Thread: What little pesties did you bowl over today?

Another magpie with the hmr. Probably can't tell very well from the pic but the damage the hmr does is unbelievable


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The lads got 6 hares toinight,will check the freezer tomorrow

I liked the hmr before but since I've started using it on the war with the magpies it's topping my list of favourites.


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Hmr versus satin bird


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3 hares and a puddy tat

Been getting a few with 300 gr just because it's more fun than 35 gr.

Originally Posted by john m

Attachment 38171Attachment 38172Been getting a few with 300 gr just because it's more fun than 35 gr.

Hmm, minced rabbit.

17 bunnies and 7 roos this afternoon.. in before the weather turns.

Had a bit of rain overnight but it came up nice again today, so went for a walk before my body catches up and realises I'm not supposed to have any energy for a few days.

I could see clouds starting to drift in around the valley I was heading for as I drove up the road, but took my chances anyway, figuring I could always turn back if it got too bad.

Fairly nice and clear for the first hour, but as I gained a bit of height it started closing in again, luckily just damp cloud, with a bit of heavy drizzle at times - mainly when I was trying to navigate a field of spaniard.

Total of 12 roos for the afternoon.

Took a few pics for yas..

Spot the fallow:


No fallow in this one, but I did find a pocket of roos just a little further down there and picked a couple off.


No fallow in this one either.. whopper.

That is a beauty must be 30kg? Biggest I got down there was 25kg.

Another victim of the hmr.
Aim, fire, dead


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Got 16 possums over a couple of nights. Got a fair amount of fur from them too so can hopefully fund O-week festivities

Just using toxin and steel - checked about 20 bait stations, 13 possum kill traps and about 20 rat kill traps this morning - no possums but two lousy rats for my effort
Man - they are getting hard to find - but that was the object of the exercise


But plenty of Tui and other feathered ones having a ball in the sunshine - must have been ten Quail sitting round up in this ponga

Great day in Taupo, walked the farm, about 20 mil of ice on the troughs you could stand on it. Banged 10 rabbits and three hares. A few out to about 150 metres the HMR still purring! Missed! Two bloody cats! Pissed me off, one at 183 metres the other at about 50 FFS, magpie paid for my frustration!

One magpie at 183yds , with the hornet

THEy bloodly HATE it , my farmer mate said HE knows the magpies I have shoot as they are 1 ) Very Dead & 2 ) Flat , the ones his workers have shot are usually hopping around on the ground ( ie just winged with shotgun ) .