Hunting the "new" property

Varminting and vertebrate pest control. Small game, hunting feral goats, foxes, dogs, cats, rabbits etc.

Re: Hunting the "new" property

Post by Member-Deleted » 07 May 2019, 11:23 am

Yes its worth a try DJ I get them all hours through the day up here but that's mainly because they come in to the harvesters while they are working else where I've found morning and afternoon best ,I usually start just before daylight till 9am and then 3pm till whenever you decide or dark
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Re: Hunting the "new" property

Post by Die Judicii » 05 Aug 2019, 2:22 pm

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Froze my butt off last night.
Spent 10 hours starting late afternoon till the wee small hours.

No pigs seen at all,
I did see a lone feral dog, but it was about 350 meters distant, and on the other side of the boundary fence.
It was totally alone, and a very small/young one.

All I managed to get was a hare that was also in poor condition (drought)
I'm sure all of you have heard of the "pink mist", well in this case it was a "white hot mist"
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Re: Hunting the "new" property

Post by Blr243 » 05 Aug 2019, 6:36 pm

While staking out on my last place a couple of days ago I started to give some thought as to how I could deal with the cold better. I don’t mean an elaborate set up like dies but there is room for improvement. I sit in a deck chair that faces one way . But I can only do that for so long. There is a strong tendency for me to want to put down the binos and crawl into the swag with my dog. And after ten minutes it becomes hard to leave that swag. The neighbours place where I had no access, the place I used to just drool over , the same place that I counted 95 pigs one night when I scanned from extreme right to extreme left across one paddock. There are actually other paddocks beside the first one. And they all back onto the thick. This afternoon I found out that I now have access to the neighbours. I’m stoked. Not even a kick in the nuts could wipe the smile from my face at the moment. Does anyone have an ar15 I can borrow? I have worked hard for years in poor locations so now it’s time to enjoy. So now that I have more dirt to play with I gotta get comfortable and warm somehow. I want a rotating seat mounted to the racks on the top of my hilux. And any easy access ladder as well ... music, and a coffee machine
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Re: Hunting the "new" property

Post by Die Judicii » 05 Aug 2019, 7:57 pm

As for the cold,,,,,,,,,
I'm thinking of going back to what I used to do as a teenager riding motorbikes in cold wet weather.

I'm gonna get me a 2nd hand wet suit.

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Re: Hunting the "new" property

Post by Oldbloke » 05 Aug 2019, 9:11 pm

Die Judicii wrote:As for the cold,,,,,,,,,
I'm thinking of going back to what I used to do as a teenager riding motorbikes in cold wet weather.

I'm gonna get me a 2nd hand wet suit.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:


Whats wrong with thermals and a couple of T shirts. Its all about extra layers.
Believe it or not, ive used pantyhose :thumbsup:
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Re: Hunting the "new" property

Post by Die Judicii » 05 Aug 2019, 10:00 pm

Oldbloke wrote:
Die Judicii wrote:As for the cold,,,,,,,,,
I'm thinking of going back to what I used to do as a teenager riding motorbikes in cold wet weather.

I'm gonna get me a 2nd hand wet suit.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:


Whats wrong with thermals and a couple of T shirts. Its all about extra layers.
Believe it or not, ive used pantyhose :thumbsup:


I beg to differ at this time of the year.
Just lately, I wear 2 trousers, + a long sleeve T shirt, + a long sleeve shirt, + a micro fleece vest, + micro fleece hooded jacket, + shooting mitts.

By the time all that gear is on movement is a bit restricted,,,, but sitting still for 5 or 6 hours in 1 or 2 degrees plus sometimes a breeze,, the chill still gets to ya.
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Re: Hunting the "new" property

Post by Die Judicii » 19 Aug 2019, 10:42 am

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Well, I've just started going back and chasing the dogs and pigs again after a bit of a break.
Things are still very quiet, with no sightings of either dogs or pigs.
Last night I thought things were gonna get good again as I heard a dog howling not all that far distant,,,,,
But nothing more.
After a 10 hour occupation, I did manage to get this fox.
He was young and small, but he's been in a good paddock.
Damm fat and healthy.
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Re: Hunting the "new" property

Post by Oldbloke » 19 Aug 2019, 1:58 pm

Sure it isnt a pig? As fat as. :lol:
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Re: Hunting the "new" property

Post by Member-Deleted » 19 Aug 2019, 6:24 pm

He's in good nick alright good fur as well
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