Thread: What little pesties did you bowl over today?

My 8yr old son got his very first bunny yesterday!
Made me very proud and he had the biggest smile you could imagine!
...he also got a Turkey, but retrieval was difficult so was a maybe, not a definate.
Troy holding my bunny, but he finished him off with a quick second shot! [Savage MkIIF 22LR]


Troy with his first bunny! [CZ452 Scount 22LR]


Troy and new friend 'Flash' heading out on the Turkey hunt... we sure chased them around many hills, but i think they were taunting us...
In any case they were sprayed with varying volleys of 22LR, 223 and 308 from me
[CZ and 12" NEA with ODL suppressor]

...note all shooting was done with earmuffs, i just had to carry them until we were ready to shoot...

proud Dad moment there gruntzer

Saw heaps of young quail today mobs of up to twenty - look so small and they fly off with Mum
Got two possums and a hedgepig today - how do they get right in there - bit messy to get out

My buddy Sam came up to North Canty on Sat night and we did a bit more magpie shooting followed up with some spotlighting.. I don't know if the areas I normally spotlight in have been hammered or there aren't too many bunnies about because it's so dry round here at the mo, we saw maybe 6 and shot 3 for the night..

Any who couple of pics with us set up looking for magpies.. His is the laminate marlin with a bull barrel, mine is the ruger american both 17 HMR

Sorry dunno why my photos keep coming up sideways

turned around for you.
KH

Cheers

Nine possums, one cat, 3 rats, seven hedgehogs.
KH

Originally Posted by Kiwi-Hunter

Nine possums, one cat, 3 rats, seven hedgehogs.
KH

Good work,one maggie today.

Do you kill the hedge hogs? Are they a pest to anybody?

They are so cuuuuuuuuuuuute. I try to avoid them when on the road.

Yup cute till you contract leptoe. Not so cute then.

Originally Posted by Dundee

Good work,one maggie today.

another ten points Dundee, saw 4 magpies today no chance of a shot.
KH

Originally Posted by Dougie

Do you kill the hedge hogs? Are they a pest to anybody?

They are so cuuuuuuuuuuuute. I try to avoid them when on the road.

Bit of info Dougie,Hedgehogs: Animal pests
As for avoiding on the road, yes that's not a bad idea! as they can puncher a tyre.
Those needles have worked there way into truck tyres,and the bone's of any animal can damage tyres on any vehicle .
Like your write ups. I can only post pictures
Keep your camera handy, blunt arrows and stunned rabbits.
KH

Well done Kiwi-Hunter - I wouldn’t like to be a bird predator on one of your blocks
Dougie’s reaction about hedgehogs is very typical - most people think they are cute
However - they have a massive set of jaws and teeth - I have caught a possum in a Timms trap and found the only part left outside the trap was the skin
Not my film but check out this possum getting cleaned out - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtQUaFotDnM
Imagine what they can do with ground nesting birds eggs and chicks

I've seen the hedgehogs cleaning up the magpie grave and they copped it too.