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in reply to: Feral cats #21397
Duncan wrote: [quote=ausjim]Duncan, thanks for the hot tip on the blunts, I would have definitely tried using them on a cat.
A bit of sarcasm?
Dunc, my apologies if it came off as sarcastic. It was a genuine thank you 🙂 Despite the big cats in the pics, all the cats I have personally seen have just been normal size and I definitely would have had a go with a blunt.
in reply to: Feral cats #17448Duncan, thanks for the hot tip on the blunts, I would have definitely tried using them on a cat.
in reply to: Feral cats #17438Fellas, I agree whole heartedly. Aussie hunters often talk about feral animals like they’re the devil. The hunters of course see themselves as avenging angels out to do the lords bidding. In my little experience there is no cruelty or evil committed quite like that done by a man who thinks he is purging the world of evil. Poor little pig is just another animal trying to live his life. You can guarantee I do more ecological harm living here than any pig, dog or cat has ever done. In my opinion they’re as deserving of respect as any other animal that walks the land.
Mike, that’s a funny story about the dogs 😀 I’m not exactly sure how a dog hunt will go. I’ve seen some footage of guys hunting them with rifles and boy, when they howl them in they get some big packs coming their way. At least with a rifle the shot scares the rest away. Not sure how they’ll react to an idiot lobbing little sticks at them. That being said I’ve only ever heard of guys being treed by the dogs, not actually taken. Maybe I’ll be the first, but as my Dad is fond of saying of such things, at least I’d make the papers 😉
in reply to: Feral cats #17149Dave, I’m the same with feral predators, feral dog packs are massive (in number of dogs and environmental impact) not far west of where I am now. That will be my next hunting project as I’ve never hunted predators (besides a few days trying to outfox a fox).
As far as genealogy of the cats is concerned, I don’t know if it’s any particular heritage. There is a general rule with introduced pests in Australia that they tend to get longer legged as they spend more time here. They generally live in wide open land and as they migrate across predator free plains, taller, faster animals get there first, breed with other taller, faster animals that got there with them and so it goes (cane toads are a well documented example of this). Add to that in the cat’s case an ecological gap of medium-large predators begging to be filled like a vacuum, the bigger cats that can kill bigger prey get sucked into that niche. Evolution in action.
Euros have been here for over 200 years now, female cats are fertile at 7 months. That’s a quite a few generations I suppose.
As far as trapping as a solution goes, it falls victim to the same problem as most other things here. There is just too much space. There are cattle stations the size of European countries and American States (and not the midget ones in either case) and only a handful of people to fund/action the trapping. Maybe when the cats are big enough to kill cattle money will be invested.
in reply to: Purchasing Feathers #17030Sent you a PM mate 😉
in reply to: Moose Maps… #15011Alex,
As usual I have nothing helpful to add, but I LOVE doing map recce’s of places I have never been and I just got so excited for you, looking at your map! I’m jealous and just wanted you to know that 😀
Jim
in reply to: Knock Nock…. #14144Paleo, I like that you replied to yourself, not once, but twice 😀
in reply to: Safety Glasses #14143I like to think when I’m hunting I’m generally cautious enough to not stab myself in the eye. That being said it has happened, though nothing more than a few tears. Long grass is a serial offender, against the backdrop of an ocean of grass I don’t see the bent down blades trying to poke me in the eye 🙁
in reply to: Bod-Kin Broadheads #12566edit:
Haha, I just went and looked at these on the 3 rivers site. I thought bodkin was the style of head (ie medieval armor penetration) not the brand. Making my comment entirely null and void 😳 🙂
Sorry!
Jim
in reply to: Speaking of bears… #10295Mike, maybe you could make up little signs you stake in their front yards saying something like ‘this homeowner’s laziness kills bears’.
A name and shame campaign 😉
in reply to: Grizzly hunt! #8602I don’t think I’ve got a philosophical aversion to hunting any kind of animal. I like to adopt that transcandent thought of the accidentally great philosopher, Leopold, “A conservationist is one who is humbly aware that with each stroke [of the axe] he is writing his signature on the face of the land”.
For me the test has really become “Is this ecological, economical, or egomaniacal?” Sometimes it’s more than one.
Frankly, if I decided to hunt a Grizz, it’d be his lucky day. He’d only have to back-track the flight of the stick that just missed him to find his next meal 😉
in reply to: of wolves and elk – no debate please #8092Neat footage mate, thanks for sharing it.
in reply to: Resealing shafts? #63470I have a dip tube sitting in my garage Dave 🙂 Being the dope I am it never even occurred to me that I could just dip it with the field point on!
Ralph, I don’t have plans for a coat of many colours, but inspired by a recent article I read of Doc Ashby’s I’m in the middle of building a head and shoulders gillie suit. I’ll post some pics and a build along if it’s any good when I’m done 🙂
So much is situation dependent. Things I always seem to have:
bottle of water
small knife
notepad and pen (waterproofed)
other things I would typically bring:
Nav:
waterproofed map
silva compass
pace counter
First Aid:
super glue
alcohol swabs
israeli bandage
strapping tape
Random/handy:
another 1 litre bottle of water (or a camel back)
bino’s or spotting scope
head torch
10meters of hoochie chord (a very thin rope… thinner than para-chord but not as strong)
roll of black electrical tape
handful of zip-ties
sun screen
insect repellent
lighter
steri-tabs
nut or chocolate bar
phone/camera
field knife
If I’m hunting with friends I’ll bring a proper tourniquet as well. If I was planning to overnight out of my daybag there’d be even more.
I love seeing lists like this, it’s all so personal and experience based, most people have different bits and pieces 🙂
in reply to: Close encounters and backup #62799David Petersen wrote: Jim — think of it this way: YOU are the biggest predator in your neighborhood. Truly a scary thought, and true.
Dave, there’s some irony to that, as every time I’ve ever been scared in the woods at night, it turned out to be my imagination 😉
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