SA Bow Hunting Inquiry.

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SA Bow Hunting Inquiry.

Post by Oldbloke » 27 Mar 2021, 6:16 am

Bow hunting in SA is now under threat.

http://www.sportingshooter.com.au/lates ... bowhunting
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Post by bigpete » 27 Mar 2021, 10:14 am

You can thank the likes of Zac Slattery ( Williams ) for this s**t
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Post by on_one_wheel » 27 Mar 2021, 4:58 pm

Excuse my ignorance, but dod Zack actually do anything wrong?

My quick google search found very little other than his details were pasted online and every animal liberationists wanted to kill him.
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Post by bigpete » 27 Mar 2021, 7:07 pm

He sought out an interview with a TV show,then proceeded to shoot a feral cat with a rabbit blunt only to have it run around on camera with a frigging arrow hanging out of its head. He's also well known amongst the bow hunting fraternity to visit national parks and such....for wildlife photography...
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Post by Oldbloke » 27 Mar 2021, 8:06 pm

Sorry for my ignorance.
What is a "rabbit blunt"?
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Post by on_one_wheel » 27 Mar 2021, 9:48 pm

bigpete wrote:He sought out an interview with a TV show,then proceeded to shoot a feral cat with a rabbit blunt only to have it run around on camera with a frigging arrow hanging out of its head. He's also well known amongst the bow hunting fraternity to visit national parks and such....for wildlife photography...


Giving a cat a facial piercing on tv definitely wasn't a great PR move.
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Post by Ziege » 27 Mar 2021, 11:01 pm

poor old zack, thats going back a fair way now tho, what was that like 2012?


he was prolific on shooting feral cats, and yes I often suspected some of his shots were from national park areas, but in my opinion someone bowhunting a nationally declared destructive pest like a cat even in national parks, should be financially rewarded not harassed or penalized.
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Post by Ziege » 27 Mar 2021, 11:02 pm

Oldbloke wrote:Sorry for my ignorance.
What is a "rabbit blunt"?


a blunt used for rabbit.
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Post by Oldbloke » 28 Mar 2021, 4:20 am

A blunt arrow? No broad head? Ok. I've seen them.
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Post by BenniBoiBlep » 14 Jan 2022, 12:18 pm

Does anyone know what ended up happening with this one?
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Post by on_one_wheel » 14 Jan 2022, 3:25 pm

BenniBoiBlep wrote:Does anyone know what ended up happening with this one?


I couldn't find anything on the net... perhaps the animal liberation movement and the cat lovers forget about him and he learned his lessons about posting publicly and using proper hunting heads?
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Post by BenniBoiBlep » 14 Jan 2022, 4:21 pm

on_one_wheel wrote:
BenniBoiBlep wrote:Does anyone know what ended up happening with this one?


I couldn't find anything on the net... perhaps the animal liberation movement and the cat lovers forget about him and he learned his lessons about posting publicly and using proper hunting heads?


We can only hope. The Greens stunt to ban duck hunting seems to have dropped off the radar too. After a state election all bills that haven't been read (it's heaps far down the list) in the houses are essentially forgotten about. They can submit a new one after the election if they are keen enough but it would go back to the end of the list.
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Post by Border_Bloke » 22 Jan 2022, 9:06 am

Oldbloke wrote:A blunt arrow? No broad head? Ok. I've seen them.


https://www.abbeyarchery.com.au/p/MAB533/Abbey+Screw+In+Rubber+Blunt+3pk.html

The idea is that the shock from the blunt tip will kill the bunny faster than bleeding out, although the last few I’ve shot have gone straight through. Some (“judo heads”) have wire arms on them to catch long grass so you don’t lose the arrow.

https://www.hoddywell.com.au/small-game-arrow-blunt-judo-head

In the 1980’s we used to put an empty 38 special case over a wooden arrow to achieve the same result.
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Post by bigpete » 22 Jan 2022, 9:45 am

I still do use 357 shells on woods....although personally, after 1000 or so bunnies,I'd say nothing kills them quicker than a broadhead
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Post by Border_Bloke » 26 Jan 2022, 3:13 pm

bigpete wrote:….I'd say nothing kills them quicker than a broadhead


I agree, although always keep a bunny blunt or 2 in my quiver when when I’m chasing deer as I don’t want to lose a $45 broadhead and $20 arrow in long grass or blunt or otherwise mess up a broadhead in dirt.
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Post by bigpete » 26 Jan 2022, 3:46 pm

Border_Bloke wrote:
bigpete wrote:….I'd say nothing kills them quicker than a broadhead


I agree, although always keep a bunny blunt or 2 in my quiver when when I’m chasing deer as I don’t want to lose a $45 broadhead and $20 arrow in long grass or blunt or otherwise mess up a broadhead in dirt.


You're crazy spending that much lol
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Post by Border_Bloke » 26 Jan 2022, 5:51 pm

Sorry, the broadheads I use are $45 for 3.
Arrows are still $20.

But you usually get them back.
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Post by bigpete » 26 Jan 2022, 6:56 pm

Border_Bloke wrote:Sorry, the broadheads I use are $45 for 3.
Arrows are still $20.

But you usually get them back.


Thats still bloody expensive. I reckon all up mine cost between 10 and 15 bucks all up.
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