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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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| 209311 | 2004-01-22 11:02:00 | for you late nighters and early birds........ whats a good 12g shell for shooting possums at close range and not blow holes in the shed roof? 28g target loads do go ok, the shock kills em but thats only a really close range. size 4 shot 36g loads make to much of a mess. ideas ?? |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 209312 | 2004-01-22 11:29:00 | I live on a farm and i can tell you that most/any shotgun shell is gunna leave some wholes in the roof. Why dont you just get a really long stick and a cricket bat. Thats what me and my mate did, prodded it with a stick to make it fall off rafters in hay barn and then i did a nice offside drive into its head. Let the good times roll |
MrBeef (342) | ||
| 209313 | 2004-01-22 20:49:00 | thx for that. unfortunatly the local possums are tough little buggers, hitting them with baseball bats or axes just annoys them. i'll just have to make sure there off the roof before i shoot em ;-) |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 209314 | 2004-01-22 21:27:00 | Thought about a .22 airgun? | brewer (4389) | ||
| 209315 | 2004-01-22 22:06:00 | i have a .177 air rifle all it does it f*ck them off. you say you hit them with the axe? mustn be very sharp... |
MrBeef (342) | ||
| 209316 | 2004-01-22 22:15:00 | Don't use a shotgun unless you want to see how many pieces you can get a possum into. A .22 air rifle should do, but then again, it would be quite interesting to see how many pieces you could split a possum into... |
Craig (448) | ||
| 209317 | 2004-01-23 05:04:00 | What is the recommended cartridge for computers? | Graham L (2) | ||
| 209318 | 2004-01-23 06:49:00 | Our Central Otago possums can be killed by a . 22 . As they're not accomodating enough to stay as a target on shed roofs, they're located in trees . . . usually at night . So unless you have amazing vision, a two-person operation is best . One holds the spotlight for the shooter . Have you considered a trap instead? I don't mean things with jaws which are a danger, but the cage type which gets baited with some fruit . Of course, the result is a captured live possum . Some local bodies lend traps . Some in cities will take them away & do the disposal for you . My sister in Auckland has used that service . Our small Central Otago community has one which gets moved around the neighbours as required . We don't remember who actually owns it, but it's done sterling service for years (And the tough guys do the easy killing & the nearest farm offal hole gets the results) And we still marvel at how an animal once considered a native bush problem only has managed to adapt so fast to our high country terrain & dry climate . When I was a child, possums were unknown in Central Otago . Mind you, so were wasps . . . . . |
Laura (43) | ||
| 209319 | 2004-01-23 07:04:00 | Well Laura I'd use an 8 shot load on the wasps. 6 should fix an opossum :D | Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 209320 | 2004-01-23 07:10:00 | And Graham? I understand the FBI use Mossburgs with a magnum load and solid slug. When asked for their best cartridge, Hewlett Packard went curiously puce and made a strangled noise. | Winston001 (3612) | ||
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