Thread: What little pesties did you bowl over today?

Originally Posted by charliehorse

Off with his tail for the hunting and fishing comp?

That's for sure.

I suspect this to be the same ferret that I spotted maybe 3-4 months ago, when we were shooting the same block from the other end. Continuously moving, pausing only to dive in and check the odd rabbit hole. If you look near his head in that photo, the only reason he stopped there and gave me a shot was to check the hole.

I was just tracking him with the thermal waiting for an opportunity, probably for 150m. He wasn't bothered by the truck really.

Originally Posted by StrikerNZ

That's for sure.

I suspect this to be the same ferret that I spotted maybe 3-4 months ago, when we were shooting the same block from the other end. Continuously moving, pausing only to dive in and check the odd rabbit hole. If you look near his head in that photo, the only reason he stopped there and gave me a shot was to check the hole.

I was just tracking him with the thermal waiting for an opportunity, probably for 150m. He wasn't bothered by the truck really.

Good shooting
17 hmr?

Sounds like a good night.

I was just commenting to my mate last night while walking around with a spotlight for a cheeky midweek shoot.

" its good to be out there doing it !!"




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Originally Posted by StrikerNZ

That's for sure.

I suspect this to be the same ferret that I spotted maybe 3-4 months ago, when we were shooting the same block from the other end. Continuously moving, pausing only to dive in and check the odd rabbit hole. If you look near his head in that photo, the only reason he stopped there and gave me a shot was to check the hole.

I was just tracking him with the thermal waiting for an opportunity, probably for 150m. He wasn't bothered by the truck really.

How hard are they to shoot? They seem like such a small profile and low to the ground.

17hmr indeed. Put him straight down, but shot placement was pretty spot on there. They're tough wee critters, have had the odd one soak up a few rounds in the past before finally expiring.

They do run pretty low to the ground, can be a funny motion at times, look a bit like the loch ness monster through the thermal. When they pause for a moment, like this one did, they'll often stick their head up in the air pretty proud, giving you a chance.

I was shooting pretty well by that point in the night too, after a bit of a rocky start until I got the zero sorted.

Thwack.
"That was a headshot"
"Sounded like it. You breaking out the fancy shooting now, are you?"
"Nah, that was just the only bit I could see"

Originally Posted by StrikerNZ

That's for sure.

I suspect this to be the same ferret that I spotted maybe 3-4 months ago, when we were shooting the same block from the other end. Continuously moving, pausing only to dive in and check the odd rabbit hole. If you look near his head in that photo, the only reason he stopped there and gave me a shot was to check the hole.

I was just tracking him with the thermal waiting for an opportunity, probably for 150m. He wasn't bothered by the truck really.

Great shooting mate.

Originally Posted by Russian 22.

How hard are they to shoot? They seem like such a small profile and low to the ground.

Bloody impossible!

Shot one with 222 once my form of vaping

Originally Posted by northdude

Shot one with 222 once my form of vaping

I shot one on the farm track years ago, from the hip, with a Marlin 44Mag, while the little bugger was on the run. No time to sight a shot as he ran from one side of the metaled track to the other.

Actually shot about two foot too low, but the shrapnel of bullet and road metal shredded the nasty little menace. One of my few "claim to fame shots". Fortunately my brother was there to verify the kill, otherwise it could never have happened.

Had a bit of a clean up of the hares over a couple of nights.. 12 in hares in total 2 rabbits and a pigeon.

Originally Posted by Wingman

Had a bit of a clean up of the hares over a couple of nights.. 12 in hares in total 2 rabbits and a pigeon.


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Yeah something like that..
Was trying out the new 4K video scope cam which did ok.. really limited by the spot light I was using but got a bit of usable footage.

What scope cam you running?

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Tactacam 5.0

Full review coming as soon as I get familiar with it

Bloody peacocks are getting out of hand.
I'm picking a few of but any tips for time of year that they roost together or cant fly as malting, any ideas welcome!
These 2 at 380m with the 22-250.

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Originally Posted by andyanimal31

Bloody peacocks are getting out of hand.
I'm picking a few of but any tips for time of year that they roost together or cant fly as malting, any ideas welcome!
These 2 at 380m with the 22-250.

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They didn’t cooperate like that on the weekend