Swamp comp? What’s that @Dundee?
Edit- nah, didn’t enter any comps, should have though.
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Swamp comp? What’s that @Dundee?
Edit- nah, didn’t enter any comps, should have though.
Every tail you cut off a musteloid hand into H&F in the month of November only.And about now or early March the winners are notified.So freeze those tail for next year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flyblown
Are said lumps/puss visible from the outside or do you need to remove the skin off them?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dama dama
A really bad one will be dripping or wet or have puss visible on the outside. Otherwise could be a limp either visible or able to be felt. If you're going to eat it, then not doubt you'll skin it, so that give another chance to check. If you do find one or suspect you have one, wash your hands and all your gear really well. Catching TB will be horrible. Also notify TBfree, or your regional council. They'll want to get it tested.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tall kiwi
In saying all that really unlikely you'll run into a TB infected one these days. Eat 'em up if you want.
Just looking at the bunny numbers for this new post-lambing season. Note we lamb late down here. Shot 17 in visit to north canterbury farm - hardly worth the drive. Interesting thing though - this was a site on which we shot 20,000+ few years back. Over 1000 an evening at times. How times change.. A second site just 40 min from Christchurch is doing better - 5 visits in 9 weeks for 279 bunnies. Average 56 per trip. Not like south Canterbury but certainly enough to have fun.
Have had to cancel going south twice lately but shortly we'll back onto our key sites in Tekapo and McKenzie country. Last year's best for an evening plus 2 hours in morning was 403, but these shoots can also yield dozens of wallabies and very tasty fallow deer. Looking forward to getting back there - fabulous country and great shooting.
No room for an apprentice tag along?
Doubt I'd keep up
Hi Smiffy - We've had same team for 13-17 years intensive shooting now, and these days some sons and one grandson adding to the roster. Just one new man in all that time as nobody wants to give it up! But I will keep you in mind - may well get a gap some time.
Cheers Mike
Lol my dog did that to a rat in the trap the other day. Little bugger let it go and it ran under the fridge. So I was lying on the floor with the 22 and got the little bugger. Lucky I managed to drag it out with the gaff hook. No hole in the fridge so I'll chalk that up to a win, and a loss to the dog
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Originally Posted by Flyblown
Planning to eliminate a possum or 2 or more this weekend,
Anyone in Auckland area (north shore)
want possum (meat) for their dog,
hate to waste or throw away what Ive killed.
We were just discussing recipes the other day on this thread, Snap 4t! hahah
I made possum soup once when I was in Auckland for people came from South China, and it was good actually, better than I thought. No gamy small, no funny taste...Quote:
Originally Posted by kruza
Holly...I am sure this little pig is very tasty.Quote:
Originally Posted by yeah_na_missed
Yeah just saw it haha...Quote:
Originally Posted by slk12
still learning my way at this site and was overwhelmed by the number of pages of this post.
Just 2 possums today, just enough for my buddy's meal.
Not sure about possum soup or BBQ, I guess I would eat it if there is a serious food shortage
at the meantime... I'll stay back and watch.
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Yep doesn't pay to pickup weasels - or any mustelid..
One of our team seems to like getting up close and personal with animals. Few years back while opening a gate for truck he sees a weasel run into clump of grass. Sneaks up and stomps the shite out of it, then reaches down and picks up the 98% dead weasel. Holds it up laughing, then oooh! and drops it very quickly holding his nose. Weasel really got him with the pong. He wasn't very welcome back in the truck - after we stopped laughing..
On another occasion a rabbit was running fast at night, and he turned, zig-zagging towards the spotlight. Cobber has several running shots with 22 and misses him. Stops shooting and rabbit comes up and stops, mesmerised by light, and sits at his feet. He reaches down and picks him, pats his little head, has a chat with him, and we let him go. As mentioned elsewhere its a ritual in our team now - quite often they'll run towards you, under the truck etc. and we do catch odd ones by hand at night.
Then last year we were shooting wallabies and fallow on a matagouri slope, and another teammate shoots a spiker in the head from 25m as it hid in a bush. So he and animal-friendly cobber go over to retrieve it. They get up to 1-2 meters and animal-friendly cobber is reaching down to drag it out when the fallow spiker starts to get up!! Cobber leaps on him and there's a wrestle under the matagouri, then a call, some careful organising and Bang. Another round in back of head for the spiker. Cobber seems to love going head-first into these issues.. :)
Have to say those spikers - 3 that evening - were reeeally good to eat.
