Thread: What little pesties did you bowl over today?

Originally Posted by Blisters

Attachment 89378helped out an old lady with a cock problem, swapped them all for beers and rooster curry! Win win all round

There's a really bad joke in there somewhere? ... "helped out an old lady with a cock problem"

Results of my efforts a week ago with the Weatherby MkXXII 22lr. Nothing too extreme in regards to range but hitting them where I'm aiming & shooting better after watching a few of Norways videos.
I seem to be making a real dent in them now. I wet summer followed by a wet winter probably has something to do with it as well.

kaikoura weekends results, team effort epic weekend!! Blackberry can suck it! Unfortunately I didn't take a deer but shot one pig and stuck 2 more oh well always next year

Good stuff. Theres a few feeds there.

Originally Posted by Blisters

Attachment 90022 kaikoura weekends results, team effort epic weekend!! Blackberry can suck it! Unfortunately I didn't take a deer but shot one pig and stuck 2 more oh well always next year

Did you stalk any of the lugs or where the shot ones bailed?

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Russian 22. First one shot in the bail = Scary /fun!! 308 close is loud!!! Adrenalin pumping, dogs everywhere and placing the shot so no dogs are in the way and making sure the bullet will exit somewhere safely (it didn't it turned it's spine and upper jaw to mush) is fun! Also trying not to fall over backwards and then get gored by the pig while in deep deep blackberry is also fun, 2nd and third stuck in the bail

Originally Posted by Blisters

Russian 22. First one shot in the bail = Scary /fun!! 308 close is loud!!! Adrenalin pumping, dogs everywhere and placing the shot so no dogs are in the way and making sure the bullet will exit somewhere safely (it didn't it turned it's spine and upper jaw to mush) is fun! Also trying not to fall over backwards and then get gored by the pig while in deep deep blackberry is also fun, 2nd and third stuck in the bail

Sounds good fun. The bail sounds especially exciting.

I have a pig hunting colleague who is meaning to take me out. Looking forward to it.

Originally Posted by Blisters

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That's a respectable pig. Nice captain cooker.

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Started our winter possum lines yesterday. Beeman, Mooseman and I put 100 traps out yesterday. Woke to a white frost so had to wrap up like an Eskimo but at least it wasn't raining. We estimated we would get at least 45 but ended up with 52 and had 6 set off with just a hint of fur in to prove it was a possum that lives another day. Beeman and I have been periodically night shooting the same area getting about 10 to 20 per night so weren't surprised there were still so many - we tend to only shoot the ones away from the blackberries so they are easy to recover but knew there were plenty more around. At the end of the line we put another 10 traps out so can't wait until tomorrow to see what we get to add to our 4kgs of fur. Will take some more photos and keep you posted. Check out the big one waiting to be plucked on the back of the truck. Even with the three of us plucking it was still a long day but after being fed and watered we're ready for another frosty start in the morning.

Rain has been a PIA this year.

A quick shoot after dinner 3 magpies and two hares.Used the shotty so hares will be dog food.

Another day, another 57 possums !!! We were getting pretty weary by the end of the day and then we still had to gut, and take the limbs and tails off. Loooong day but we'll be back there tomorrow.

Plenty of bark biting there.

Originally Posted by Mrs Beeman

Another day, another 57 possums !!! We were getting pretty weary by the end of the day and then we still had to gut, and take the limbs and tails off. Loooong day but we'll be back there tomorrow.
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That's bloody good going you guys, well done. At $120/kg that's close to a grand in two days

Not to mention the help your giving the environment. If its anything like down here at the moment most of those females will have had young in their pouches so 2 for the price of 1

That last picture of the 'bark biting' is unreal !!!

Keep it up. I hope those numbers continue for a few days yet.

Any secrets ??

What do you do with the gutted possums/limbs etc ?

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Originally Posted by kukuwai

That's bloody good going you guys, well done. At $120/kg that's close to a grand in two days

Not to mention the help your giving the environment. If its anything like down here at the moment most of those females will have had young in their pouches so 2 for the price of 1

That last picture of the 'bark biting' is unreal !!!

Keep it up. I hope those numbers continue for a few days yet.

Any secrets ??

What do you do with the gutted possums/limbs etc ?

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Sell them, can’t remember how much they pay, $2-$4 or so?