Tips for hunting feral dogs.

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Re: Tips for hunting feral dogs.

Post by RoginaJack » 31 Jan 2018, 10:55 am

That's a fat little feral...good pasture.
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Re: Tips for hunting feral dogs.

Post by Oldbloke » 31 Jan 2018, 11:40 am

So when it hit, the projectile was about the same velocity of a 22win mag at the muzzle.
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Re: Tips for hunting feral dogs.

Post by Kelsey Cooter » 31 Jan 2018, 12:11 pm

Oldbloke wrote:That's 411 yards. Here is the results of a quick calculation on the Hornady Ballistics calculator assuming 3000fps.

Blitzking.JPG



Thats a great graph thanks for that, i see on the osa website they say 3200fps, I'm not sure exactly what speed they do out of my 22" howa.

Would you of expected an exit hole? Must of just avoided every bone aye?
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Re: Tips for hunting feral dogs.

Post by Gamerancher » 31 Jan 2018, 12:28 pm

Yes, there is a big "hollow" cavity in there. :lol:
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Re: Tips for hunting feral dogs.

Post by sungazer » 31 Jan 2018, 12:53 pm

I have measured the OSA / ADI 55 gr Game King and Blitz King out of a 24in Howa at 3115 fps. One is head stamped OSA and the other ADI not sure which without looking again, just found it strange.
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Post by Kelsey Cooter » 31 Jan 2018, 1:28 pm

[quote="Gamerancher"]So he had to aim 30" high ( presuming the 150yd zero ), unless he had a 400yd dial in.

Yeah mate iv got mine set 1" high at 100m, it felt pretty wrong holding the crosshairs that high above him. I had estimated that i wanted to hold it about half a meter above him, as I said before, it was more ass then class
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Post by Gamerancher » 31 Jan 2018, 3:22 pm

I ran my 5.6 x 50 mag with 55gr bullets @ 3300 f/s sighted 1.5" high at 100m for a 225m zero and it would drop 5" at 300m and be 18" low at 400 with about 500ft/lb of energy left. Sighting in that bit higher can give a handy increase in usable distance.
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Re: Tips for hunting feral dogs.

Post by Member-Deleted » 31 Jan 2018, 9:23 pm

First time out for awhile and nailed this one , was a young bitch one of the mob I've been chasing for awhile :thumbsup:
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Re: Tips for hunting feral dogs.

Post by Daddybang » 01 Feb 2018, 7:35 am

Again she's healthy lookin granddad they must be getting a good feed down there! :thumbsup: :drinks:
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Re: Tips for hunting feral dogs.

Post by Oldbloke » 01 Feb 2018, 8:48 am

grandadbushy wrote:First time out for awhile and nailed this one , was a young bitch one of the mob I've been chasing for awhile :thumbsup:


7mm or 22-250? And how are the knees coming along?
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Re: Tips for hunting feral dogs.

Post by RoginaJack » 01 Feb 2018, 10:05 am

Grandadbushy, great to see the future breeders culled, looks healthy too.
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Post by Member-Deleted » 01 Feb 2018, 2:13 pm

Yeah she was healthy and quiet , got to within 150 or so mtrs shot with 22-250 would have been nice to try the 7mm mag
out but was in a hurry to get down to it as the farmer was keeping a eye on her while she was keeping an eye on his chooks
Yeah Oldbloke mechanically both knees are ok but the 190mm clot behind the right knee is giving me some
grief pain, swelling and such but other than that alls good can't walk far so most of my shooting will be from the ute
for awhile to come but that's the way life is just keep throwing one leg in front of the other and carry on

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Re: Tips for hunting feral dogs.

Post by Member-Deleted » 01 Feb 2018, 2:26 pm

Not wrong Daddybang this has been a top year for dogs to breed, enough rain for them to spread out and with
seasons like this all of their prey will be in good breeding mode
I saw tracks of a bitch already with pups so I suppose they are gearing up for a big season this year having early pups
bit different to a full blood dingo
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Re: Tips for hunting feral dogs.

Post by RoginaJack » 01 Feb 2018, 2:55 pm

Holy Dooley GDB, pups already. I'm looking forward to getting out too after eye surgery later this month and a bit cooler weather.
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Re: Tips for hunting feral dogs.

Post by Daddybang » 01 Feb 2018, 3:50 pm

grandadbushy wrote:Not wrong Daddybang this has been a top year for dogs to breed, enough rain for them to spread out and with
seasons like this all of their prey will be in good breeding mode
I saw tracks of a bitch already with pups so I suppose they are gearing up for a big season this year having early pups
bit different to a full blood dingo
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Funny ya should say that granddad I found some tracks coming in from the state forest towards my dam this morning. They weren't big tracks but they were fairly deep for the size so maybe a bitch carrying a bit of extra weight. Couple of long nights sitting on the fence line coming up! :lol: :drinks:
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Re: Tips for hunting feral dogs.

Post by Member-Deleted » 01 Feb 2018, 5:24 pm

Hope all goes well with your surgery RoginaJack also hope things aren't too bad with the eye
Its always good to look towards the next season isn't it dogs a plenty :thumbsup:

Yeah Daddybang get her early as they get pretty ravenous from here on in then feeding the pups
they will kill anything as you know

Geez I wish our local council would put a bounty on them they took it off about 20 years ago and never
put it back on

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Re: Tips for hunting feral dogs.

Post by RoginaJack » 01 Feb 2018, 7:42 pm

Thanks granddadbushy, should be a walk in the park, so to speak.!
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Re: Tips for hunting feral dogs.

Post by Smiley » 03 Feb 2018, 7:57 am

RoginaJack wrote:
Smiley wrote:Does anyone here use a FoxPro Inferno for dogs? I'm thinking of getting one but not sure how effective all those US calls are on Aussie game.


I've got the "Wildfire" and found some of the US calls on it not much use at all, like the Deer, Bear etc. The bird calls are good as is the wolf and some coyote. The group coyote calls I'm not too keen on and I've also downloaded a few farmyard animal calls as well.
FoxBusters have a great bird call and works well for cats, foxes and dogs.
In my area there is no deer so these might work elsewhere.
I find that the call can be set up upwind and away from your hide and this helps keep the dogs and foxes and cats attention on the call and away from you.
I also find that a fox whistle works well too.
The calls are not cheap but if your getting a bounty that'll help - none over here.
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Where do you download other sounds from?
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Re: Tips for hunting feral dogs.

Post by RoginaJack » 03 Feb 2018, 12:03 pm

Yo Smiley, :) There are a few freebies on the FoxPro site, plus Foxbusters site (the secret weapon), also SFX sounds, just have to look for .FXP, .mp3 & .wav files (suites mine). There are other sites as well and a quick internet search should work.
I've got pigs (actually calls up pigs too), cats, cattle, sheep, chooks, dogs etc., depends on what's around the property where you are hunting and gives me a wide choice.
I like to vary the sounds, not get stuck on the same selections in the same area.
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Re: Tips for hunting feral dogs.

Post by Oldbloke » 03 Feb 2018, 12:36 pm

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Re: Tips for hunting feral dogs.

Post by RoginaJack » 03 Feb 2018, 2:36 pm

Yeah "Oldbloke" thanks.

I had a property that the foxes were giving the chooks a work out and tried out a few chook calls - young-hen-yelps and lost-hen; drove Brer Fox nuts!

And that's the problem, the chip holds up to 200 sounds, so I tend add or delete sounds just depending on where I am and what I'm hunting.

That's a drawback on the FoxPro TX9 remote control; have to scroll through all the sounds, can't key in the sound number and go straight to it....
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Re: Tips for hunting feral dogs.

Post by Oldbloke » 03 Feb 2018, 3:11 pm

Yeah, I don't have one. Just a few standard whistles. Got one on a duck caller once. :lol:
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