I like your kill ratio. I clean out peacocks from around polyhouses for my neighbour with a M2 Benelli. Last time I was able to sneak up on them, got the first on the ground, and the other three on the wing. 4 from 4. Love it!
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I like your kill ratio. I clean out peacocks from around polyhouses for my neighbour with a M2 Benelli. Last time I was able to sneak up on them, got the first on the ground, and the other three on the wing. 4 from 4. Love it!
you mayyyyyyyyyyy want to rephrase that :DQuote:
Originally Posted by 30.06king
You must be skilled taking them on the wing. I am a barely adequate shotgun shooter and don't think I would do as well as you.Quote:
Originally Posted by schwen
I've noticed that Peacocks are strong and fairly rapid flyers, especially if starting from on high and flying downhill. Even on the level when springing up to clear the ground into flight they do pretty well. Those massive tails on the biggest roosters don't seem to impede them much at all.
Haha .... yes, probably not the best chosen phrase. I posted late at night and probably wasn't as alert as I could have been. Oh well, too late to edit now so it will stand.Quote:
Originally Posted by vulcannz
You must have a mind like mine. Probably I would have thought the same if reading it posted by someone else :D:o
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Originally Posted by 30.06king
If you look at this Peacock taking flight, you can see that more than half of its length is in its tail feathers. If you don’t have the lead placement correct with your shot gun the fall of shot can be into the tail feathers.
I shoot clays every weekend and sometimes during the week. I shot a 90/100 at skeet the week before last with my Benelli, and that's my gun of choice for sporting and compak too. Shooting those peacocks was like swinging through 3 low house targets from station 4.Quote:
Originally Posted by 30.06king
It's better to miss in front than behind.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rushy
Thursday evening walk then quick walk spotlight in North Canterbury. One of those awesome but frustrating outings with wind and not enough long range .22 practice. Ended up with about 20 rabbits/hares over a couple of hours. I was going over/under left and right while the rabbits laughed at me (before the next round hit). Had some really good shots though. Rifle was spot on just operator error.
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Mate recently introduced me to shooting off a tripod. Life changing for the areas I regularly shoot.
I tended not to head out after it rained, as I'd get a tad wet when shooting off the bipod, and used shooting sticks when the grass was long.
Now I can stand and shoot, with accuracy only slightly less than using the bipod.
Just waiting for my Arken Zulus scope with the rangefinder to arrive, and then the excuses for missing shots due to bullet drop guestimation, shooting through long grass, etc are things of the past. Problem then is my average shooting capabilities will get highlighted.
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Went for a shoot last night to North Canterbury site that has been amazing for us over 17 years. We used to pop over 1000 an evening at times - legend shooting and all then with 22s and 12g. These days after pindone programmes and virus the numbers are few. But... terrain is as beautiful as ever and its great to wander spotlighting, with occasional thermal support. This is where Brian and I designed the Maxtoch hunters of several years back.
Not many animals but a real variety. Total of 41 included 30 bunnies and hares, 2 feral cats (farmer's request), 7 possums, and 2 pigs. Lucky enough to run into a small mob of young porkers - about 20kg - popped a couple and left the rest for another day. They WILL be tasty. Also saw a nice stag but no time to get into position. Treat to see him - looked like a 10 pointer.
An enjoyable shoot - ticked all the boxes. Enough animals, everybody shot some, we had fun using the gear, shared lots of tales as we wandered a legend site, and enjoyed the outing with mates. :thumbsup:
Hardly worthy of the mention, though adding to the list anyway... Just the one hare - yep just one... Saturday night was a real struggle with ground fog greeting me as I drove up the cattle race... Thermal spotter was working , though the IR torch was scatted by the fog in the NV scope - so just the one. Anything else disappeared in the clag haze.
Lesson learned on air temps and dew points temps crossing streams....
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Deep into Kaiangiroa, stalking the same covey of quail I was.
Last Thursday I finished on the Waikanae Golf Course. 7 Shoots in total for 229 Kills: 110 Rabbits, 2 Hare, 95 Possum, 12 Canada Goose. Interestingly I didn't see any mustelids and although there were six "domestics?" cats cruising the golf course, not a single cat was harmed in the making of this tally!
These fellas in the back of the golf buggy were seen heading out of town before the shooting started!
The chomped on mallard proves there are mustelids there.....
I'm off the golf course until August, for a pre spring shoot, unless they call me to say the geese are back!!!!
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Mallard might have been chewed on by one of the cats.
Noisy bastards
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Not now. That’s the best thing that can happen to those little fuckers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintie
I have no great liking for these things either and certainly don't mind shooting them. Actually, feel quite good about killing one or two occasionally. Hate their "screechy" calls.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rushy
Not a small one.
4.75kg. Easily by far the biggest possum I’ve ever shot.
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Shame that's not the fur weight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flyblown
Lots of big rabbits about at the moment.
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Destructive little bastards
Just another day in the office Bradley.
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Clearly those rabbits couldn't read the WARNING POISON PINDONE sign!
Is that false advertising Hugh ? Warning the bunnies about Pindone when all along the intention was to Hornetise 'em ? :D;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh Shields
Thought I'd try out the Arken Zulus capabilities, and took to the backyard without turning the IR on. Full moon provides more than enough light.
Thoroughly impressed.
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Is that around where the old Market Garden and Cafe used to be??Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh Shields
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@chopsuey I don't know the history of the area well enough to know, but the paddocks are dead flat so might have been market garden at some stage. They are the first paddocks west of the Waikanae, north bound off ramp. Transit bought a lot of land for the Expressway. The sections east of the Expressway were on a 45 degree angle to the Expressway which cut them in half, so now there is part of a section on both sides of the Expressway.Quote:
Originally Posted by chopsuey
Very funny 30.06king. Those signs are put up by Greater Wellington Regional Council. They put out 50kg on one drop and it was all gone the next day, but I still shot 75! Go figure!? I didn't eat any of those rabbits, they got dug into a vege garden for fertilizer.Quote:
Originally Posted by 30.06king
Perhaps the sign should say, "DANGER! LEAD POISON!"
Thanks @Hugh ShieldsQuote:
Originally Posted by Hugh Shields
Wellington Regional Council would have done better by not wasting money on Pindone and buying ammo to give you instead. I'm sure overall results would be better.
I'm no expert but in my very limited experience I don't think Pindone is very effective in killing relatively well fed Rabbits. But a Hornet bullet to the body or head is a different matter !
@30-06king Agreed! I'm always up for free ammunition!Quote:
Originally Posted by 30.06king
I have an on-going discussion with GWRC, who know that I do not agree with their practice of shooting areas once every year, or two yearly, or five yearly. It is easy to brag that, "We shot 600 rabbits!" on a Public Lands area, where the Public are excluded from shooting. Recently a recreational shooter was arrested for culling rabbits on the rabbit infested, Skyline Walkway, which falls under Wellington City Council Pest Control. The WCC sub-contract GWRC to do the shooting.
By contrast my nightly tallies on one specific property have gone; 157, 60 -70, 20 - 30, 8 or 10. Where once they had NO GRASS, they now have grass up to their knees! I've shot 2,200 rabbits on that property and I still go back every 3 or 4 weeks. That's what I offer, rabbit eradication, NOT having a Whoppy Shoot every year or two.
Pindone? Yeah, nah? The jury is out. The results are not quantifiable. Pindone dissolves in the rain, or even a heavy frost. It requires rabbits not being bait shy and eating a lethal amount. I think Pindone carrots work better than green pallets. But I still shot 75 on that pindone poisoned property.....drwa your own conclusions.......
Pindone is an excellent tool in the right terrain and conditions. Pellets are generally hopeless, I'm talking proper carrot job by a skilled professional. Still needs following up with shooting for maintenance.
Dealing to one of the Avo thieves.
https://youtu.be/pKCihgjtpzs
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Surgical precision from the Matador as usual, shot was at about 35m and should be on video once I download it from the scope.
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Nice. Best way to harvest and not spoil the meat. ;)
Going down after dinner to check the few I set today. Hopefully harvest some fur and reset for the morning check.
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Lure I am using is flour,cinnamon,curry powder and star anise.
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Looks like a good skin to take
Had a big hole in the other side unfortunately.Quote:
Originally Posted by StrikerNZ
Doing night check on traps paid off.
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Attachment 251759 @Maca49 See the stirling is loved.
Got a big brown on way home too.
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