Thread: Commercial Shooting Rates

Originally Posted by Russian 22.

To be honest. This sort or pest control is what most hunters would do for free.

If its only possums and rabbits you'd probably end up with a decent number of shooters for no cost

The biggest issue with that solution is persistence. The recreational and casual hunter will take the easy ones but usually gives up well short of challenge levels.....When it gets difficult to get the last few that is when it show s up as when they re-establish, they are generally smarter and harder to get (Gunshy/ baitshy) I recently had a mate approached by someone who wanted to knock over some of his pesky piggys. To which he replied " Yes IF you get ALL of them." Dont just take the first easy ones then give up on the rest. He has seen what "educated" pigs will do and how hard they are to remove. He used to be a commercial / professional culler and knows how hard it can be to get levels down to non sustainable population levels. And it aint easy.