Thread: What little pesties did you bowl over today?

An evening wander resulted in 4 bunnies and 3 possums. Bunnies field dressed and in the fridge. Thanks to Clavulanate for taking me and on his birthday no less! Top bloke

About 160 bunnys bowled tonight, 12g,223 and 22-250 all seem to be doing the job as usual

Originally Posted by res

About 160 bunnys bowled tonight, 12g,223 and 22-250 all seem to be doing the job as usual

Have you seen this business in Katikati - looks like they are now pulling rabbits out of the South Island
https://www.facebook.com/pestpronz/

Did some spotlighting around mates farm lastnight ..Shot a few rabbits and hares using my 9mm ..
Tried some 124g HP X treme projectiles for the first time,they worked Mint !
Even though I was shooting a subsonic load,these pills dropped every animal efficiently every time .
No pics of kills ,but here's some of rifle and pills/bullets

Originally Posted by seano

Did some spotlighting around mates farm lastnight ..Shot a few rabbits and hares using my 9mm ..
Tried some 124g HP X treme projectiles for the first time,they worked Mint !
Even though I was shooting a subsonic load,these pills dropped every animal efficiently every time .
No pics of kills ,but here's some of rifle and pills/bullets ]

awesome nothing wrong with overkill!!!

Got a few rats and hogs yesterday spot the difference - one alive and one dead
First one I have seen survive a Snap-E wrapped around his neck - his hair still standing on end and still wagging his tail
One ended up in a cage and one in a DOC250 as fresh bait

so i leave home this evening with the idea to quickly check the zero of my .223AI after its been out of the stock and go for a walk lookn for a Hare . . its overcast and getting a little late.

when i get to the farm gate theres 2 old blocks at the farm gate leaving, better say gidday etc . .. they leave .. . then the cocky turns up, bit of a yak about Ducks etc and theyre off . . the clock is ticking and the light is going
box out of the wagon up to the clay bank 100yds away, bipod on the ground and 3 shots fired fast, .6MOA in the middle of the target and all smiles

then it starts to rain, not heavy but constant, binos are now useless, gettin soggy .. . thought about grabbing a jacket on the way out the door, wont need it.

later just as its almost to dark to see anything theres a Hare on the fenceline about 200 yards off . . it stops raining.

bang, flop and i'm walkn back to wagon with a couple days of cat food in my hand . . all good.

Went Duck Shooting and got no ducks, but managed to shoot 2 magpies and a cat with the .22

I use subsonics but was thinking about HV ammo and a suppressor in future, what do most people use? pros and cons of both on small game?

Originally Posted by GMH72

I use subsonics but was thinking about HV ammo and a suppressor in future, what do most people use? pros and cons of both on small game?

HV is noisy even with a suppressor and if you believe the experts, less accurate, although I haven't found it to be wildly inaccurate. I'm fairly happy with subs.

Originally Posted by MightyBoosh

HV is noisy even with a suppressor and if you believe the experts, less accurate, although I haven't found it to be wildly inaccurate. I'm fairly happy with subs.

Thanks for the reply, I have just read through your thread about subs for hunting and will probably just stick to the subs and learn the drops for the longer shots. I use CCI subs and they go well in the Marlin XT22.

Phuqed Peacock

Three rabbit and a maggie and @EeeBees you missed my mate, shitty photos taken thru my bi nocs,
Kinloch Marina tonight!

Maca you old fool there is a windy thing that focuses most binoculars. It generally sits midway between the two looky bits. Your set will probably have one. Check it out as it makes a hellova difference to the fuzziness.

Another possum wanders within range. nice and early again. Never watched the dog eat them. He started on this one while I was mucking around with ph for photo, looks like he starts head first!