Thread: What little pesties did you bowl over today?

Since getting the 17 Hornet I havnt shot bunnies with anything else for a while.

Had to shoot a lifestyle property this arvo with a few other houses in close proximity.

Had permission to shoot one of the neighbors too but not from all so had to keep it on the 'down low'.

Only a little property too so the 22lr with subs was the order.

A very challenging property to shoot but still managed 10 in 90 mins, if I was allowed to shoot over the bottom boundary fence that could have been 25 - 30. Frustrating watching 15 odd hopping around well within range but in the safe zone.

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Originally Posted by GWH

Had to shoot a lifestyle property this arvo with a few other houses in close proximity.

Had permission to shoot one of the neighbors too but not from all so had to keep it on the 'down low'.

Only a little property too so the 22lr with subs was the order.

A very challenging property to shoot but still managed 10 in 90 mins, if I was allowed to shoot over the bottom boundary fence that could have been 25 - 30. Frustrating watching 15 odd hopping around well within range

I need to get you out with a couple of PCP's to show you what they can do in that sort of situation

@Wingman I think there's two sub-species in NZ, black backed and white backed.

Originally Posted by Mintie

I need to get you out with a couple of PCP's to show you what they can do in that sort of situation

Dont know why people under esimate them going to dust mine off and start using it more the way things are going might pay for people to have a dabble in the airgun world

Coyote pups, shot two, left two, First blood with the Sako 6 PPC, seen one, sitting on a pile of gravel, a long way off, was shooting into the sun, and bit hard to see how young, kinda felt a bit bad, about shooting young ones, but they tough on deer, and I pick up a few adults a year, , seen lots of deer, all to quick.

Originally Posted by Mintie

I need to get you out with a couple of PCP's to show you what they can do in that sort of situation

I'd like that mate, I've never had a play with a PCP but after watching a few of Matt Dubbers YT vids they do seem to go pretty well.

Originally Posted by Mintie

I need to get you out with a couple of PCP's to show you what they can do in that sort of situation

What distance is it effective to for you Mintie?

Originally Posted by headcase

What distance is it effective to for you Mintie?

Depends on the setup but I've managed head shots at 120m on Plovers before. Some people can shoot them much further with better gear tho.

Wow, that would be impressive. I need to shoot more paper obviously.

Got a cat tonight with my new 223. Was driving along and saw her run into a blackberry bush halfway up a hill so turned the quad off waited a minute or so then tryed my best dieing rabbit impression and two beadie eyes appeared. Was a full jet black cat so I suspect it's a few generations old of wild cat.

Dads(72yrs) off work atm so rehabing via pie snipering��

Took the trusty ole Stirling to work this arvo.
Rabbit had two hours to hide but was still there when I finished.


So she got a bullet in the eye.

Got 4 yesterday missed 2 hard to concentrate at work as there is a few bouncing about at the mo,

Luckily it’s part of my job.

Took the Super Varmint .223 out for a walk this evening with the wife, a productive session of exploding lagomorphs. It's ideal varminting season now, as long as its a quiet arvo with bugger all wind. The good grass keeps the hares interested and fools them into thinking they've got enough cover. The grass will be cut for feedstock soon and the cycle will repeat itself.

The bullet used is the 50gr Z-Max at 3,400fps, longest shot was 289m with the rest somewhere between 140-180m. Always amazed at the destruction wrought by the Z-Max, note the bits of rabbit on the post... that was a 173m shot and man that rabbit exploded.

Love varminting, a social stroll with the missus and a job well done. There's a lot of riparian improvement going on around here, removing exotics like willow and planting natives. The hares are public enemy #1.

There was a bunch more rabbits shot tonight that we didn't bother recovering - hawk food.

Nice looking varminter, great fun sniping at long distance.