Thread: Money in possums?

Hey guys
As of November i will have my restricted drivers licence( fuck yess) and am thinking about buying a cheep shit quad bike and a. 22 to spotlight possums for furr. I live rural and dont think i would have much trouble getting land access. Would doing it for the fur be worth it? I think i really just want a reason to buy some more toys but they would have to make me a bit of spare cash to go towards paying them off. Any advice appreciated. Cheers

@Dundee has a couple of young fellas that were making a decent bit of coin doing it. I think they were so good in the end they ran out of possums in the neighbourhood.

If you can get land access there is money in possum fur if you work at it, just don't get your hopes up about finding farmers that will allow you to shoot on their properties.

Check that your local council hasn't poisoned the whole bloody district like down here.

Originally Posted by possummatti

Hey guys
As of November i will have my restricted drivers licence( fuck yess) and am thinking about buying a cheep shit quad bike and a. 22 to spotlight possums for furr. I live rural and dont think i would have much trouble getting land access. Would doing it for the fur be worth it? I think i really just want a reason to buy some more toys but they would have to make me a bit of spare cash to go towards paying them off. Any advice appreciated. Cheers

So what hour of the evening do you have to be tucked up in bed on restricted license?

@Spook 10pm to 5am its bullshit but being a loose unit and living rural i know my way around stuff like that

Originally Posted by possummatti

@Spook 10pm to 5am its bullshit but being a loose unit and living rural i know my way around stuff like that

What is the penalty when caught?

Could all ways invest in some leg hold traps to get around the time thing just set traps. I started with traps and did it withought a licence haha sustained loss of traction ridded me of my licence for a while I biked out to farms with a bag of traps haha . But I would only buy them if you know of places with high possum numbers otherwise its not worth it. It's better to shoot in lower number areas

Originally Posted by Spook

What is the penalty when caught?

Approx 3.5kg of possum fur depending on season...

Originally Posted by hunter308

If you can get land access there is money in possum fur if you work at it, just don't get your hopes up about finding farmers that will allow you to shoot on their properties.

I see what your saying. Ive got a few mates that parents own farms and what not. It is hard to get access otherwise due to pricks my age casting a stereotype on teenagers behaviour therefor as soon as you mention your age they expect that your gonna turn up pissed, rape all their sheep, steel there troughs, take off with the daughter, plant marajahuahua in there maize.... ahhh being young

Originally Posted by Spook

What is the penalty when caught?

Like 400 clams, demerits and a good talking to

Originally Posted by PerazziSC3

Approx 3.5kg of possum fur depending on season...

Not cheap

Originally Posted by Phill243

Could all ways invest in some leg hold traps to get around the time thing just set traps. I started with traps and did it withought a licence haha sustained loss of traction ridded me of my licence for a while I biked out to farms with a bag of traps haha . But I would only buy them if you know of places with high possum numbers otherwise its not worth it. It's better to shoot in lower number areas

Yea mate
Thats all i did when i was younger and still was recently until @Gibo stole my wheels. Only had 10 traps but was pretty exciting non the less

Oh aren't you going to do those things. What kind of teenager are you haha

Originally Posted by possummatti

Like 400 clams, demerits and a good talking to

So, during daylight saving you would only get 2 hours max of shooting time.