Thread: What little pesties did you bowl over today?

No firearm involved here, but I just nailed a fat rat with my flounder spear. Pinned the batsrad to the ceiling then transferred straight into the wood burner . Cheap pest control

Must have been magpie stupid day, as I shot 12 one day and 6 the following. Just kept coming back to the same trees. Numbers have definitely skyrocketed over this last couple of years. Would have shot mid thirties last year, but now half that in two days. I don’t know if many locally are going after them.

1st for the evening with the .204

Really nice rifle, and nice rabbit, and nice view you got there......

Very pleasant little shoot this evening on site near Christchurch. Fog covered much of the farm presenting a very unusual sight. With almost no wind the mists lay like a blanket across some fields at 1 meter height, or in other places lay like thin veils across the road and pasture about 2 meters up - clear underneath. Ethereal, very beautiful, constantly changing, and with colours in the spotlights. Boys stopped shooting to take photographs it but it changed so quickly. Mmmm..

Had to work to get some bunnies and much fewer than usual, but still 29. All with 223s from the Cruiser. I didn't bother to shoot tonight - really enjoyed the driving. Memorable outing - have never seen fine layers of mist hovering over the ground like that.

And now for Tekapo..

good old scotch mist. remember it well from the coast up the grey valley during winter evenings

7mm08 150 ELD X

Had a fun hunt yesterday. Saw a flock of gobblers off in the distance but decided I didn't really want to go chasing them.

Then of course came across one sticking her head up not 75m from me. 17hmr accuracy worked it's magic:



Is this the time of year when turkeys are still shit to eat? I vaguely remember something about months with A's in them being bad?

I was told the same about months with a R and turkeys.
Also the months that crickets are out in force.
Truth of the matter for me has been I've eaten turkey everytime Ive culled them due to numbers, or shot them for food. I've never found those saying to be true.
Others may disagree but that's been my findings.

Ahh maybe it was R's. I couldn't remember.

turkey was a bit gamey, dogs love it.

"I knew that last night's curry was dodgy" !!

Best turkey I've eaten was one my brother inlaw raised.

Got a colleague who says if turkeys were really that good to eat. We would eat them more often....

Originally Posted by vulcannz

Had a fun hunt yesterday. Saw a flock of gobblers off in the distance but decided I didn't really want to go chasing them.

Then of course came across one sticking her head up not 75m from me. 17hmr accuracy worked it's magic:

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Is this the time of year when turkeys are still shit to eat? I vaguely remember something about months with A's in them being bad?

used to be always any month without an R so may june july august all good november december breeding season january february eating crickets and tainted but how true may have some merit

Originally Posted by Billbob

Best turkey I've eaten was one my brother inlaw raised.

Got a colleague who says if turkeys were really that good to eat. We would eat them more often....

me mate from Kaikohe came down for hunt bought some sausages made from turkey breasts - yuk bloody tasteless crap - I shot a young gobbler once - had been out feeding on spring clover pasture - really good eating - so there ya go