Thread: What little pesties did you bowl over today?

Just one today, was a nice clean bunny though. I think it will be good eating. Headshot from about 50m after touching the barrel to an electric fence and zapping myself. Took a minute or so to steady myself after that!

It's a prick of a thing, the electrical fence and the end of the barrel, really good tickle up!

Makes me shiver thinking about it!

At least it wasn't ur...

longest hits for the day . . . up at 5am this morning and on the farm before the wind arrived for some good shooting, started with the heavy barrel remington then onto the sako . . 8 hours later called it a day . . all good

My 16yr old was keen to come out with me this week. We got 13 bunnies and 2 hedgehogs. She shot her first one at 103m with the 223.
Those I shot with the 22 we recovered the back straps and made up rabbit nuggest for dinner. Needless to say, she loved being out on the farm and the farmer was happy.

Did you make any hedgehog nuggets?

A story with pictures - stayed overnight for a change - nice to see the later evening and early morning activity around the property
Spoilt for choices this morning - rabbit on the drive outside the front door - I needed a bucket of trap bait but also needed to clean up some more magpies up the back - so left the rabbit
Up the back - several roosters rising without a tail - they look ungainly - magpies squawking but they saw me first and three took off for safer ground
Couple of Pheasant walking along the bushline - scruffy rooster - not a patch on what he looked like a couple of months back
Half a dozen rabbits feeding amongst the willow weed - two hits - wish this bolt action was semi-auto - Cruz carted one back to the shed
Having breakfast and the silly rabbit comes out and sits on the driveway again - so pinged him out the ranchslider - Cruz charges off to fetch it back
So three rabbits to break up with a sharp axe for trap bait
The fruit pickers are safer now there are less magpies - it’s pretty easy to find them in the Puriri trees - fat and happy - they don’t fly much - just climb around on branches and drop fruit on me - I just need to get the last few magpies and they will be safe

On the driveway - lucky first time


Scruffy hen


Real scruffy rooster - lost his tail


These two made a bad mistake


Two down


Bad mistake coming out on the drive again



Fruit picking Kereru


Puriri fruit

Originally Posted by Guypie

Did you make any hedgehog nuggets?

We shot too. I just split them like kina and eat the tasty bits raw

AndrewH and I dealt to about a dozen or so pesky goats Up at Puhoi this morning.

Took these last night they were followed by another 22 after dark. First time out with the new Maxtoch

Took my son for a walk on a mates farm and he got his first face to face with a possum.....it went better for him than it did for the possum.

Tonight's kill..


Been whittling away over the last month at the rabbits living under the neighbour's woodshed and digging holes in her back lawn.. Considering she's around 90, this isn't a good thing for her.

When I started, I guessed there to be around half a dozen. Current tally is 9 confirmed kills, with at least 4-5 still to go. Mostly pretty small ones though. Shoot a few, then give them a week or so to relax..

Nice way to kill 20 minutes of an evening though, popping up to the end of the road for a look.

3 sheep for house muttons all at 40-50 yards all single shot to head with 7.62x39mm subsonic cast load. down like lead balloons.

Nice weekend. I met John Worthinton at Queenstown markets and got to see some of the stunning knives he makes, a real talent and nice bloke.
Always good to meet a forum member and put a face to a name.

two walks this weekend, 58 shot. Found my sons CZ mag works perfectly in the JW. Got my hands on a brick of Fiocchi subs, seems like good stuff, accurate and effective.
Sorry about the blood photo but that smart arse was 40 mtrs out with just ears and eyes peeking out from his hole.