Thread: What little pesties did you bowl over today?

I'm beginning to wonder where they are all coming from. So is Dog.

This morning before the sun came up I heard another mob of juveniles going hell for leather, so I set up the UE Boom and proceeded to annihilate them. As usual six or seven are stuck up the tallest pine tree - there must be thirty odd birds up there this year alone. Yesterday my son said he saw a harrier trying to hover near the top of the tree in an attempt to grab a dead bird. Didn't see the harrier get one, but I suspect it is regularly succeeding as there's nowhere near as many falling to the ground in the wind as I would expect. Harriers aren't very good at hovering, as it is a gliding bird.

Just as things were starting to calm down and I'd shot the fifteenth-ish bird, another mob of juveniles came hooning in from over the way. I'd run out of ammo, so they can wait until tomorrow morning. It was gratifying the other day to hear a neighbour say that he's noticed fewer magpies, and that they don't bother him on his Sunday lie in quite so much. Wonder why...

Yes left out the walk! as I was a bit late with tea, so we did a drive by spotting then get out and shoot and send the enthusiastic one to find and retrieve.
KH

I was to set up some Trapinators for a local and going down the driveway I thought I saw what looked like a rabbit, but carried on to the end of it.
I just had to go back and make sure of what it was, so unpacked a 22lr that was in a gun bag and walked back to where I had seen the shape! Put the scope on 10 power and looking right at me was a buck with ripped ears enjoying the sunny face of a hill out of the wind.
Nice easy shot and then walk back put the rifle away let enthusiastic dog off, took him up the drive let him under the fence nose to the ground but came up short and had to be resent this time success.
Nice to have the early report done today.
KH

Now, so ends the series, nightly walk with enthusiastic dog.
Cheers Dundee
KH

I stuffed up a shot on a deer last week.Thought my 7mm08 needed sighting in so tryed an unsupported standing shot on a magpie at 100 yards.Looks like it was my foe-pa last week!

Originally Posted by Dundee

I stuffed up a shot on a deer last week.Thought my 7mm08 needed sighting in so tryed an unsupported standing shot on a magpie at 100 yards.Looks like it was my foe-pa last week!
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There you go Dundee, free standing works for you. Probably used one of those fandangled bloody gismo bipod things the other day....

I've been taking the fly rod out a bit in the last week (after 10 odd years off it) and found this wee bugger up the side of the river having lunch on a dead possum, managed to sneak in with a stick to ruin his day, also got a few brown trout so was a productive day.

CZ 17hmr working hard in the very dry central Otago hills, 60 shot and 45 minutes of daylight left

Dare I ask how many rounds it took to shoot 60 rabbits?

Originally Posted by Joe_90

Dare I ask how many rounds it took to shoot 60 rabbits?

On a good day, fifty seven. Ha ha ha ha

Originally Posted by Joe_90

Dare I ask how many rounds it took to shoot 60 rabbits?

Well @Joe_90 it's a CZ for a start so it doesn't really know what a miss is However the nut behind the butt does. At the 60 mark I had made 5 misses.
Ended up with 67 rabbits and a ferret. I have a mate down for a weeks varminting so there will be a lot of shooting.

Good stuff @viper! If you see the Easter bunny put one between the eyes.

They really are better!

I think this is known as a double-header.

One of note from yesterday's walk, just over 100 shot plus a cat.

I've got one down here viper, jet black as well ! I've seen it on the road side after a night shooting and twice I missed it with the front wheel and if you include the back wheel, well I've missed it four times.
I think I'll stick to shooting it at some point.
Nice getting the unusual.
KH