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Petros_mk Pheasants/Quail breeding... 30-10-2013, 10:49 PM
Gibo Think I seen a peasant chick... 31-10-2013, 01:59 PM
time out Got a few pheasants round my... 31-10-2013, 02:56 PM
Gibo Awesome!! cool as pic too... 31-10-2013, 02:59 PM
Scouser +1 Brilliant report Time Out,... 31-10-2013, 03:28 PM
Petros_mk Nice work... I haven't been... 31-10-2013, 04:48 PM
time out No good me telling you guys... 31-10-2013, 05:42 PM
Petros_mk Speaking of the devils just... 31-10-2013, 06:45 PM
jadeboyd7 see plenty of cock pheasants... 22-01-2014, 11:13 PM
Toby When I was at the mankau... 31-10-2013, 06:51 PM
Petros_mk LOL... I'll train my dog to... 31-10-2013, 09:19 PM
Dynastar27 Nah that was just the natives... 26-01-2014, 01:33 PM
Spook Where they have cut the pines... 31-10-2013, 07:25 PM
Pointer Hens around my place have... 01-11-2013, 09:42 PM
EeeBees Heard yesterday of an... 03-11-2013, 10:21 AM
upnorth uplander All this talk of breeding and... 03-11-2013, 11:36 AM
EeeBees How many years do some of us... 03-11-2013, 06:12 PM
upnorth uplander Even worse when its people I... 03-11-2013, 08:01 PM
veitnamcam I want pictures or even... 03-11-2013, 07:30 PM
mikee Will this do, not NZ but... 03-11-2013, 07:59 PM
veitnamcam Nup, blocked in my country... 03-11-2013, 08:13 PM
mikee interesting I'm am watching... 03-11-2013, 08:18 PM
veitnamcam Maybe need to watch on pc 03-11-2013, 08:38 PM
veitnamcam Can't watch possum trappers... 03-11-2013, 08:39 PM
Gibo I watched it on my phone.... 03-11-2013, 08:56 PM
teFerrarri Working a new Hive site this... 09-11-2013, 04:26 PM
time out Still haven’t seen any chicks... 13-11-2013, 08:18 PM
EeeBees Fabulous foto, Time... 17-11-2013, 01:36 PM
time out The previous pictures I... 17-11-2013, 07:44 PM
Gibo Awesome pics TOut! 13-11-2013, 08:29 PM
Pointer Nice pic! And yep Calis get... 13-11-2013, 08:48 PM
Dundee Seen a couple teal ducklings... 13-11-2013, 10:07 PM
upnorth uplander Petros is picking up our... 17-11-2013, 10:21 AM
gsp follower startig to see lot of chicks... 28-11-2013, 08:18 PM
upnorth uplander WTF, fucks me off reading... 30-11-2013, 10:57 PM
time out I haven’t seen any pheasant... 01-12-2013, 08:17 AM
gsp follower cant help it when the silly... 01-12-2013, 02:54 PM
Dundee Great pest control Time Out... 01-12-2013, 10:21 AM
Toby Is it late for hens to be... 01-12-2013, 03:25 PM
time out Just a short addendum to my... 21-01-2014, 08:54 AM
veitnamcam Interesting read,cheers. 22-01-2014, 08:17 PM
Munsey Yes was a good read . Was in... 22-01-2014, 10:03 PM
Pointer In response to your addendum... 26-01-2014, 08:19 AM
time out Hope you are right Pointer –... 26-01-2014, 09:11 AM
EeeBees Fabulous family portrait!!! ... 27-01-2014, 08:35 PM
Pointer If you catch a stoat, nail it... 26-01-2014, 09:31 AM
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    Nice pic! And yep Calis get pretty tame, have a few "pet' ones here

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    Seen a couple teal ducklings at the pond yesty.
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    Petros is picking up our pheasant chicks today

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    startig to see lot of chicks now god quail young are tiny.dogs havin a ball with all the points dont think he quite gets why i wont shoot or release him to flush

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    Quote Originally Posted by gsp follower View Post
    startig to see lot of chicks now god quail young are tiny.dogs havin a ball with all the points dont think he quite gets why i wont shoot or release him to flush
    WTF, fucks me off reading shit like this, leave them alone to breed and rear their young.

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    I haven’t seen any pheasant or quail chicks yet – but I heard a couple of hens calling yesterday so I guess they have chicks on the ground
    The quail family groups are gone – just seeing pairs marching round together – so not sure when they will be nesting
    I went through our bush yesterday and checked 20 rat bait stations and 5 possum bait stations – a month since I last loaded them – I didn’t use a single replacement bait block and no new possum bait – either the bastards have gone off Pestoff bait – or they are dead
    Nothing in a couple of Timms traps or in the cat cage – the GN A24 trap hasn’t smashed anything for ages
    During my walk – I flushed lots of roosters and a couple of hens
    So after feeding the rats for nearly two years – I reckon that I have got them beat for this breeding season at least - perfect timing this year
    My worst predators round the property is a couple of hawks that are flying real low at present – but I have a couple of magpies that chase the shit out of the hawks when they come round
    Cutting the hay paddocks next week – unfortunately a few pheasants will perish and if the silly hens have nested out there – they will have to start again

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    Quote Originally Posted by upnorth uplander View Post
    WTF, fucks me off reading shit like this, leave them alone to breed and rear their young.
    cant help it when the silly sods run out in front of the dog on every river track i run him on
    keep you pants on anyway, i call him off and put him in the truck till we pass them or they turkey off on thier own
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    Great pest control Time Out good work
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    Is it late for hens to be sitting on eggs? There's a nest in the paddock with 10 eggs still. Hen was still on it this morning
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    Just a short addendum to my original story on Page 1 of this thread
    We have tried to create a bird haven on a 30 acre rural BOP property about half bush and surrounded by a lot of bush
    Killed all the possums over many years of poisoning – bait stations are now rarely touched
    Killed all the rats on the property with intensive trapping and poisoning over the last year or two – 20 bait stations and nothing being touched now
    Got a mate to clean up all the rabbits because they were becoming a pest
    So what is there for the stoats to eat – pheasants and other birds
    Still seeing a few big roosters but most of the hens have gone – only a few juvenile birds – I suspect that the stoats took out the hens while they were nesting
    I have recently seen weasels and stoats in broad daylight
    I am now on a steep learning curve on how to kill these loopy b@st@rds before they clean up the rest of the pheasants – building my own box traps and will start with twelve
    If you are into predator control – don’t make my mistake – focus on mustelids early on – they are wicked bird killers
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    Quote Originally Posted by time out View Post
    Just a short addendum to my original story on Page 1 of this thread
    We have tried to create a bird haven on a 30 acre rural BOP property about half bush and surrounded by a lot of bush
    Killed all the possums over many years of poisoning – bait stations are now rarely touched
    Killed all the rats on the property with intensive trapping and poisoning over the last year or two – 20 bait stations and nothing being touched now
    Got a mate to clean up all the rabbits because they were becoming a pest
    So what is there for the stoats to eat – pheasants and other birds
    Still seeing a few big roosters but most of the hens have gone – only a few juvenile birds – I suspect that the stoats took out the hens while they were nesting
    I have recently seen weasels and stoats in broad daylight
    I am now on a steep learning curve on how to kill these loopy b@st@rds before they clean up the rest of the pheasants – building my own box traps and will start with twelve
    If you are into predator control – don’t make my mistake – focus on mustelids early on – they are wicked bird killers
    http://www.kiwisforkiwi.org/wp-conte...aigGillies.pdf

    Interesting read,cheers.
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    Yes was a good read . Was in back blocks of Fiordland and herd a racket going down , birds stretching and performing , then we seen it a stoat running through the bush . Really gutted me to see that , was too small a target to have a crack at the little barstard , but kind of wished I had tryed
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    In response to your addendum Time Out, I wouldn't lose heart just yet. All the birds around my place and the spots I usually go to have gone to ground, it is normal for this time of year. Enjoyed your posts, cheers

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    Hope you are right Pointer – but sadly it is much different to this time last year

    I was driving down our access road a week or so back and these guys were in the way – I stopped about 8m from them, I got out and leaned over the front door and took a few pics, I was a bit slow cause while I was snapping, a bl@@dy stoat ran from just in front of me, right through the middle of them – they didn’t even move – he must have been scared of me and the car – I just missed snapping him –


    I did a bit of work on shelter belts at the lower end of the property yesterday – lots of lovely dry dirt under the trees – quail numbers were great – lots of family groups of 10 to 20 – saw some young ones about the size of bumble bees – must have seen more than a hundred birds during the day – stoats haven’t got those birds – maybe they are not on the stoat menu
    I have set up six traps in that area but may have to refine my bait a bit – two days old and it is moving round – I will clean them out tomorrow and revert to just eggs – Maurie from - Traps NZ Cage Leghold Victor Possum Cat Stoat Rat Mouse tells me they don’t like smelly bait
    Also saw a group of about ten juvenile pheasants down there so there is some hope
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    Quote Originally Posted by time out View Post

    Fabulous family portrait!!! Saw two well grown young birds this morning on the way to work...neat to see them...
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