Tips for hunting feral dogs.

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Re: Tips for hunting feral dogs.

Post by sungazer » 29 Dec 2017, 12:17 am

Yeah we get the odd one that runs off from piggers. They are not always very well trained, just throw in at the deep end for a fight. No wonder they dont come back.
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Re: Tips for hunting feral dogs.

Post by Member-Deleted » 29 Dec 2017, 8:28 am

Yeah sungazer we have had a problems closer to the city of wanna be piggers pinching dogs that look any good for pigging
take them out if they don't hang they leave them out there on the property or the main road :thumbsdown:
a lot of pigging up here can be done by driving along the roads just drop the dogs out when you come across pigs
When I was pigging with dogs I bred my own then you could get to good hangers by crossing good hangers it was no
trouble getting rid of the extra pups because the people knew your dogs and would wait for the litter to arrive
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Re: Tips for hunting feral dogs.

Post by Oldbloke » 14 Jan 2018, 2:44 pm

From another unrelated forum.


Had a friend visit from out near Thargomindah the other day and he was telling me how bad the wild dogs are out that way. Told me how he mostly traps them nowdays rather than shooting (as in pic) and uses diesel as an attractant...sprinkles diesel around the trap site after it has been set and buried. Was also saying that the dingoes will lick the diesel soaked dirt off grader fuel tanks and reckons it's the sulfur in diesel they go for.

So there you go, another use for diesel.



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Re: Tips for hunting feral dogs.

Post by Member-Deleted » 14 Jan 2018, 9:53 pm

Well there you go Oldbloke no wonder so much fuel goes missing out west the wild dogs are drinking it :lol:
although the dogs should be easy to get just drive along the road and shoot the ones that have run out of fuel :lol: :silent:
On a serious note though there could be something in that because one of the old doggers up here used diesel to
cover his scent at a bait he just had a little spray bottle I think it was a ladies scent bottle
Don't worry about the old wild dog he will adapt to anything mankind can come up with, He has so far to the point
a bitch will train her pups not to touch a bait

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Re: Tips for hunting feral dogs.

Post by Lumbajak » 15 Jan 2018, 1:53 pm

How do you fellas rate 223 on dogs? Particularly in the 150-300 yard range. Enough grunt or go the 22 250?

And No 6mm if I want that I’ll go better at 6.5.
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Re: Tips for hunting feral dogs.

Post by Oldbloke » 15 Jan 2018, 2:52 pm

Lumbajak wrote:How do you fellas rate 223 on dogs? Particularly in the 150-300 yard range. Enough grunt or go the 22 250?

And No 6mm if I want that I’ll go better at 6.5.


This has been discussed just recently.

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Re: Tips for hunting feral dogs.

Post by Lumbajak » 15 Jan 2018, 3:33 pm

:drinks: Thanks old bloke.
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Re: Tips for hunting feral dogs.

Post by Stix » 15 Jan 2018, 5:35 pm

Lumbajak wrote:How do you fellas rate 223 on dogs? Particularly in the 150-300 yard range. Enough grunt or go the 22 250?

And No 6mm if I want that I’ll go better at 6.5.


If not .243, go 22-250 out that far...
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Post by Smiley » 30 Jan 2018, 6:39 pm

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.
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Post by RoginaJack » 30 Jan 2018, 8:28 pm

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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Re: Tips for hunting feral dogs.

Post by RoginaJack » 30 Jan 2018, 8:35 pm

Lumbajak wrote:How do you fellas rate 223 on dogs? Particularly in the 150-300 yard range. Enough grunt or go the 22 250?

And No 6mm if I want that I’ll go better at 6.5.


I wouldn't worry about a 22-250; Got the Tikka 6.5mm, use it; my mate uses a 270win and reckons anything under is too small and just asking to get bit!

Mines a 243w with 75gr Speer H.P., works very well. so the 6.5mm should have something around that weight etc.... ;)
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Re: Tips for hunting feral dogs.

Post by Kelsey Cooter » 31 Jan 2018, 7:25 am

Got 2 dogs with the 223 last week actually. This one was the longest kill with my 223 that I've measured, 376metres
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Re: Tips for hunting feral dogs.

Post by Daddybang » 31 Jan 2018, 7:31 am

That's nice work with a .223! :drinks:
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Re: Tips for hunting feral dogs.

Post by Oldbloke » 31 Jan 2018, 8:20 am

Wow, 376 mtrs is a long way. Where did you hit him and what was the load? Was it a bang flop?
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Post by Kelsey Cooter » 31 Jan 2018, 9:06 am

Oldbloke wrote:Wow, 376 mtrs is a long way. Where did you hit him and what was the load? Was it a bang flop?


It was actually with a OSA 55gr seirra blitzking. I was out shooting the small aninals that eat sugar cane, and well and truely didnt expect to have to take that kind of shot at a dog, but he saw me as i saw him so i had no choice.

Mmm wasnt exactly a bang flop. He hit the ground where i shot him, but bucked around on the ground a fair while. Where I've circled is where it hit, then the large patch of blood on his chest is where part of the bullet left, i never would of thought it would make it all the way through at that distance. Well and truely more ass then class.
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Post by Oldbloke » 31 Jan 2018, 9:33 am

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

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Re: Tips for hunting feral dogs.

Post by Gamerancher » 31 Jan 2018, 9:54 am

So he had to aim 30" high ( presuming the 150yd zero ), unless he had a 400yd dial in.
Quite do-able if you know your rifle, an excellent shot if it was a hold-over situation. :thumbsup:
It's when someone tells me that they shot something @ x- long range with their favorite "loudenboomer" that is zeroed "at 100", then tell you they just aimed straight at it, that's when I reach for the salt bowl. :roll:
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Re: Tips for hunting feral dogs.

Post by Oldbloke » 31 Jan 2018, 10:10 am

Yeah, I'm impressed. Well done. That tells me I should be confident in taking a 250yard shot with my 223.
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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.

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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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Re: Tips for hunting feral dogs.

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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Re: Tips for hunting feral dogs.

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?
Going out to check a new bit of SF myself soon. But running late, a flat battery in the ute has delayed me. Sheesh.
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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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Re: Tips for hunting feral dogs.

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
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