Thread: What little pesties did you bowl over today?

Originally Posted by Flyblown

I’m down in the Taranaki at the moment. Have been on my first ever successful goat muster. Its an art, for sure, goat mustering. The market for goats is way bigger than I realised. The number one important thing to remember - the goat needs to be alive!

Here’s a photo of some of the mustered goats getting used to their new temporary home. From here, they’ll be drafted and those that are ready will be trucked up to Auckland. The rest will either be fattened or used to make more goats.

The dogs are special goat dogs trained specifically for the task. Very bloody good dogs they are too.

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Hope those batterns and the wires are tight, goats horns and mesh can provide endless hours of "fun"

$22 a kilo? Thats a rip, paknsave's cheaper than that by about 1/2

Got these a few weeks back, just four of the nine from that day. Some how I made all the far shots and missed the close ones .

Originally Posted by Steve123

$22 a kilo? Thats a rip, paknsave's cheaper than that by about 1/2

That's for diced back steak I think. It something diced. But have never seen goat in my local pack and save

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Originally Posted by Russian 22.

That's for diced back steak I think. It something diced. But have never seen goat in my local pack and save

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You need to head south lol. Go to the one on Ormiston Rd. It's the closest you'll come to "people of Walmart" in NZ.

Originally Posted by Steve123

You need to head south lol. Go to the one on Ormiston Rd. It's the closest you'll come to "people of Walmart" in NZ.

My one is pack and save royal oak. You'd think with so many Indians running around they'd have some.

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Originally Posted by Marty Henry

Hope those batterns and the wires are tight, goats horns and mesh can provide endless hours of "fun"

@Marty Henry the fencing on that property is some of the best you’ll see. Tight as. You can’t see it well in the photo, but there’s a very hot wire running around the level of the third wire, roughtly knee and upper front leg height on a goat. Strongest zap the Gallagher systems can deliver (its a 100j system). If the goats try to push through they get an almighty whack. They only do it a couple of times then decide to kick back in the paddock and await their fate.

I often hear cockies say electric doesn’t work with goats, but a staunch one with no leakages anywhere on the circuit, combined with tight fencing, certainly does.

Originally Posted by Sh00ter

Got these a few weeks back, just four of the nine from that day. Some how I made all the far shots and missed the close ones.

This is exactly what I’ve been doing these past couple of days, except I wasn’t allowed to take photos unfortunately (long story)...

i’ve never owned an AR15 but after a couple of goat sessions with a Windham / Timney trigger / Leupold D-EVO / Tassie Research 30s... I bloody well want one!

every now and again i do a quick check with my rifle before i start walking . . . its 2 shots at 200, 2 at 300, no dialing for elevation, i let the bullets drift with the wind to see if my estimate and Streloks are close, i measure the drops . . . then 1 shot dailing elevation and windage hopefully landing in a 2 inch square . . the only problem i have is because i shoot close to the trees i have no idea usually what the wind is doing on the way to the target, but not today, bless his heart the farmer had a cracker smokey fire going which was a great help in seeing the wind not just feeling it . . . life is good.





then off for a days shooting . . .

Managed to get this hare on the run (mostly heading away from me) standing about ~50m shot was a bit low and went clean through the leg without hitting the bone, i knew it was hit but couldn't tell if it was down or hiding in the long grass. Dog was a great help finding it but before i realized she found it, off it went, darting and dashing everywhere. She chased it all the way down the end of the paddock and managed to catch it. I was partially surprised as she had eaten most of a large home kill beef roast that was defrosting on the table i forgot about in my hurry to work this morning.

Its Swamp comp month....

Just heading to Hunting and Fishing now



8 Weasel, 1 Stoat and 1 Ferret tails

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Originally Posted by kukuwai

Its Swamp comp month.... Just heading to Hunting and Fishing now. 8 Weasel, 1 Stoat and 1 Ferret tails

Good on ya! Good luck and keep it up. I wish I’d known about swamp comp, have caught quite a few ferret polecat hybrids here plus the odd stoat. What trap are you using?

Originally Posted by Flyblown

Good on ya! Good luck and keep it up. I wish I’d known about swamp comp, have caught quite a few ferret polecat hybrids here plus the odd stoat. What trap are you using?

@Flyblown, i am using several types of trap. The Ferret was caught in a cage trap baited with rabbit.

The stoat and weasels were caught in either DOC 200's or Victor traps (the proper ones with the yellow treadle plate) All in homemade wooden boxes.

Chicken eggs, smoked fish bones or rabbit meat have all proven to be successful baits for these mustilids.

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showers today which made keeping the optics clear a problem but some good in close shooting

Originally Posted by kukuwai

@Flyblown, i am using several types of trap. The Ferret was caught in a cage trap baited with rabbit.

The stoat and weasels were caught in either DOC 200's or Victor traps (the proper ones with the yellow treadle plate) All in homemade wooden boxes.

Chicken eggs, smoked fish bones or rabbit meat have all proven to be successful baits for these mustilids.

Thanks for that. The whole family is sitting here having dinner, formulating our 2019 anti-mustelid strategy! Need to get some more traps.