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this is me 5 nights a week :)
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:59 am
by meece4x4
my "other" far more enjoyable job,
Pest control for local farmers ... not quite making enough to live off yet, way more enjoyable than sitting in front of a computer all day though.
Re: this is me 5 nights a week :)
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 11:46 am
by pruggerdore
good one even tho I would rather see the bunnies running around, reality is shoot the hungry little buggers.
I see a flaw in your business plan. If your any good at the job your doing yourself out of a job. may be you could try and get them on the menu at some local restaurants
Re: this is me 5 nights a week :)
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 3:01 pm
by meece4x4
pruggerdore wrote:good one even tho I would rather see the bunnies running around, reality is shoot the hungry little buggers.
I see a flaw in your business plan. If your any good at the job your doing yourself out of a job. may be you could try and get them on the menu at some local restaurants
naw unfortunately OSH regulations put that in the too hard basket, I get a "bounty" on the rabbits, I fill a 44 gallon drum with possum/rabbit/Hare carcasses and he swaps it for a pretty purple note
, most of my money comes from possum fur, the rabbits are the biggest pest for the farmer though, and seeing the devastation they can reek on dairy paddocks is amazing.
The best of the bunnys and younger hares go into the freezer for dinner, the rest in the drum.
Re: this is me 5 nights a week :)
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 3:10 pm
by oljamesyboy
make quite abit off possum fur im just starting out trapping but been shooting rabbits for ages just wish i got paid for it
Re: this is me 5 nights a week :)
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 3:50 pm
by ClassicCruiserSpares
I used to do this as an after shcool job when i was younger and got payed to do it. I used to shoot 40-80 rabbits an evening.
Re: this is me 5 nights a week :)
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 3:56 pm
by meece4x4
ClassicCruiserSpares wrote:I used to do this as an after shcool job when i was younger and got payed to do it. I used to shoot 40-80 rabbits an evening.
theres a big demand for it again around here, 20 years ago the local council used to have a pest control officer on staff that rostered around the farms keeping the numbers down, no one does it these days and the numbers are increasing again, especially Hares as they don't have any monetary value like possums and very few people like eating them. I started out shooting on a couple of properties, now the words got out and more farmers are ringing me and doing the same 44 gallon drum deal
Re: this is me 5 nights a week :)
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 5:01 pm
by sig
you lucky bugger.I used to have several places down here to shoot on but am down to 1 main place now, 1.5 hrs away in the wairarapa .just bought a new 223 with suppressor and am itching to get over there but cant get enough free time.O well xmas is coming might camp over there for a week and slay some then .They back on to the tararuas and get the odd BIG hare that wanders out of the bush sometimes
Re: this is me 5 nights a week :)
Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 6:15 pm
by curious_george
sig wrote:you lucky bugger.I used to have several places down here to shoot on but am down to 1 main place now, 1.5 hrs away in the wairarapa .just bought a new 223 with suppressor and am itching to get over there but cant get enough free time.O well xmas is coming might camp over there for a week and slay some then .They back on to the tararuas and get the odd BIG hare that wanders out of the bush sometimes
Let me know if you're after someone to go wandering around up there with. I've yet to find any good spots down here after being blessed living in Waiouru...
Re: this is me 5 nights a week :)
Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 6:23 pm
by KIWI_TERRANO
if you bone them out and skin them you canget good money as they go for dog food in mexico , I did it for couple months down at Maryburn , mackenzie bassin was good money to
Re: this is me 5 nights a week :)
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 2:00 pm
by chrome
id love to have somewhere nearby to shoot, i saw a guy in upperhutt today running a goat busting service in a little vitara.
i was up in wangamomona this weekend farm shooting goats
and got this smelly old critter. was pretty rough billy but still my first set of horns
Re: this is me 5 nights a week :)
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 7:21 am
by Bubba
chrome wrote:id love to have somewhere nearby to shoot, i saw a guy in upperhutt today running a goat busting service in a little vitara.
i was up in wangamomona this weekend farm shooting goats
and got this smelly old critter. was pretty rough billy but still my first set of horns
FARK! YOU SHOT A ORC!!
Re: this is me 5 nights a week :)
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:58 pm
by meece4x4
chrome wrote:id love to have somewhere nearby to shoot, i saw a guy in upperhutt today running a goat busting service in a little vitara.
i was up in wangamomona this weekend farm shooting goats
and got this smelly old critter. was pretty rough billy but still my first set of horns
off smelly hunting this Sat
mate has conned me into taking him up the Maremare track to retrieve a trophy head he shot just as the track closed for the winter, best of both worlds ...bit of 4wding and taking in the .222 to see if i can get a bit of tucker for the freezer.
if you bone them out and skin them you canget good money as they go for dog food in mexico , I did it for couple months down at Maryburn , mackenzie bassin was good money to
thats an idea thats on the cards, I love rabbit but there is only so many you can eat in a week