Hoptoit

Don't worry we have fog. It'll just blank out and you may as well go home. Some guys here use thermal but I've never really got in to it, expense partly. I run a 100 watt HID with a 4300k bulb which is close to halogen light colouring. Roos will bolt after one shot here with thermal whereas I can take multiple targets under light. I'm sure other places the roos may behave differently with less disturbance by poachers out in the backblocks. The main thing is I don't seem to have a problem filling up my ute with my system as it is.

Hi Guys, I thought this might be of interest to some of you. In order to access areas for kangaroo and rabbit shooting I used to set up quad bikes with roll cages and rifle rests. The main gun (223) would be in a holder on the shooting rest with the barrel held by a hole in the front section. This meant you could just pull the gun back a foot then slide it on to the rest for a shot. Very effective unit. My record on roos was 10 head shots in 60 seconds including a magazine reload. This unit will spin on a dime so you can be in position in seconds.

I know, I castigated that Queenslander severely for his perversion and tropic induced delusions. It's all the sunlight you see. They're all a little bit cooked not like us in the southern half who have to endure 20 degree days in winter frozen solid. Mind you I did live in a town called Collie during some of my formative years. It would get down to minus 2 at night during winter but you were guaranteed a sunny day. Nights were cold for spotlighting though. I did have one roo shooting trip where it got to minus 5 in the valley while I was riding around on the quad bike trying to earn a living.

Not yet but they are expected. An old timer from Queensland once told me a spray bottle full of Dettol knocks them over but his 410 was much more fun. Is it bad that I'm kinda hoping that one day my little HR 410, you know.........

Yeah it's a job and a half. We have native animal populations affected severely by the imports so we battle with purpose. It's a constant fight between pigeons and native birds for nesting sites even. Foxes and feral cats kill everything they can and rabbits don't get me started. We have Mixie occurring as it feels like it and Calici is put out there but most populations are resistant now. Along with that the kangaroo population builds up to a point where they start starving to death during summer. People don't believe it when you tell them kangaroos actually do hop down the street in suburbia around here. We also have a huge amount of feral pigs in the area. Some places have been populated by moron pig hunters with no regard for the environment. So yeah busy times cleaning up and keeping balance.

You are truly a man Kemusabe when you can suck the TimTam and have no chocolate on your fingers

Thank you 🙂

I'm in the Mandurah area of Western Australia. Great place to live, awesome fishing and full of pigeons, foxes, pigs, roos and bunnies

We bite the ends off the timtams then suck your tea through it🤣

Most if not all of my pigeon shooting is done with an air rifle around buildings and reserve. I'm loving the Z Vision red light for pigeons at night. Great for foxes and bunnies too.

Greetings from Australia to all you pigeon puffers, squirrel squiffers, fox fluffers, bunny bashers and assorted bird and rodent botherers! I'm an animal control contractor and pro shooter here in Oz where we regularly have to deal with some of the less popular English imports like rabbits, pigeons and foxes. I look forward to learning some new tricks and reading your stories. Where I can I'll add in for the for the general edification of all. Have a great day Hoptoit