Thread: What little pesties did you bowl over today?

Lovin' my 8mm

Originally Posted by mudgripz

Yep tailing finishing on our blocks shortly so we're off for a big post-lambing shoot in week or so. Probly do a sleepover in the shearer's quarters and do as big a cull as possible first up. Farmers report quite a few bunnies around and this year winter/spring has been drier so no long grass problem. Quite a number of team members with smiles on their dials and busy charging up R/T and Maxtoch batts etc. Better get to the range for a bit of practice first. Quite a few piggies on one block ....and two deer came home in the back of the truck a few trips back also....very nice sausages

Jonathan - is that a short barrel JW synthetic in the pic? How are you finding bunny numbers this spring?

Anyone else been out - how are you finding rabbit numbers this year. Should have been good for breeding with mild winter and no heavy rain to kill little ones in burrows.

Yes it's a synthetic stock, but it was originally an older type JW with a really bashed up wooden stock. I prefer this one because its had 1000s of rounds through it, so it's real smooth and the stock is ideal for in the truck or on the quad. I sold my newer version after I'd done all the work of making it sweet, but can't become too attached. This rifle however won't go anywhere soon. My son wants to have it when he's old enough for a licence.

Actually this was my first spring outing and there are loads around, there is heaps of spring growth. Heading to my usual spot on Friday night for a walk around. The farmer and his grandkids did some digging up burrows with the terriers around some old containers that got moved and they found heaps of wee ones. I expect as the first cut of lucerne happens there will be plenty there.

Something for the cat
he loves them.

Headshot these on sunday most off shooting sticks.

This bugger won't be attempting to nest in the roller door above the vat stand again.

Originally Posted by Dundee

This bugger won't be attempting to nest in the roller door above the vat stand again.
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Such a big shell for such a little bird Dundee. Sean could have got that with an air rifle.

Don’t think it will worry his mates Dundee - if there is a hole somewhere they will fill it - they love inside the tractor
My wife reckons she could write a book about my efforts over 15 years to keep the b@stards out of a large farm shed
I don’t like cats - but bought a Siamese and put ramps all round the shed so he could get up to the high ones - I had to put up with the lazy fat buggar for 17 years - he didn’t seem to like young birds
The 12 gauge was the most effective tool - but only while I was sitting there waiting for them
Large plastic owls, hawks and all other horrible looking birds were a waste of space
Actually - a bunch of old CDs suspended from the rafters on nylon was pretty good - they never stop flashing as they spin
Nah - just keep on shooting the b@stards

Originally Posted by time out

Don’t think it will worry his mates Dundee - if there is a hole somewhere they will fill it - they love inside the tractor
My wife reckons she could write a book about my efforts over 15 years to keep the b@stards out of a large farm shed
I don’t like cats - but bought a Siamese and put ramps all round the shed so he could get up to the high ones - I had to put up with the lazy fat buggar for 17 years - he didn’t seem to like young birds
The 12 gauge was the most effective tool - but only while I was sitting there waiting for them
Large plastic owls, hawks and all other horrible looking birds were a waste of space
Actually - a bunch of old CDs suspended from the rafters on nylon was pretty good - they never stop flashing as they spin
Nah - just keep on shooting the b@stards

Hang a possum tail up. birds hate it and wont nest there as possums kill there chicks. I have possum tails in all my barns and sheds.

Originally Posted by possummatti

Hang a possum tail up. birds hate it and wont nest there as possums kill there chicks. I have possum tails in all my barns and sheds.

A mate has flying magpie decoys hanging from the roof of his sheds that work well too.

Originally Posted by possummatti

Hang a possum tail up. birds hate it and wont nest there as possums kill there chicks. I have possum tails in all my barns and sheds.

I might try that But is a lot of fun blasting them with the shotty.

Originally Posted by Dundee

I might try that But is a lot of fun blasting them with the shotty.

Bird shot thru your .22 is pretty good too and won't put holes in your sheds.

Bird shot is fucking rubbish. Stick with the 12g Dundee

Originally Posted by Toby

Bird shot is fucking rubbish. Stick with the 12g Dundee

Disagree. Have shot hundreds if not thousands of birds with it.

It’s a bit hard on light fittings though when you are trying to hit them when they are flying