I just added up the cost of the latest wallabying trip last month Ferry tickets, fuel, food etc came out at $9.78 per animal. I must be doing it too cheap.
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I just added up the cost of the latest wallabying trip last month Ferry tickets, fuel, food etc came out at $9.78 per animal. I must be doing it too cheap.
nah your doing it for love of hunting..thats priceless.
Now try it in the Dunstans or Oteake and see what your cost per animal isQuote:
Originally Posted by Marty Henry
We were on the border of the dalgety range 1080 drop in autumn, numbers were definitely down on previous years but they were still there
The day the so called experts decided to shut down the South Canterbury Wallaby Board was the day things started to turn ti shite.
The only thing that has changed since those years gone is the increase in Wallaby numbers and where they have spread.. not to mention the amount of idiots aboard the gravy train. The amount of money that's wasted on the ol Wallaby is shocking.
A group of Mackenzie stations are talking about setting up a private board type structure for wallaby.Quote:
Originally Posted by doinit
Are they on the Crown range??
Just driven over it and there's a couple of AWFULLY large possum pancakes on the road. Wondering if they are wobbly pancakes instead??
Ha'ha the ol Wallaby can turn a nice lookin vehicle front into a bloody nightmare. I've had one through the windscreen of a series two landy.Quote:
Originally Posted by XR500
To find one that's been turned into a pancake ..well it would have had to have been rather a large whatever or the poor sod has been run over multible times lol. Yeah XR500 they can really do some serious damage if hit at speed eh.
Good grief B.... that ti me does sound a tad scary. There's a hell of a lot of work involved to even start such a venture eh. finding some one capableQuote:
Originally Posted by Tahr
and with a fare amount of experience behind them well. looking at some of the control methods being suggested and those already in place etc
I most certainly wouldn't expect any miracles fi sure.
But hey I'm only dribbling on about what I know, what I've learnt and experienced over several years working on the old Wallaby Board.
At least in those days the roos were kept where they should've been..and I can say that with a smile.
Was along that boarder a few yrs ago,poison station every 300mtrs.4 to 6,8 wallabys around each bucket on fence.Roos never got more than say 8 mtrs from bucket.Lick n dead in a minut or 2.Was a couple of ks of dead wallabys.Sad site to see really,but they died quick.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marty Henry
OK. Must have been hare/coon/bunny. The weight limit I think on the Crown range is 14 tonne, so only relatively small truck tyres involved in administering the pancaking process.Quote:
Originally Posted by doinit
They are in the Lindis so just gota get across the river to Wanaka.
Wash ur mouth out @Trout they r not in the lindis they spent weeks in here looking for them and never found any
Oh they havnt hopped up from Ranfurly or StBatherns yet.
Cyanide baits are highly effective and can be used where stock graze. First saw them near benmore a few years ago on a station that also employed a night shooter. I remember my first thoughts on seeing a pile of them were "this guy's good" then I saw the stake and marker. We still got a few in an afternoon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trout
They were evidently high maintenance and cost so you know doc won't do it.
Nope not yet they can bloody keep themQuote:
Originally Posted by Trout
The rats are still coming in around the back of town here.20 to 40 get knock off every 6 months.