Thread: What little pesties did you bowl over today?

Smoked heaps of possums last night out spotlighting, not a single shot fired just some fancy 32 inch tyre work

Originally Posted by Gibo

Smoked heaps of possums last night out spotlighting, not a single shot fired just some fancy 32 inch tyre work

Yes that will do it, all I can say is keep driving
KH

Originally Posted by time out

You are a legend Kiwi-Hunter - that is an amazing pest control operation - I am sure that the team at Predator Free NZ would love to hear from you - they are trying to see the big picture of what is going on around NZ -
Predator Free NZ
I haven’t tried the Snap-E Traps but was told about them by Judy Gilbert who is running a 750ha control program on Great Barrier Island - they operate about 5000 stations - half trap and half bait - an amazing operation and their birdlife is wonderful - flocks of 100+ Kereru
Little Windy Hill Great Barrier Island
I tried a couple of Fen traps but found them difficult to set so have stuck with Victor Pro traps in stoat boxes - haven’t had much luck with stoats but they get rats
Running a few DOC250s as we have stoats and ferrets - but just getting rats so far - a bait issue I think
I might give the GN bait a try on the Sentinel and Timms traps - just stopped catching them but I suspect they may be trap or bait shy
Cats are my next challenge - saw a couple on an evening walk a couple of days back - can’t use a rifle in the community reserve so will have to be a few cages
All an interesting challenge
Keep up the feedback on predator control - I hope more hunters get into it

Hi Time out
Sounds like you are full on as well.
I have pm you as regarding cats and what works for me.

KH

Originally Posted by Kiwi-Hunter

Yes that will do it, all I can say is keep driving
KH

Was a strange night. Got about 5 hedgehogs too. Snails and slugs out in mass. Everything was out actually. And the one deer we spotted was out and off!!!

I found that as well Gibo
All the possums were on the ground, only one was .500 off ground level sitting on a stump. A tyre would have got him.
I pluck most of what I get, it off sets some costs..
KH

I shot my first rabbit 57 yrs ago on our xmas holidays at lake Taupo with this rifle and in the past 7 days got 18 with 18 shots. I dont think I need a new 22 just yet.

Originally Posted by john m

I shot my first rabbit 57 yrs ago on our xmas holidays at lake Taupo with this rifle and in the past 7 days got 18 with 18 shots. I dont think I need a new 22 just yet.

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Maybe you know how to shoot it ?


I'm picking the rifle could tell some stories?

Great to see
I find it's not the rifle, it's the optics as I get older on that format you have there
KH

18 rabbits, 2 hares, 2 magies and this little sucker. tTaupo is how it should be this evening

These are my pesties for today a bunch of turkeys under orders from landowner I was and I could but oblige him.
I was using my new toy that I shouted myself on Christmas Eve . I have lusted after one for years after my uncle had one and finally after about 28 years the stars all aligned and I get one.


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I got itchy feet late this arvo - so went for a walk round some bush and pines - checked seven Sentinel traps and found five possums that didn’t enjoy their Xmas peanut butter

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It's my 8 yr olds first rabbit shot during the Arohena School hunt. 'I didn't know what I was aiming at so I just shot' good onya son


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And here's my wife with a couple of possums that she shot with her marlin 17 hmr suppressed.


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Good skills

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