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Mixed bag yesterday.
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Also a hare and three possums as well.
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I was getting about 900 magpies a year when I first started this thread @Flyblown.No matter how many you shoot more come in to the territory.I was only shooting a 32ha property at the time and used a live decoy in a cage that I replaced every three days.
On the coons tomorrow hope the bait I stole from the pantry works.
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Hope the weather holds up,plenty of coons on the budding willows and pines.
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The neighbour asked the other day how many he reckoned I’d shot over the last couple of years @Dundee. I didn’t have a clue of the top of my head. It sure as hell isn’t 900, luckily we don’t have those kind of numbers here. But I can certainly believe it from what I’ve seen on the hill country properties I visit. Flocks of the bloody things numbering in the dozens.
I should have a count up of the ones I’ve taken photos of with the dog, and then add probably another third as many again for the ones that get hung up in the pines, or grabbed by my mate the hawk who always turns up as soon as the caller starts (canny bird that). Probably more like half as many again, i’ll probably only pick up about four of every six I shoot.
We’ve got a bunch of new arrivals on the pugged up dairy paddocks over the road. Reckon there must be a survivor or two in that lot because they were stoically refusing to come to the caller. I’ve been away for a few days so I’ll give it another go if it’s dry in the morning.
[QUOTE=tiroahunta;1348145]Mixed bag yesterday.
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listen here my good man this is a dead parrot it has ceased to be its shuffled off this mortal coil and joined the choir invisible it's fucking snuffed it. No its resting, beautiful plumage the Norwegian blue.
1st couple for the evening
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Pushing the old faithfull Stirling 14p out over gullys.
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Got the bugger
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Sent Bo over the gully cause I'm not walking over there.:D
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Bo coming up the other side with the hare.
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Never under estimate the .22lr Stirling
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Love working the dog out long range,he got treats tonight but not the hare as its going in our freezer.Backstraps for the BBQ and back legs for the crock pot.
That stock is looking way better than it use toQuote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
What I see is...one smoke spicy rabbit , and one slow cooked rabbit over fire with honey. :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by rossi.45
A walk/drive combo this arvo….
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Had to thread the eye of a needle with this shot. Hare was visible in the gap (to the left)between bottom n next up boards.
End result
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357... pest removal so yea it was a texas heart shot on the run... plus I also got 5 possums that night so a good night overall
first ones for this afternoons walk with the .22
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This hare, sitting under the tree branch arrow points too.
55 meters (stepped out so + or - a meter or two)
16gr .22 air rifle pellet.
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That are big! I like it as well for your rifle, what you were using? Hunting rabbits in this sort of place with this view is my dream....Quote:
Originally Posted by rossi.45
One rabbit, two nice shots, one from you rifle, one from your camera. The depth of the color in your picture is good, iphone?Quote:
Originally Posted by kruza
Nope huawei. Old as. Was a spectacular evening yesterday. took about 5.15pm. Guess light angle was just right. cheers.
I finished all the machining on this G1 22 yesterday
Reassembled it last night
Sighted it in this morning
Got these guys this afternoon
What a great little rifle now
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Nice work! Where do we form the queue?Quote:
Originally Posted by akaroa1
I'll have a 22LR like this and a longer 30/30 barrel. A 22 K-Hornet or 25/20 barrel would be nice as well. Cheers ��
1st for the evening with the .204
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Well the Gamo .22 is back in it's sweetspot after I mucked around trying various different slugs, gone back to the H&N Slug HP 21g, I would post a pic of tonights possum.....but it's over there folded over the branch I shot it on.....and its dark.....so you'll just have to imagine it 🤣
Dont you hate that. Lost a few in macrocarpa hedges many a time. Do you go for wallabies with your Gamo?Quote:
Originally Posted by Zedrex
Splash two lizzards.
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I bought this RWS Scimitar from GS in Christchurch recently. it needed some love, as the o-rings had all perished. After fixing I took it out on Sunday and got this hare with a kneeling shot from 50M with a JSB exact pellet.
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that's a nice looking gun. Obviously accurate. A good pcp must be a joy to shoot.
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Nice work @Rush! Where's the damage on that wee critter? I had use of a very similar setup a couple of years ago and it was devastating on bunnies! Head shots only if you want to eat them or even keep as much as possible of them for the hounds.
Thank you! If you zoom in, you can see the bullet hole to the lower left of the base of its ear. I'm yet to harvest any meat off my kills but may have to learn how this spring - I have a mate that I go rabbiting with and he's keen to feed his dogs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steelisreal
Its super easy man, I harvest them for the kids cats. Lop the head and feet off with a tomahawk, nick across the back, insert both index fingers into the hole made by the nick, pull opposing directions and the skin will come off from the middle to both ends, cut down the belly and scoop out the guts, then I also use the tomahawk to give the inside of the pelvis a chop, then the poop shoot comes out clean tooQuote:
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Wish I had a lawn like that :)
Couple of decent sized holes in them!Quote:
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308 with 125 SST good for any critter
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Cold morning that turned into a still warm afternoon.
Rabbits out warming up.
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Planted some new citrus trees last weekend. Checked on them this arvo and the F'ing rabbits have been at the tree roots. I've been tolerant of them for the past couple of months, but tonight, something is doing to die!!
Ranged a magpie at 120 yards.
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No problem for the .22 Stirling
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Spotted another hare while running the dogs.
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Not to far away this time.
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Bo doesn't move till the shot goes off so its all safe.
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And another retrieve for Bo
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A bit of HMR goodness over weekend n tonight....
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223, or 17 HMR?Quote:
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This critter tonight with gamo. Only one could get close enough too (only shoot gamo out to 25 meters)
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