Thread: What little pesties did you bowl over today?

@Flyblown they sure do have awesome eyesight alright.

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The weather has been bloody wet and shitty here for a few days, the heavy rain dropped to a drizzle by mid arvo so that was good enough for me, i needed to get out for a wander and get some trigger time.

Was planning on shooting last couple of hours of light then heading to another property round the corner and shooting after dark with the IR NV.

So i took the T1x 17hmr with the Pard NV008 IR scope.

It works ok in daylight mode as well.

Pinged a few rabbits including some preggy does so good to get them before numbers explode again.

One buck looked like he'd had a run in with a wild cat or something, his ears were all ripped and bits missing.

By the time it got dark the weather deteriorated so off home i went.

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Enjoyable little shoot in north Canterbury last night with @Bob Da Browning, @gadgetman, AJ and self. Delightful farm we've been shooting for near 15 years - a real pleasure to visit this one. Soggy ground limited ability for truck to wander the big paddocks, but we still nailed 47 bunnies - maybe 50-50 rabbits and hares. 12 guage, 223s, 22WMR, and 2 for the truck...

A good outing - not the 1000+ in an evening this site once gave - but still great to get out and 47 kept us busy enough. Good fun - boys did well.

A comment - that Fiocchi 55gr SP 223 factory ammo is really doing the job for us. Shoots very well - like 0.5 and under groups at 100m in 3 of our 223s - Howa, Tikka and Savage. It's a good load. Well worth a try..

Originally Posted by Flyblown

Long story for a supposed "dumb bird" hey! This was one of my most satisfying shots for a long time.

It's a bugger when you stop and think you've been outsmarted by a 'dumb' creature. But there is nothing dumb about a strong survival instinct. Well done.

Originally Posted by mudgripz

Enjoyable little shoot in north Canterbury last night with @Bob Da Browning, @gadgetman, AJ and self. Delightful farm we've been shooting for near 15 years - a real pleasure to visit this one. Soggy ground limited ability for truck to wander the big paddocks, but we still nailed 47 bunnies - maybe 50-50 rabbits and hares. 12 guage, 223s, 22WMR, and 2 for the truck...

A good outing - not the 1000+ in an evening this site once gave - but still great to get out and 47 kept us busy enough. Good fun - boys did well.

A comment - that Fiocchi 55gr SP 223 factory ammo is really doing the job for us. Shoots very well - like 0.5 and under groups at 100m in 3 of our 223s - Howa, Tikka and Savage. It's a good load. Well worth a try..

Hey, I just realised you didn't give us our usual 'fireworks' display last night, @mudgripz. For the uninitiated this involves electric fences.

Bugger off... I was being careful big time. Those fences kick like hell these days!!

This evening's walk.

Originally Posted by mudgripz

A comment - that Fiocchi 55gr SP 223 factory ammo is really doing the job for us. Shoots very well - like 0.5 and under groups at 100m in 3 of our 223s - Howa, Tikka and Savage. It's a good load. Well worth a try..

Ill grab a box and give it a go, Thanks for the heads up

Bunnies tonight. We don’t have that many around here, they tend to live in small groups and not get too numerous. Feral cats (and me) keep them in check. Sometimes we get a minor population explosion - like now - after a warm winter and very warm spring.

On this new-to-me property I’ve been watching where they have their little warrens, and how best to get onto them with the .22LR. I can’t use fullbore here, subsonic .22LR only. It used to be regularly shot by an old fella I know who did a damn good job right up until the day he had a stroke earlier this year. So over the years, the rabbits have gotten quite cunning, and setup in small native timber stands in gullies, a bit above drainage. These ones have nailed the perfect balance between cover, fresh feed and dry burrows.

Only two tiddlers in the photo, you’ll just have to believe me that there were several more that I couldn’t be bothered to go get. I haven’t quite worked out the fence lines and gates yet, and a couple of times I’ve gone to retrieve bunnies and found fence where I thought there should be a gate. I will never, ever attempt to climb over this guy’s electric fences again, because when it whacks your bollocks, you will wish you were never born. An almost mortal shock I got the other day, worst I’ve ever had, two of them as I almost got fatally tangled up due to a slippery green stay on the strainer post. Must have looked quite funny. I questioned what energiser the cockie uses, and he just laughed.

@Flyblown that’s a ripper of a story about the peacock. I’ve never hunted them before but when I was doing a lot of small game hunting I did come up against some pretty cunning feral cats, which took some effort to finally knock off. A worthy adversary that I had a grudging respect for, despite the damage they can inflict on native birds

A few bunny's tonight with a young fellas help.

Out knocking over a few rabbits tonight with the T1x 17hmr with the Pard IR NV008 and new external IR illuminator from Kiwi-hunter......i came accross this big feral, bloody heavy bugger too.



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That sure dose look like one very heavy moggy! Nice going.

A few Bunnies & Hares spotlighting the neighbors farm, l still enjoy a feed of rabbit so make sure to head shoot a few for the table -

Here's the vid of my North Island Big Cat experience ;-) Make sure you have the volume up to hear the savage thing...