Thread: Last nights efforts

Started shooting last night at around 7pm, ended up at 0500 this morning. Long night but the effort was worth it, 100 pair of rabbits for the local processer and 6 fox cubs, just because.










I use a CZ 453 22lr for the rabbits and close in foxes, and a Zastava M85 custom 20/222 for the longer shots. The fox cubs have only just started appearing in the last week or so, but from the numbers Im seeing they will be pretty thick on the ground over summer. We are going through a pretty dry spell at the moment, bugger all green feed and not that much dry stuff either. Hopefully there is enough to keep the rabbits growing, till I catch up with them that is

That's a good nights work!

Interesting that you say 100 pair of rabbits instead of 200 rabbits. Do you sell by the pair for any particular reason?

No particular reason that I know of, its the way its been for as long as I can remember. A traditional thing I spose.

Shit makes my 18 a bit sick! Like a bash at those fox! Only seen them in London

Saw this in Oz last year on the way to Bendigo in July
the guy from the house in the photo came rocketing up, thought I was from PETA ha ha, after that was sorted out we had a chat, 53 foxes in 3 nights in a 5k radius. Got me and a mate excited about a fox trip. After looking into the red tape needed to get guns into oz, and the difficulty posed by not going through a guide the idea went in the dumpster and we went to Fairlie shooting wallabies instead.

Shitballs! 50plus foxes in a 5k radius would have to be a significant problem!

Why not head shoot? or are they shot on the run? Great effort.

Re the foxes,As I remember he said they were whistled in and spotlighted with an infra red setup like night vision I think. Rifle was a savage .223. You get $20 per headskin from the state govt, used to be for tails but that changed several years ago.

$10 so thats around $635nz

Originally Posted by TeRei

Why not head shoot? or are they shot on the run? Great effort.

Mate all the rabbits are head shot, or they are worthless to me. I make my living selling them and they wont take any shot lower than the high neck due to bruising. Foxes I just shoot in the big bit as Im not into taking the skins, we don't get a bounty here in NSW, and I like the splatter effect as well. they are also in competition with me for rabbits, so I guess they have to go.

Marty, yeah that photo made all the papers over here, or the ones that would print it that is, A mob over here called the Invasive Species Council, read that as ignorant mad Greenies, say that shooting has no effect on numbers. Their main trouble seems to be that they have for years relied on their choice of using 1080 poison baits, and they are too stubborn to admit they are wrong. But I guess you blokes know what its like trying to convince some government department they are not as correct as they like to think they are.

Meant to add, if any of you fellas are ever over here and can get out my way, Id be happy to take you out for a go at some foxes, other commitments permitting.

Generous offer Kamel.

Very generous you may well get some visitors.