John Gryphon
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as the ad says " It is not uncommon to see deer in abundance, wild pigs, kangaroos and magnificent birdlife, and even the odd platypus playing in the river."
700 acres
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Jim Hutton
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Pity it’s so far away. I wonder how much they want for it?
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John Gryphon
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Not sure "wild pigs" is exactly a desirable attribute
The ad was posted as as " Geezus,that be a good place to have some fun on" Are you a hunter? Do you hunt any and everything?
I would hate to own a boring 700 acres of vermin free wheat field with nothing on it except for a skylark. Personally give me a joint with a challenge away from the hum drum of watching a skylark fluttering and two nematodes ****ing.
There is no mention of dingoes/wild dogs in the ad either and there would be plenty there too.
Imagine yourself as the squatter sneaking along on your horse (obligatory lol) and spotting (or swatting) a few deer....or doing your trapline and having a couple of dogs in the bracelets...you hoo, feeling good, now off back home with a full sack to date with the missus lol.
Or lamenting the weeds in the wheat crop in East Anglia,what joint would be more enticing to a bloke with the blood of a hunter in his veins?
Sort of gets down to...wheat? Do I take my hoe?
Gonna run my trapline, do I take the .22 to shoot a dog in a trap or do i take my 7mm in case of a stag or a big bad tempered boar?
Fuuuck it,I`ll take both lol.
Wouldn't consider myself a hunter in the traditional sense. Just feral/vermin control. Cat, dog, fox, kangaroo, goat, donkey, camel and scrub bull. The usual to keep a place tidy.
Me too. Half a million provided a bit of variety though.
Not good for livestock, but don't wreak havoc on the environment like pigs do.
Poking along in my ute "swatting" a few ferals along the way was not a "yoo hoo" moment for me I'm afraid. Actually, had better things to do, but it goes with the territory and has to be done. No particular good feeling about it. Feral cats the exception.
While I'm driving a 400k mill run (and possibly checking traps on the way), whether it a cat or camel, it gets shot with whatever is on the dash at the time, as 2 rifles in the cab is a pain in the arse. Possibly why I chuckle at all the " suitable calibre" posts.
As an aside, since we use strychnine on traps over here, if you have to shoot a dog in a trap it is probably because you have effed up the set.
Back to pigs. They are true vermin and I'll back the environment any day over the ability for someone to get their jollys shooting a pig. Not that challenging anyway. I would prefer to see the platypus in the creek than a mob of worm riddled ferals in a wallow, which is what they will turn it into.
John Gryphon
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No poison jawed traps are used/legal in Victoria, in fact I think WA is the only place that ok`s it.
As an aside...taking a .22 for trapped dogs is better than getting a sack of blown dog with a centre fire. Up until recently we scalped for $120 per scalp... nose to tail tip in one continuous strip,every full trap is a winner,thus the yoo hoo and another calf killer done and dusted. I will say that its much nicer to scalp a .22 shot dog thus two rifles in the vehicle and on the other side a .22 is useless for a Sambar stag. No clues as to which one was shot with a .22 below.
The two rifles in a slow old Kubota sat nicely,no bother at all doing morning trap lines. Bucket of "goodies" for traps on the floor. Pup on left was hammered by a snake at10 months of age. He was gonna be my next best thing and by the time he died he had been exposed to just about everything that a hunting dog wants.I still lament the day he was struck.
Not 100%, but I think Queensland only recently banned it but is still allowed in SA and the NT.
Definitely a .22 is the best option for a dog in a trap or a roo thats beaten itself senseless in a goat/sheep trapyard etc, but sometimes beggars can't be choosers.
Locally we have $100.00 for a dog. Two ears with connecting skull strip + tail.
Toyota weren't thinking about rifles when they laid out the 79 series cab.
Snakes and baits are the reason I wouldn't even have a house dog on the station.
NewForester
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Looks lovely. Is it far from you, John?
its a long way from anything
John Gryphon
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HOURS!
John Gryphon
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Not as far as LA from London.
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