Thread: What little pesties did you bowl over today?

you have all the rifle you need 22-250AI there's no a lot in it.
or may be you just need new?

Originally Posted by Dundee

Was the white rabbit an albino Kamel?

Yeah mate, had the red eyes and pink ears,

Originally Posted by Lorne

nice one @Kamel, how is your experience with the 20/222 im interesting in getting a .204 but just not quite sure which one, thinking maybe the 20 practical.

just weeded out a bit of the local hare population our bitch with pup's was very happy with the extra feed. the magpies are starting to get clever now though so i have resort to my 22-250 AI and take them out at range as for the wild cats i rarely see them and seem to be the most cunning of the lot, catch the odd feral cat in possum traps though

G'day Lorne, my experience with the 20/222 is pretty good so far. Had it built two years ago and have put around 700 shots through it. So far Im loving it. To date I have taken around 20 pigs of all sizes, roughly the same with wild goats, a couple of hundred or more foxes and about 150 cats, only shot one rabbit with it and found it way too much for them unless you want them smeared all over the ground, no good for selling them to the processor. Pigs and goats were head shots, mostly at night with a spotlight, same with foxes and cats. I wouldn't call it a hunting round for medium sized critters, unless you are able to put a good shot into the head/neck area. I have gained access to some fallow deer and will probably get one for an eater, again Ill go for a headshot.
I use 32gn Nosler BT or Hornady 32gn Zmax, not a real tough bullet but good enough if you put em in the right place. I imagine that most of the 20 cal cartridges are pretty similar, I went for the 222 version as it is just a bit different from the run of the mill Vartarg, Practical or Ruger versions.
If anyone asks me if they should get a 20 cal of some description, all I can say is Bloody oath, go for it. For small critters there isn't anything that beats speed and trajectory. You will notice the same your 22/250AI, that's another cartridge I wouldn't mind one of these days, but it will have to wait ad I have a 22PPC and 17/222 in the works at the moment.
I have a mate who runs a 20PPC, on a Sako action, that thing is bloody awesome, he is getting 4300fps with 40gn Vmax bullets and shoots around 1/4inch groups at 100yds.

Originally Posted by possummatti

Two down. In time to wip out the back steaks for brekki

Well done possumatti - every dead wild cat is a major achievement for the environment - I have never shot one on the run but a few get tempted with Whiskas cat tucker in a cage - then they get a bullet

Originally Posted by time out

Well done possumatti - every dead wild cat is a major achievement for the environment - I have never shot one on the run but a few get tempted with Whiskas cat tucker in a cage - then they get a bullet

Cheers mate. Up to 9 feral cats for the last two months. Seems to be a bottomless pit of them.

The rabbit has survived 6 days in the wild. First time this morning I have seen it since it was released.

Hey Dundee, whats the go with releasing rabbits over there, over this side the authorities frown very seriously if you release them? I don't think they would last very long out here, too many foxes, cats, hawks and eagles.

For food Kamel just think of it as being relocated as it originaly escaped but was recaptured.

Went for a walk last night, got a rat, rabbit, possum, ferret and a water pipe with my lil cousins 410

Originally Posted by Haggie

Went for a walk last night, got a rat, rabbit, possum, ferret and a water pipe with my lil cousins 410

take the ferret tail into H&F for the swamp comp,have to be in this month to enter.

threw it into a box thorn hedge, dont think ill be crawling in to get it, first one id seen for a long time.

Picked up some of these 30gn V max for the 22 mag, I like them.
Now I know I am using a china rifle but this one shoots very well for what it is.
It's about having a walk and feeding the cats.
KH

Wow! How long is that suppressor?
Nice shooting btw

Originally Posted by Haggie

threw it into a box thorn hedge, dont think ill be crawling in to get it, first one id seen for a long time.

With these prizes up for grabs you will be tempted

Swamp Comp

Originally Posted by Dundee

With these prizes up for grabs you will be tempted

Swamp Comp

Fuck not half bad, i just drove back to auckland for the weekend, might have to whip the machete out monday arvo