Thread: Pig eradication from chopper video

Used a 12 gauge and 308. This guy dosn't miss much.
I put it under shooting as it's more about marksmanship. With the 308 anyway. Enjoy.


https://youtu.be/G_iFEPg2aDA

there are heaps of those videos,one from side by side using a belt fed multi barrel jobbie..that didnt work too well as couldnt see for gunsmoke.
watching them shoot wee pigs it screams for good load of #BBs ,even a 2nd shotgun just for the wee ones. its carnage.

Great vid, they made sure they finished animals off. Great shooting and heli flying, you could see the piggys struggling to run in that sand.

Thanks for posting

You're right MD. There are a lot of these videos. However, this was one of the best I've seen as far as marksmanship with a rifle from a helicopter.

Originally Posted by Allizdog

You're right MD. There are a lot of these videos. However, this was one of the best I've seen as far as marksmanship with a rifle from a helicopter.

Cause most of the American videos are Jo Blow paying customers where this bloke does it for a living.

the practical side of me begs the question what the hell are those piggys living on out in that dry sand heap

renewed my interest in my semi 12g that sits around doing nothing..a lot of meat left to rot tho

Great video, shows efficient ethical shooting. The yank ones generally show perfect examples of ‘spray and pray’ shooting with semi’s. Doesn’t pay to comment on marksmanship though, feck they don’t take criticism well.

They look like a patient crew. I doubt he’s rarely shooting in excess of 20-30m though.

Watched this yesterday, some nice shooting for sure.
So many pigs, crazy number.
Breading like rabbits by the look of it.
The 308 dumps them on the spot when the shots are in the correct area.

some good shooting but agree the ranges arent more than 25ish yards,machine is lifting up over treesand the shot pattern is almost completely on animals....which compared to the USA videos are much much smaller.... the ones shown I would pick as being mostly well under 100lb whereas the US models run up n over 400lb as they are scoffing crops as fast as they grow.

https://youtu.be/UVmZtoNRD2w

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Originally Posted by BRADS

https://youtu.be/UVmZtoNRD2w

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I have no idea how many times I have watched that, but it’s lots

And goat going up South Island rivers in his mini jet boat

Cool watch ( when I should be working )

The guys I knock about with are heli shooting insane numbers of reds in the CNI. They’ve ditched the ARs because the rifles get too hot and jam, so they use the Benelli semi-autos with 12ga buckshot. Similar to Brad’s video above. Plus the 12ga through the back of the head / neck / spine between the shoulders is a more reliable DRT than the .223 REM, so there’s a lot less time circling back to finish off wounded deer. The circling back is the killer on fuel / time / money.

If I told you the numbers shot per hour flown, you wouldn’t believe me.

They use a MD500, so they can carry two shooters and the farkin’ ridiculous great big box of 12ga shells which weighs a bloody tonne. An R22 isn’t efficient.

In Aus when we were working on the Station in NT, the guys were flying the R22s chasing camels, donkeys, pigs and scrub bulls. The pilots were looneys and I don’t know how the fuck the shooters could handle the stunt flying between the tall eucalypts. I know I couldn’t!

Originally Posted by BRADS

https://youtu.be/UVmZtoNRD2w

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interesting watching that..on at least 3 occasions shooter takes the larger animal and LEAVES smaller animal to run away......thats farming them not population control. and the reason folks get so pissed off with WARO.... the velvety stags are soft targets worth the most money.