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I saw something I've never seen before today, it's not a nice vid to watch and certainly wasn't nice to witness.
I tried to club the weasel but it took off, if I had had the shotgun I'd have got the bastard. I put the bird out of it's misery.
I can't get it to upload, the forum isn't accepting it....it's an .MP4 file around 19.5MB. Any ideas?.
Can you upload it to youtube and post the link here? I saw a Weka versus fish and the weka was deifintely winning that one....Quote:
Originally Posted by Twodiffs
Vicious little bastard things. I’ve seen a weasel on a rabbit. Talk about David and Goliath and same result.
Savage but cool to witness.
I've seen that a couple of times with a stoat on a rabbit. Managed to clobber one of them with a pigtail standard.
That's definately a stoat. Dark bushy tail is the easiest identifying difference.
Thanks for verifying..wasn't too sure if it was a weasel or stoat.Quote:
Originally Posted by 7mmwsm
We had a Stoat being harassed by Quail the other day here in Kinloch, on the reserve across the road. The birds were going nuts, trying to distract it from their young. I’ll get a trap set for it today, if I can.
A similar thing I saw, but no vid unfortunately: Driving north from Jackson Bay in a big Campervan, a Stoat (I think) going postal on an Eel, about a foot long - in the middle of the road.
I swerved to hit it and I hope I got it.
I had a van full of millennials. As they were all engrossed in their phones they missed it.
We saw a stoat chase and kill a whole nest of young rabbits on a building site once, it would chase one, kill it then you would hear them screaming again as it went back for another rabbit. It was under a large flax bush on a neighbouring property hence we could do anything about it. I estimated at the time it killed 6 rabbits in 15 minutes.
You do realize milienials are now turning 40. I'd say you had gen Z or alpha.Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkN
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Whats an alpha? Like a van full of alpha males? I am 24. What does that make me? I never figured out what I am. Definitely a human male though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Reindeer
You my friend are a Gen Z. Assuming you were born in 2009.
You came after milienials and just by skin of your teeth gen Alpha.
Born in 2010 you are Alpha.
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aha thank you for clarifying. I was hoping to be an alpha maleQuote:
Originally Posted by Reindeer
You should have run the little bastard over!
Evil little bastards but end of the day they're just out trying to survive like the rest of us. Have seen one grab a possum Joey and ride it round while it went berserk trying to shake it off and the evil little bugger just opened up a perfect little hole where the possums kidneys were and ate its kidneys only.
Shot a stoat on a rabbit once - unfortunately the bullet also took out the rabbit!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rushy
Is no one going to mention the dad joke in the video.....
I miss the old cat, scratchy bitey thing she was but to her eternal credit she generally left the birds alone and went after tougher prey. At least 2 weasels and innumerable rats to her credit, and that was only the 2 weasels we know about because she brought them home alive and dragged them inside to play with. Gave me missus a helluva fright to come home and find a weasel cornered under the dining table!
years ago we had ONE and only one turkey hen who sat on eggs..we found her dead on nest with dead weasel in front of her...she had lost most of her breast meat but must have got one last well aimed peck in... see the little huas all over the place,even up in tussock country stalking hares.
Stoats kill for the sake of killing. Nasty like buggers will often kill & leave.
Haha reminds me of the lazy seagull video
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Depends on the definition. I'm turning 41 and up until a couple years ago we were in the gen x bracket.Quote:
Originally Posted by Reindeer
we need to vote your wife in as PM...funny as...just kill the 2 off them...go girl
call me an old sceptic but something off with that photoQuote:
Originally Posted by canross
Don't get mistaken with xennials. The micro generation of 1981 to 1985.
This gen had a lot of similarities with gen x as well as being born gen y (millennials). My wife is in this bracket.
The similarities were social like internet arrival and things like music and media.
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Coming back from a hunt I saw a weasel/stoat trying to get a piwakawaka/ fantail. Watched it until I got a bead on it with a open sight Winchester 94. It ended up with a bigger than .30 cal sized hole in it.....
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Saw one tonight as I was riding on the stop bank. It bloody good nick. Unfortunately my dogs too far away to call back before it disappeared into a flood damaged paddock.
