Thread: New Zealands big Cats

Oh boy feral cats are great sport for shooting. IMO any cats are... Mongrel damn things. Did a week on rabbits on a station in Otago 10 years ago and it was a huge buzz when a cat would pop up in the middle of some rocks while we were pinging rabbits. There'd be a shout of "CAT" and all the .22's would swing on to it and a hail of lead would be sent it's way. Whoever pinged it earned breakfast in bed from the other shooters in the shearers quarters next morning. Similarly, odd coloured rabbits were worth bonuses too, a black one would get you a rum and coke brought to you by the others at days end, and a ginger one earned you a brandy-dry! We shot 4 cats and 1200 rabbits in 4 days between three of us, after the virus had gone through.

Ray.