Thread: New Here got my licence this month Goat Problem

Heres an alternative pathway.

See if there is a local gun club, with nice people, go there, get shooting practice, join, help the gun club survive.

In return you will eventually be able to have good shot placement with the 22, AND any other rifle...

One market I personally know of for goat sales was a semi relative had goats on his property that had been transported to his place for weed control and put in a stainless steel bench, running water, water boiler and a offal hole....prospective clients of a certain ethnicity would come to his place and look over the pen of goats, select which ones they wanted and release the others, paid the man who then left them to it....quite a lucrative side line....sadly he doesn't do it anymore as he was killed in a road accident.

Welcome to the forum, there's no shortage of experience or advice and most of that comes from experience. I first started out with a .22 as well, but as its already been pointed out your shots have to be consistently accurate, use high velocity ammo, take your time, smack them in the head. I lost a few which became a real frustration because I thought the shot was good, spent a lot time bush bashing to dispatch a wounded animal. I bought a 223 and never looked back. If you are keen to try a 223 out before purchasing, drop me a message and I will help you out.

The humble ,22 is a great round to learn to shoot with, cheap, accurate and no recoil. A good round for a variety of pests. They are also a good caliber to fall back on if you develop a bad habit with a larger caliber rifle to iron that habit out again.

I have recently relocated from TK and when I was there on average fortnightly I'd take the 22 out and harvest a young nanny for a Sunday curry.

Good Luck

My neighbour will collect and pay you for them,but not $80 I suspect

Originally Posted by Lurch

My neighbour will collect and pay you for them,but not $80 I suspect

That's the big ones, we had been averaging about $47 each so money for jam.
Where does your mate travel from?
If he's keen I am!

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I wouldnt shoot to waste, the goats in the photos are in great nick. Even selling headshot for petfood is better than waste.
Rounded up / trapped they can be sold on TM alive. A mate sells pigs, lambs, chooks and ducks with buyers arriving in vans etc tying them up and taking them away, including a big ram that escaped inside the van and caused some erratic driving

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

I wouldnt shoot to waste, the goats in the photos are in great nick. Even selling headshot for petfood is better than waste.
Rounded up / trapped they can be sold on TM alive. A mate sells pigs, lambs, chooks and ducks with buyers arriving in vans etc tying them up and taking them away, including a big ram that escaped inside the van and caused some erratic driving

Having seen how these animals end up at the end of their van ride I'd do them a favor and just shoot them to waste.

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Having seen how these animals end up at the end of their van ride I'd do them a favor and just shoot them to waste.

I was about to post that same statement Ryan. Definite animal welfare issues with some buyers.
Wounding with a 22 would probably be more humane in some cases.

Originally Posted by 7mmwsm

I was about to post that same statement Ryan. Definite animal welfare issues with some buyers.
Wounding with a 22 would probably be more humane in some cases.

Banned the Nepalese guys from buying goats and butchering them at home on our farm until they could prove they could sharpen a knife or get a firearms license. Also used to work for an outfit in Canterbury that gave all us farm managers a couple of beasts a season to butcher and share among the staff, we all used the local home kill guy except the one fella that was from Egypt as he had to yell and scream and spill the blood of the animal towards Mecca or some shit and they allowed him to do it himself. I was nearby when he did this one time and the bellowing from the animal and the screaming and general fucking shitshow of an operation made me sick to my stomach. MPI were notified ( along with a raft of other shit that big corporate were up to...)

If you can send them (alive) to Wainui Auckland, I'm keen I'll buy them.
pm me if you are keen.

Originally Posted by Snap 4T

If you can send them (alive) to Wainui Auckland, I'm keen I'll buy them.
pm me if you are keen.

Hmm, to be fair we were wanting to get rid of the billies as we have got a kiko meat buck to put over the nannys so not many people will take the bucks, that's why we send to the works!

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Sounds like its time for a forum hunt.
On a side note .223 will kill much much better

If you use a .22 up close, they will get wise pretty much immediately and you will not be able to get within shootingvrange. A .223 will sort that for you. This is an excellent example of a semi-auto centrefire being the correct tool for the job. Regrettably those days are behind us!

Talk about a drool picture….. .22 in the head works. .223 works betterer. When doing goat control on a property a few years ago I’d shoot with .22 first when quiet n mobbed up then to bigger cal when further out. Was reasonably competent shooter by this stage though.

Potential opportunity to shoot for petfood, especially the handy ones.


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Remember reading an article in a shooting mag quite a while back written buy a culler. He used to use a la 22mag for goats..