Thread: Possum accidental hunt

We took Candace our whippet on a family camping trip. She was great keeping the kids interested and motivated, residual after my eldest and I went looking for a fishing spot. Candace tagged along, and was doing her regular investigating when suddenly she barked and took off. She had treed a small possum. My son obligingly climbed the tree and poked it out for her.
Down it came into the river, and managed to shoot into a hole under the bank. In she went and that was that.

That gave her the bug. The next day she was out exploring with the kids and she found a hole. Candace 2, possums nil. She's a cracker of a dog. No good for deer, but what a great little hunter she is.


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If that dogs going near Kiwi country, recommend you enroll it for kiwi aversion training ASAP.

Originally Posted by trapperjohn

If that dogs going near Kiwi country, recommend you enroll it for kiwi aversion training ASAP.

totally agree - can you stop her --most important that you are able to get her off something you don't want her to go for - chooks seagulls sheep etc

On a positive note....if you pluck said possum before she has scragged it.its actually quite viable way to hunt them and make good coin. Find place where you allowed to do so and as others have said....keep control of WHAT she is targeting. Treed coins with .22lr are a lot of fun and a wee .410 is very very safe way to get kids actually hitting something properly.warning,that becomes addictive and you might find electronic devices are second choice to possuming.