Thread: Pig eradication from chopper video

Originally Posted by Flyblown

The guys I knock about with are heli shooting insane numbers of reds in the CNI. They’ve ditched the ARs because the rifles get too hot and jam, so they use the Benelli semi-autos with 12ga buckshot. Similar to Brad’s video above. Plus the 12ga through the back of the head / neck / spine between the shoulders is a more reliable DRT than the .223 REM, so there’s a lot less time circling back to finish off wounded deer. The circling back is the killer on fuel / time / money.

If I told you the numbers shot per hour flown, you wouldn’t believe me.

They use a MD500, so they can carry two shooters and the farkin’ ridiculous great big box of 12ga shells which weighs a bloody tonne. An R22 isn’t efficient.

In Aus when we were working on the Station in NT, the guys were flying the R22s chasing camels, donkeys, pigs and scrub bulls. The pilots were looneys and I don’t know how the fuck the shooters could handle the stunt flying between the tall eucalypts. I know I couldn’t!

Where we used to shoot, my cousin was stock manager. He was helping gut on the drop area when the WARP guys were brought in, out of 100 deer for the day, only one wasn’t neck or head shot using buck shot. I didn’t realise how effective it was, always thought it sprayed everywhere.