifles, i need them.
Same trick with Rimfires !
Thats such a cool rifle, if only I had a few thousand spare $$$
Enjoyable bunny shoot last night on a site not too far from Christchurch. Land is dead flat and we covered many square ks in the truck spotlighting. I was driver/spotlighter in mate's VX Cruiser, while 2 other boys were on 223s. Very pleasant wander - and challenging. Bunnies - 85% of them hares - were very skittery and it was hard for boys to get the seconds needed for clean shot. But they did well and we popped 31 - very few got away. Took 60+ off same block few weeks back so its well under control until the spring breed. A good little shoot and happy boys returned to Chch..
Near full moon last night and I'm watching these days for correlation between lunar cycle and bunny quietness. No clear pattern as yet - anyone else know of patterns there?
I've found around here with full moon the rabbits are more mobile. They won't hold well under a light, white, red or green.Quote:
Originally Posted by mudgripz
With the cheapest thermal scope I could find and a second hand 10/22 it seems to work. Only 23 all up, these ones I could drive the buggy past to pick up. @Tikka7mm08
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Had another mission last weekend at the farm with the boys.
544 rabbits 165 wallaby, 7 cats, 5 ferrets 1 possum between us.
Wind made it a bit of a struggle as the animals were sitting very tight in the scrub sheltering.
22s came into their own again in the scrub, whereas the larger centrefires were far superior in the open with the wind.
I always shy clear of a full moon when spotlighting rabbits as I also have had problems holding animals with a spotlight during a full moon.Quote:
Originally Posted by mudgripz
I didn't check before going deer hunting yesterday and when I put the spotlight on I saw a red moon then it disappeared behind cloud and it got very dark so the spotlight worked well on the deer.
Generally I give a full moon a miss if I bother to do my homework.
First kill with recently restored 1910 production Winchester 1885 takedown 22 magnum
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Hopefully first of many kills with this
I got this rifle in rough condition 2020
Got it all going and tried it with some .25 RF ammo
But barrel was in a very poor condition
Just recently I bored out the barrel and machines an off set liner to bring the case down on to the firing pin
Chambered 22 wmr And shooting about 2 moa with the only ammo I have on hand at the moment
Out for a day of pest control for the Taeri Gorge Railway, beautiful start to the day in the world's best office
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Tools of the trade
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Managed to get 33 of these
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And one of these made its way home for dinner
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#BestJobIEverHad
Out for day two in the Gorge, today's tally was another 64 goats, and 3 more pigs (one of which came home to hang out with her sister)
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Lovely time of year to be shooting in Central Otago, very dry atm with 8mm of rain for the whole of March, rabbits seem to thrive on the conditions.
Just under 30 shot this evening.
Very enjoyable outing in north Canterbury last night. This is a site on which we have shot over 1000 bunnies in an evening more than once, but those days are gone. Delightful farm to wander and conditions were perfect with a fairly still autumn evening. Had to cover a fair bit of ground spotlighting from the truck, with the boys on 223s and @gadgetman on 12g. In about 3.5 leisurely hours we popped 55 - almost everything we went for. Mostly hares but included 12 rabbits, one ferret - and one black bunny. I popped about half a dozen then swapped into driving - piloting the VX Cruiser around the flats and downs country.
Some good effective shooting from the boys, and everyone headed homewards with a smile. Looking forward to going back after our next shoot in Tekapo/McKenzie country in 2 weeks time. That'll be interesting..
Regarding lunar influence on bunny behaviour, last night was about a 40% moon and they were much calmer than on a recent full moon shoot when they were very flighty. This evidence starting to bear out our general thoughts and from 7mm Rem etc above. We'll watch every shoot from now to confirm..
animals have never held well in spotlight during full moon,the theory used to be they didnt get as dazzled....
Mmmm...my suspicion has been rabbits have better low light vision than us and can spot us well in a full moon which makes them react and run. Here's a comment from Eyeque -an eye examination corporation? for us humans:
"Compared to humans, rabbits have more rods than cones in their retinas. This means rabbits can see better than we can in the dark but are limited to two-color vision. For example, they can distinguish between green and blue but cannot see red."
Interesting - certainly they have not been troubled when boys have worn orange Hi-Viz vests out shooting. Didn't find they could not see red torch light, but they would still be picking pick up on light intensity if not red colour.
On bunnies and full moons, in my experience it is more difficult to approach them when the moon is full and bright. Guess they can just see my human shaped body much more clearly on these nights. Very dark nights that are slightly windy are good, the wind noise masks my footsteps and the only light there is is from my headlamp. Red light has been particularly effective.
Well done, I am jealous! I sometimes get goats further down at the Taieri mouth doc area. The gorge doc area seems slightly more difficult to access by foot in comparison.Quote:
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from the north
Few furry pests from the start of the year in residential North Shore, Auckland caught in the trap then dispatched with a .177. 7 in about 2 weeks, 4 of which were over 3 days. Have just noticed another mother and joey in the tree so will need to get back on to them again.
Where on the shore are you ?
I assume you back on to bush ?
Does this count as pesties bowled over? You don't see this very often... Probably the extent of my hunting this long weekend..... :D
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well done young bumble......well done indeed.
poor Nigel,the attraction of the cheezel was just too much,as for his mate who thought to share.....
That mousetrap really is better! Great advertising...
What was that saying about the second mouse getting the cheese?
Got a call from a cocky with a pigeon problem. Feral bloody rats with wings were hanging out in his bars, crapping in his milking shed, making a bloody mess of things. Quick trip out with the trusty (?) old (definitely) 177 Hatsan air rifle and there's 51 less of them now. Heading out again tomorrow night to put another dent in the population, but this should keep me in beer money for a while :thumbsup:
Nice to come across people who understand that pest control is an ongoing effort, not a one-and-done sorta thing.
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And being a firm believer in "Eat What You Kill" I had to take a few home for the oven :thumbsup:
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