Thread: What little pesties did you bowl over today?

Originally Posted by mudgripz

Had a night off last night but team did well. Popped out to a site near Chch and spotlighting from truck boys shot 43 hares and rabbits.

Pretty happy with that. Tekapo/McKenzie now coming up. Mmmmm!

You mean the small game block of two thumbs range on the east side of Tekapo? I went there once but did go much further into the block.

Originally Posted by slk12

remarkable you could get that close, Josan. I can't get within 60 or so metres of them usually. Might have something to do with the number of punnets of .22 air rifle pellets my brother's shot at them. they'll die from lead poisoning at this rate

They are very clever. They recognize people and can see the difference between a broom and an airgun. You have to be very stealthy. Only the young ones in summer are stupid enough to watch you load a pellet.

The killer rabbits are out there, take a bigger gun.

Some of tonights haul. So good to get out....Haven't been out for a long time.
16gr Pellets doing the business.Longest shot 110yards

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Not sure if it could have survived much longer.

I'd say not. It's not often you see em like that. Guessing it's body weight is way down?

Not in good condition and an easy catch for the dogs.

A couple cheeky bunnies met their maker on a quick trip to the paddocks

Ive been testing some of the new Sytong thermals. This one on a Tipmann M4. Rangefinding and ballistics.
Both shots taken standing using a stick for support.

Originally Posted by 55six

Ive been testing some of the new Sytong thermals. This one on a Tipmann M4. Rangefinding and ballistics.
Both shots taken standing using a stick for support.

Enjoying the Tipmann Ken? Mine is out on daily use these days and it puts up with the abuse without complaining

It’s pretty good but I’m probably more a 1022 fan. I find getting good head position behind a thermal more difficult with the tippmann.

I brought another Stevens 044 1/2 22 LR last Sunday.
It took me two hours Monday to make the required urgent repairs.

This foolish hare was just eating windfall apples in my orchard and became another victim to this 110 year old rifle

Originally Posted by akaroa1

I brought another Stevens 044 1/2 22 LR last Sunday.
It took me two hours Monday to make the required urgent repairs.

This foolish hare was just eating windfall apples in my orchard and became another victim to this 110 year old rifle

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Cool little rifle those


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Originally Posted by MSL

Cool little rifle those


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Not to be confused with the Stevens Favorite.
The 044 1/2 is a Stevens Ideal but a little narrower than the 44 1/2

Here are my two 044 1/2s together

I had someone contact me a while back to do some culling up north.
He said his magpie trouble was driving him to mental, so far had killed a few of thousand on his farm and just couldnt keep ontop of
it. But NZ conditions are different to aussie and the birds will live in close proximity and be highly protective of the collective flock even though
they are monogamous. Usually they would be social to set boundaries and so on but there are some wierd things that happen in nz with introduced
birds.