Thread: What little pesties did you bowl over today?

Out with @2gnscib and another mate last night doing some pest clean up on a farm. We accounted for 60 hares and rabbits plus a couple of other critters, including me getting my bogy species, I finally got a confirmed on a magpie at long last. I ended up with a 100% rate on the rifle, not so good on the shotgun but improved over the evening until we had to retire due to lack of light when we exhausted out supplies of charged batteries. and to top it off hairy legs for dinner tonight.

Still doing predator control at the Park and the farm
Since my last post on 28/3 -
At the Park - 6 possums, 28 rats and 4 hedgepigs
At the farm - 6 rats and 1 hedgepig
Also managed to catch two thumbs - one in a Victor Pro and one in a T Rex - both gone black - safer doing bait - starting to change over from Ditrac to Contrac - that should sort them out
I like trapping round logs -

Rats coming in out of the cold -

Hair trigger Timms getting possums and rats -

These are my pesties that my wife and I smacked over last night. Couldn't be bothered to watch the cricket we geared up n trundled out to the farm where I wife works during calving. She was on the spottie and spotted n shot the first tree bear for the night fair through the scone using her 17 HMR
Kept on going n we spotted a hare. I smacked that one using my lever gun another hare popped out. It took off but wifey spotted another set of eyes 'it's lying down in the grass middle of the beam ' buggered if I could see it. Move a bit closer.....ah there it is. Whack! 0h it's a rabbit. Moving into another pdk along a tree line 'there's one up there, we'll get a bit closer to it' got closer had look tree bear had scuttled off but there were two of these..... don't usually get these. Head out of the pdk onto the race n shot a suicidal rabbit at about 10 metres . Umm two should be enough for a pie.... Head down race past a old cowshed oops there's a tree bear in trees...oh n one on the ground. Wife hopped of quad n shot the one in the tree....but not quite out for the count. After a bit of buggerising around, a 10 second shower of rain and 'I can't c it through my scope' I finished it off. Carry on down the race and come across some turkeys ' ooh mike(farm owner) wants a turkey' ok no worries. One turkey as ordered. Walking back back with the turkey 'dear there's a possum on the branch there ' look where she's pointing the light n sure nuff lever gun into action again n the last tree bear for the night.
Final tally
3 possums (plucked n gutted for dog tucker)
2 rabbits ( for pie n cat food)
2 rosellas ( pest control)
1 hare (cat food)
And a bloody good time


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mouse and a magpie

Wanted too take my old bitch Jess to town,some chicks go all gooey seeing a lab.

Anyway the bitch wouldn't get on the ute but when I got home and sais im going hunting she flew out the kennel and onto the bike.

Saw the hare sitting there on the way in and was still there when i got back.


Fired the shot and the old girl was away.


She was to fat to get thru the fence where it was shot so took her up the paddock for a gap in the fence.

The paddocks are looking greener Dundee.
KH

That was a neighbours new grass paddock. Yes we have greened up a bit.

Originally Posted by Dundee

That was a neighbours new grass paddock. Yes we have greened up a bit.

See...illegal hunting goes on everywhere

Ok back on my property now averaging one maggie or more a day. 35 last month but pointless showing a dead magpie daily.


Haven't deployed the live decoy trap this year but will soon,at the moment the breeze is flapping the dead decoys wings and it looks great from a distance.

18 Easter Bunnies, enjoyable walk some good long shots, got it Sussed with the Anshutz and Vortex, magic accuracy

No big game today unfortunately but managed a double on the small game again.

How about some Easter Goats?

The ugly head and neck shots are from the .308, 150gr SSTs nasty

Originally Posted by Dundee

No big game today unfortunately but managed a double on the small game again.
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You gotta get out more, my son!

Originally Posted by Maca49

You gotta get out more, my son!

Been out all weekend Dad

Today , just 1 magpie , they HATE the Hornet .