Thread: What little pesties did you bowl over today?

Where on the shore are you ?
I assume you back on to bush ?

Does this count as pesties bowled over? You don't see this very often... Probably the extent of my hunting this long weekend.....

well done young bumble......well done indeed.
poor Nigel,the attraction of the cheezel was just too much,as for his mate who thought to share.....

That mousetrap really is better! Great advertising...

What was that saying about the second mouse getting the cheese?

Got a call from a cocky with a pigeon problem. Feral bloody rats with wings were hanging out in his bars, crapping in his milking shed, making a bloody mess of things. Quick trip out with the trusty (?) old (definitely) 177 Hatsan air rifle and there's 51 less of them now. Heading out again tomorrow night to put another dent in the population, but this should keep me in beer money for a while

Nice to come across people who understand that pest control is an ongoing effort, not a one-and-done sorta thing.



And being a firm believer in "Eat What You Kill" I had to take a few home for the oven

Originally Posted by Supertweed

Few furry pests from the start of the year in residential North Shore, Auckland caught in the trap then dispatched with a .177. 7 in about 2 weeks, 4 of which were over 3 days. Have just noticed another mother and joey in the tree so will need to get back on to them again.

Welcome @Supertweed there are definitely a few about, they love the local vege gardens.

Just around Birkenhead, and yup we back on to bush. Quite a big section of bush in a gulley so I think the possum population is quite high

@Frogfeatures Just around Birkenhead, and yup we back on to bush. Quite a big section of bush in a gulley so I think the possum population is quite high
@300CALMAN thanks for the welcome! Yeah loads around, just got the other two (mother and joey last night) too

Originally Posted by Ronin007

Got a call from a cocky with a pigeon problem. Feral bloody rats with wings were hanging out in his bars, crapping in his milking shed, making a bloody mess of things. Quick trip out with the trusty (?) old (definitely) 177 Hatsan air rifle and there's 51 less of them now. Heading out again tomorrow night to put another dent in the population, but this should keep me in beer money for a while

Nice to come across people who understand that pest control is an ongoing effort, not a one-and-done sorta thing.

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And being a firm believer in "Eat What You Kill" I had to take a few home for the oven

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Thats brilliant - nothing beats a good old Hatsan

Originally Posted by Ronin007

Got a call from a cocky with a pigeon problem. Feral bloody rats with wings were hanging out in his bars, crapping in his milking shed, making a bloody mess of things. Quick trip out with the trusty (?) old (definitely) 177 Hatsan air rifle and there's 51 less of them now. Heading out again tomorrow night to put another dent in the population, but this should keep me in beer money for a while

Nice to come across people who understand that pest control is an ongoing effort, not a one-and-done sorta thing.

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And being a firm believer in "Eat What You Kill" I had to take a few home for the oven

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Also, show us how you cook those pigeons up

Originally Posted by Supertweed

Just around Birkenhead, and yup we back on to bush. Quite a big section of bush in a gulley so I think the possum population is quite high

get some traps and trap them to make a bit of beer money?

Originally Posted by Billbob

Also, show us how you cook those pigeons up

I cut the breasts off a couple, and fried them up, came out quite like steak.

The rest I just plucked, de-winged and roasted whole after a quick pan-dear. Gotta cook them fast on a high heat so they don't dry out. Not a whole lot of eating on a single bird, but a couple on yer plate would keep you going. Didn't take any photos of the finished product, but will do so next time and add them to the dinner thread.


This guy has a pretty decent method of getting the meat at about the 6:30 mark, which I will try next time, rather than trying to cut off each individual breast.

Originally Posted by Ronin007

And being a firm believer in "Eat What You Kill" I had to take a few home for the oven

OK buddy, I’m looking forward to when your cocky mate invites you over to shoot some more flying rats and also some non-flying rats, cause I can’t wait to see how you cook up the latter!

Originally Posted by Flyblown

OK buddy, I’m looking forward to when your cocky mate invites you over to shoot some more flying rats and also some non-flying rats, cause I can’t wait to see how you cook up the latter!

Hmm, you may have a good point. Not ruling it out (especially the way things are going) but yeah rat might be an exception

This little guy got the fright of his life as he crested the ridgeline ....... took a .17HMR 17gr projectile between the eyes (literally)