first for the evening with the .17hmr
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first for the evening with the .17hmr
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without a picture . .. it never happened !
Back in NZ for a little bit. Already 3 possums and 1 magpie not far out of Auckland.
Crap weather so had to settle for this lot at the range day yesterday sighting in the new Howa 1500 223
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Got my first rock pigeon today, went out with the air rifle and popped it off the power lines at a farmer friend's house. He was complaining cause they poop all over his stuff so I said I would help out. Forgot to take a pic in the field but here's how it looks now:
Hopefully its delicious!
Update: It was delicious, though will definitely just be breasting them in future as it is just a morsel and pretty much no meat on the limbs
Last edited by Guypie; 12-03-2017 at 09:21 PM. Reason: Update on deliciousness status
took off the 20" Sporter barrel and put on a 16 inch varmint barrel . . . first outing
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without a picture . .. it never happened !
longest shot of the day with the centerfire . . .
longest was 140yds with the Sako Quad with CCI subs later in the afternoon . . 6hrs later i called it a day . . goodone
Last edited by rossi.45; 18-03-2017 at 04:16 PM.
without a picture . .. it never happened !
What is up with the ears on that bunny? or do we have squirrels in NZ now?
Bowled over a bunny tonight running a twenty million grain projectile at about 55 fps. No picture, but judging from the crunch I felt, it won't be much good for anything but unpleasant soup.
Found both of these guys just taking a nap.![]()
I never bowled over anything today - they were all squashed - I took a two hour wander around the top of the Park today - a week since I was there last
About twenty Snap-E traps, three Doc250s and ten Sentinels
Two rats in the Doc250s - nearly threw up my breakfast on one - shit they get messy with six kill bars through them a week back - seems that when a rat has been in a Doc250 - a lot of their mates come back to check out the smell - a bit mean as I am using some old Erayz rabbit blocks - need to put an egg in next trip
Five rats in Snap-Es - all with blue stuff
Found a Sentinel that was tripped - a very lucky possum to escape from that - only the second one I have seen with fur on the kill bar
A few sample pics - I thought I was getting on top of them - but not yet
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Seems like this blue stuff is irresistible - this trap up the Park has been dormant for the last couple of months with just apple - but it used to be highly productive on the edge of a gully
My Mate Bill on “South Head Pest Control” (FB) has been telling me to slosh blue stuff over baits and traps
So on Tuesday - I cleaned out the last of a large tube of blue stuff - I was up there today laying out more traps - so checked out the red and blue Timms - bingo
Cruz disappeared long before I got there so I knew I had something - rat or possum - he dragged it out of the Timms and then we had a session of chuck and fetch - he loves it - until he gets a claw in his face
I admit - the blue was a bit overdone - but when I am desperate - I will try anything
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