AusTac wrote:I dunno what a cocky is but you did the right thing nothing worse than breaking the trust of someone who's nice enough to let you on their property
brinny wrote:I was down at Simpson for my annual pilgramidge on the foxes, and came across this big fella....
https://i.imgur.com/ItwhYpx.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/3vzNCbG.jpg
Now the reason i ask who would pull the trigger on him is simple....i headed out early in the morning to see if i could whistle a critter up for a bit of daylight action, and this big critter was out wandering about....When i got down there the cocky said to me if i see any deer in my travels....DONT SHOOT THEM, as i like seeing them about....no worries i said........I have been going to this property for some 35 years, and the cocky only lets me on, and even though i am a deer hunter also, i was stuffed if i was going to break the trust of the cocky for the sake of the stag...and a damn good one at that....So i settled for taking some pics through the scope and let him be....If the circumstances had of been different, he would have been on the deck....Thems the breaks.......I will be back there on the foxes this year again......
brinny wrote:I was down at Simpson for my annual pilgramidge on the foxes, and came across this big fella....
https://i.imgur.com/ItwhYpx.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/3vzNCbG.jpg
Now the reason i ask who would pull the trigger on him is simple....i headed out early in the morning to see if i could whistle a critter up for a bit of daylight action, and this big critter was out wandering about....When i got down there the cocky said to me if i see any deer in my travels....DONT SHOOT THEM, as i like seeing them about....no worries i said........I have been going to this property for some 35 years, and the cocky only lets me on, and even though i am a deer hunter also, i was stuffed if i was going to break the trust of the cocky for the sake of the stag...and a damn good one at that....So i settled for taking some pics through the scope and let him be....If the circumstances had of been different, he would have been on the deck....Thems the breaks.......I will be back there on the foxes this year again......
Oldbloke wrote:Yeah. Austac is a young bloke. "lol"
AusTac wrote:I dunno what a cocky is but you did the right thing nothing worse than breaking the trust of someone who's nice enough to let you on their property
Tripod wrote:Aren't they in velvet atm?
Oldbloke wrote:Yeah. Austac is a young bloke. "lol"
Rikta wrote:AusTac wrote:I dunno what a cocky is but you did the right thing nothing worse than breaking the trust of someone who's nice enough to let you on their property
Cant be aussie.... simply astounding
YoungBuck wrote:Though to be honest, I haven't heard of that term for a farmer either and I grew up in the bloody country!
Stix wrote:Hi brinny...
If you'd have done anything else it would have been wrong...!!!
Its so important to respect the landowners...!!!
Even if you inadvertantly make the wrong call...
I cull foxes for a dairy farmer & he doesnt want the cats shot as they keep the mice down around the dairy...
One night i was spotlighting on foot around a scrub block nearly a km from the dairy & i followed a feral cat for 10 mins, i rekon i took up tension on the trigger atleast 5 times, finally deciding to not shoot the cat--even though the farmer would never know...
I told the farmer the story next morning of forcing myself to let this feral cat live--i couldnt believe it when he said i should have shot the effin thing if it was that far from the dairy...!!!
We both had a laugh, & from then on i had free access to both his properties...i also have permission to bowl over any cat further than 500m from the dairy...!
Its the trigger happy people who DONT respect the landowners & cannot refrain from a kill on a lean/ non eventful hunt, that make it hard for us good guys...!!!
Good on you...!
Sawyers wrote:I nearly shot our cat about 3 weeks ago, the little ****** was about 300m from our house, I only pulled up because I seen a flash white and realised it was ours
Corn wrote:Sawyers wrote:I nearly shot our cat about 3 weeks ago, the little ****** was about 300m from our house, I only pulled up because I seen a flash white and realised it was ours
I cannot imagine how hard it would be trying to explain that to the wife & kids (assuming there is a wife & kid(s))
Sawyers wrote:I nearly shot our cat about 3 weeks ago, the little ****** was about 300m from our house, I only pulled up because I seen a flash white and realised it was ours