On a more serious note, if Pigs are such a problem, I cant imagine why folks down there do not offer "Guided Hunts" Its big money in the States. I would love to come down and get a couple. Just bought a brand new .17wmr Ruger with Scope and would love to see how it works at a couple hundred yards.
Nothing better than a Pig on the Barbie......(Im sure someone will cap on that last line)

I know we are digressing, but:

The worst environmental problem the Northern territory faces is the slow march of the introduced Cane Toad into Kakadu National Park.
Cane toads themselves were a biological control introduced into Queensland in 1935 against beetle grubs that were affecting sugar cane crops. The toads did not control the grubs, but have since flourished and extended their range throughout much of Queensland and the Northern Territory. The fauna think they are a local frog, eat them and die from the poison. (Each cane toad can easily kill a croc.)
The Australian government have effectively done nothing about it. :mad:
If our overseas PPrune friends want to see the World Heritage Listed Kakadu National Park as featured on Croc Dundee, I suggest you start packing. It won’t be around much longer.

http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s262763.htm

A different perspective...
 

Hank,

You probably don't get outside the USA much. If you were surrounded by a plague of <whatever>, then you'd be happy to see the pests removed by any means. This festival seems to make an event out of it. Why are fishing tournaments any different or considered more "humane?" To each his own... personally, I find it hilarious (I'm one sick mutha).

Actually, you don't have to go outside the U.S. to see similar activities. There is a town in Ohio that does the annual "turkey drop." Yes, sports fans, that's right... they fly a large living turkey up to about a 1000' inside a Cessna and then they toss it out the door! Tukey's don't have the kind of wings that will allow them to glide, and when they are on the ground they only fly about 20-50' anyway.

What do you think happens to their wings when launched out the door at 100 knots? Since you aren't a tree-hugg'in vegetarian, I wonder if you ever seen how cows are slaughtered? Now that is a site! I guess the packaging makes you a gentleman and puts you above the rest of us Neanderthals.

R2

Guided hunts, helicopter shoots
 

Guided hunts, helicopter shoots - we have both, quite an industry in it. Pick up any shooting magazine in Australia and you'll find pig, deer, cat, goat, water buffalo shooting trip stories. One a year or so ago told the tale of some shooters invited to a farm to help with a "bit of a cat problem", and ended up running out of ammo before they were finished, and not because they missed too often!

Farmers regularly invite shooters to their properties and offer a bounty for pigs or whatever they are having a problem with.

This is a very good thing for the aviation industry in Australia as well, because we have such a large landmass that the best way to get to the more remote places is often by air.

Perhaps this or next year the "pig and pussy hunt" could be combined with a fly-in and cover both communities!

Our wonderful:( British Government ought to take a leaf out of the OZ book regarding hunting. The B-Lair croneys take notice of the tree hugging - animal rights groups, who incidently gave them a large donation last year (funny that :confused: ) in order to facilitate a ban on hunting foxes with hounds in the UK.

Just look what will happen a few years down the line if it went ahead!

B Sousa,

Isn't that calibre just a might small for pigs or boars?

Peter R-B

Donkeys were the best. Just line up on the cross and..AH whats the use trying to explain it. U all reckon its just a substitute for having small d**ks:E

Hank Bobinson The biggest problem with western community in general is that it is so far removed and sanitised from the food chain that it realy hasn't got any idea what is involved in keeping us alive. Mind you the UK have done a bang up job feeding cows and sheep some choice offal over the years and now U get to reap the rewards.

Hank the Yank.
 

Gee Mate...Stone the Bloody Crows.

Last count we musta shot 100 Grand of them Buffs, and another 55 K of them grunters, and they still are as thick as the Greenies down south.

They are both as bad for the country as each udder up here, but just arn't smart enough to understand that.

Get rid of all the stuff that those dills from the Uk and Afganistan brought with em.
But not to quickly as its great for my bank, keeps the kids happy and the woman from nagging me to much.

Selective breeding is the way to go....and I know just where to start.

VFRPilotPB Writes:"B Sousa,

Isn't that calibre just a might small for pigs or boars?

Peter R-B"

Its a new thing thats come onto the market. Yes .17wmr is very small and Pigs are not to be made angry for sure. The bullet is small and the case is similar to a 22 Magnum. The dam thing comes out at 2550 fps. Sweet little gun.... I have done Wild Pigs with 223 Military and good shots work OK. Im sure a backup would be required, but its similar to fishing for Sharks on light tackle. Challenging, with a good prize for the dinner table.
One would think this thread is on a hunting forum.......

Now if it is sport you want, it is too bad we cannot arm the animals and let Darwin sort out the winner..........

Diethelm brings up a good Point. I have heard mention that many folks are alive today as its illegal to kill them.....
Im sure many folks have a long laundry list should their personal Physicians give them some bad news.

Jube dogs
 

In Iran the shepherds bring their sheep to market in the larger towns and cities. The sheep are herded by a group of “sheep dogs.” When the shepherds return to their farms they have no more use for the dogs so they cull out those that they don’t want and they cut the pads on their paws so they cant walk. These dogs eventually breed and soon there are hundreds of them in large packs. They are not vicious and they usually forage in the Jubes (open sewers). Many of the Americans would adopt one or more of these dogs and feed them. The dogs would park themselves outside of the apartment buildings where their benefactors lived.

The Iranians being Moslem feel that dogs are unclean and periodically the police would come around and shoot the dogs.


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Reminds me of my favorite vegetarian recipe. First, catch a vegetarian...

Mr S,

Great link, I don't think I'll get too much serious work done this morning...................

:ok: :ok:

My father and his colleagues were subjected to the incessant noise caused by such a desert dog pup that had been adopted by an Officer in Aden in WWII. The officer initially had kept it in his own block but was told to get rid of it because it howled all night long. He then tied in in the stairwell of the airmens' accommodation.

Unfortunately it suffered a tragic accident. A fire extinguisher fell on it from the top floor in the middle of the night. :suspect:

Mr Selfish, excellent! :}
All this talk about hunting has made me decide to go bush for a few days and hunt some Sika deer after xmas.

Oh Hank .
 

You white fella’s are all the same.

Dem Rabbits and Camels and Buff’s didn’t come from here mate….you musta brought em?
And Birth Control?...great idea mate….in your case mate I would make it retrospective.

Hank Bobinson

Hey Hank buddy,

How do you make a feral cat bark?

Poor a gallon of benzine on it and light and it goes WOOF!:E

Gday all,

If you miss the great "pig and pussy hunt' the West side of Cape York has an absolute abundance of big porkers all year round.

Fly to Cairns then Shrike or TurboCommander your way to Inkerman Station or there abouts and blast away!

Nothing smaller than 308 or 30-06 should be carried in my opinion, it is normally an all close range, shoot like sh!t affair. Lever actions are great for when they come running out of the grass straigt at you!

Cheers,
Merry Xmas,
I'm gone!

I find that my .222 with a well placed shot will do the job on most occasions, but when the range streches a bit I pull out the .300WM and if it gets hit it stays hit.
all the wingers want to get out of the city and have a real look at what some of the introduced species are getting up to. (they should be made to watch a moggy toy with a small animal for an hour or so before it kills it). I was out the nullabour the other day and whilst cleaning out a holding paddock that I had put sheep into the day before, noticed a lot of dead ones lying around. after closer inspection it became apparant tha a pack of wild dogs had been into the mob and killed about thirty odd and left another thirty with a range of wounds that required the sheep to be put down. thingd like lips torn off, muscles in the hip and back area being torn out completely, large gapping stomach wounds with intestines hanging out, Ect. not one single sheep had been eaten. this is mainly a result of bleeding heart city folk dumping dogs that the dont want instead of shooting them. (its seen very regularly out in the areas I work in. us bush folk will destroy an animal rather than dumping it)
I shot Camels, Donkeys, Kangaroos, horses, wild cattle, buffs for a living for quite a number of years, (and actually paid for my pilots licence by doing it)and shot Cats, Foxes, Wild dogs (not Dingoes) and all other forms on nasties, just coz they were there.
And I will continue to do so even though I dont shoot for a living any longer.
I go on a pig and pussy hunt most friday nights at the local. always looking for one and ending up with the other.
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