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Thread ID: 41802 2004-01-22 11:02:00 really OT ......shotgun shells tweak'e (174) Press F1
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209321 2004-01-23 07:15:00 Fill the shells with dripping and let it set,.....you`ll enjoy the result.
A tried and true method.
DD.
dumdum (4965)
209322 2004-01-23 07:16:00 Thanks for the advice Winston001

But my in-house shooter tells me our wasps would just laugh at that.

We breed 'em big at our place.
Laura (43)
209323 2004-01-23 11:08:00 >unfortunatly the local possums are tough little buggers, hitting them with baseball bats or axes just annoys them

ROTFLMAO!!!

me and my m8 tried to see how many pieces we could get a possum into.

using claybird shots we managed about 742 pieces average. lol
hamstar (4)
209324 2004-01-23 12:57:00 Time to acknowledge here the feller who did 4 thousand posts.

I did that in another post.

Others may wish to add their thanks for the 4 thousand, rather than the kiddie comments from people who never looked a possum in the eyes & certainly never killed one.
Laura (43)
209325 2004-01-24 05:28:00 yeah we do have traps but thats a pain to setup and we have cats.

as far as the axe goes, it was with the back end......the sharp side just skids off.

shot gun works a treat, no it dosn't blow em into pieces. just a inch hole in one side and a big bloody hole on the other. 30-30 and 8mm does about the same sort of damage ;-)

and finally to young hamstar...... you guys must have wuzzy possums cause the one i shot (at about 2 metre range) with the target ie claybird shot just blew some fur off it. the shock killed it and there wasn't even a hole in it.

thanks laura you summed it up nicly ;-)
tweak'e (174)
209326 2004-01-24 08:56:00 8 mm lol, is it a Mauser action? They were the standard german gun like our SMLE. The bullet from these babies will go through the possum, through your pinex roof, through a rafter, through the corrugated iron and speed off and shoot down any passing airliner.
I always wondered why the germans lost the war when they had the best rifle.
I dont suppose you can use a shot gun shell greater than 4 shot otherwise you wont kill the posssum humanely. With number four and below you are still going to be buggered with the shot taking the roof out.
I live in Dorkland and you cant shoot possums here without getting a visit from AOS. I use a crossbow made from a car spring its wicked but not as accurate as a rifle especialy at night when you are holding a torch in the other hand.
My mate gave me a couple of boxes of his homemade shot, its got 9 lead balls sorta like 00. I havent used any of it on animals yet.
This post isnt that much OT.

cheers tedheath
tedheath (537)
209327 2004-01-24 09:16:00 Regarding holding a torch in one hand and the rifle in the other, a farmer I knew used to tape his torch to the rifle barrel.

He said that once you got used to it and made allowance for distance etc, it was just a case of pointing the torch beam at the possum and pulling the trigger.

In the interests of a softer method for the poor possum, what about delivering a KO punch by using a speargun with a boxing glove on the end of the shaft. :)
exLL (515)
209328 2004-01-24 09:53:00 If you can hold the wriggler still, have plenty of brawn in your arm and an accurate aim a hammer does the job quite nicely. ;-) Fire-and-Ice (3910)
209329 2004-01-24 10:14:00 If you can hold the wriggler still, have plenty of brawn in your arm and an accurate aim a hammer does the job quite nicely .

:^O:^O:^O:^O:^O:^O:^O:^O:^O:^O:^O:^O:^O:^O:^O:^O:^ O:^O:^O

THATS THE RUGGEDEST FUNNIEST THING IVE HEARD ALL WEEK!!!!
hamstar (4)
209330 2004-01-24 13:45:00 I recommend getting serious and use one of these (world.guns.ru) Greg S (201)
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