Back in the day it was mainly shooting at roos in full flight on all outings,you certainly learnt quick or down the road lol.
Yes we..all three of us that is ran five dogs each between us hence 90% on the run. We were allowed three rounds per kill.
I'm sure I've bleated on about the South Canterbury Wallaby Board a long ways back. Knocking roos over at sometimes long distances in full flight become relatively easy after day in day out as to speak..like flogging the pool table as such and becomming good at it.
We did however shoot many your way ..sitting and sniping down into gullies etc but most kills on the job were full flight jobs.
The wallabys will be still cruising about long after we are all gone fi sure...long live the roo lol.
Around 300 yards. 74 grn Targex. Quite a hole.
Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing, and right-doing, there is a field. I will meet you there.
- Rumi
Why would any "Hunter" shoot 72 deer in a year? That's one every 5 days...... that's a hell of a lot of walking, butchering, carrying, unless........
Unless we step back in time Peeaye..72 dead deer in a year would most likely see you down around the bottom of the list Peeaye,,I kid you not lol.
The .223 loaded with most any 55grain soft points will put down a big animal every time with the right chap behind the bolt. Those chaps usually know everything there is to know about ..wind, distance, how much lead, how much drop etc..
having that knowledge and a tad more can be very very lethal. Big thick skinned animals may require two or in some cases three to put them down for good ..at the right distance.
I shoot 20 deer in a weekend sometimes or 15 in a night, and I mention to people.. they tell me yeah right your full of it... I just say, yeah hahahah I am and laugh.... 72 in a year is nothing in this day and age.. and good on that man, deer really are a problem so well done 👍...
Anyway good opportunity to use post 1000 as an ode to the 70 speer... The legendary old school pill that does the job everytime. My favorite pill launched at 2950.. the flying brick, she never never fails me..
‘Unless’ what? 72 deer in a year isn’t particularly hard to achieve but 100% meat recovery, apart from shot damage, does take a lot of effort. Foodbank and other people who receive free meat appreciate it. Around here there’s no shortage of animals and the potential to shoot hundreds is there, which is what I will possibly be doing over the next few months. Game processor isn’t processing large numbers and farmers want animals gone. Shooting to waste isn’t ideal but that’s the reality sometimes. There’s areas around here where animals are lighter than normal, probably because of overpopulation. Short story is they’re a ‘pest’ in some areas and need sorting out.
1080 kills every thing No Management involved.
Its not registered to be used on deer as a targeted primary poison. Simply, it is illegal. That though does not dismiss by-kill of deer which of course does occur. The use of repellent greatly reduces deer by-kill. There are lots of examples, e.g. the number of deer in the Haurangis. We should lobby for repellent on every occasion. @flock thats why we ought to all belong to NZDA or an affiliated organisation. And yay for the Game Council. They are interested in deer management.
The greatest danger to the deer populations is the .223. There would be mayhem on the deer population if .223 ammo was subsidised. I was half expecting to see it in the budget
Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing, and right-doing, there is a field. I will meet you there.
- Rumi
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