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Come on, help me out here guys. I need some answers.
Firstly, I was on the Northern Motorway today and, ahead of me was a car towing, what I thought was trailer load of shit. As it transpired, it was towing a 12' tinny painted green (cos thats looks like water :Punk:) and totally smothered, or should I say, strategically placed branches from last weekends section clean up.
Is this supposed to fool the Ducks?
How hard can it be to fool a Duck?
Do Ducks need to fooled?
If this person/s were to have that very same boat (unpainted and unbranched) out on the same lake or pond two weeks ago, would the Ducks have flown over it?
Why would butching it up make any difference to the Ducks?
On the subject of camouflage, what the hell?
Again, would a Duck recognise you from two weeks ago if you were in normal clothes?
Spotted a Duck fooler chap today wearing full bodied Camo gear....
Now, yes he looked a dick, but that aside, if he was not wearing all that shit, would the Ducks say '' fuck lookout do fly over him hes got a gun''!....im guessing not, because Ducks dont think like that, or do they?:shifty:
And dont get started on 'blokes in mai mai's' I will save that till next year.
rainman
15th May 2010, 18:42
They're not very smart. But they must be reasonably cautious. Otherwise there would be none of them left.
Smokin
15th May 2010, 18:45
Ducks have a very keen eye for things that are out of place, if the pond looks different from pre duck shooting season they will avoid it like the plague. Also movement is a big no-no, you must make like a tree.
mattian
15th May 2010, 19:25
most birds do have particularly good eye-sight. I have heard people say that chickens dont have good eyesight. Thats so not true!!! we used to keep chickens and, I would often watch a chicken sprint about 10-15 meters across semi long grass and pluck a worm right out of the ground.
Must be something in it Maha, cause as soon as the season starts, the local ducks come to town and often make refuge in the paddock over the road from work.
Dangerous things ducks....that's why they have to be so care full with the camouflage and hiding so they don't get spotted.You should hear my Zimbabwe boss on duck hunters - he's had to shoot and kill dangerous animals and humans just to stay alive,shooting ducks is like beating up 4 year old kids to him.
But what pisses me off is the waste.When I was a kid all my family kept chooks,for the eggs,and having chicken was a rare treat....Xmas mainly.But the May holidays was about having duck and pheasant - everything my uncle shot was eaten.Now they just dump hundreds of birds.
Dave Lobster
15th May 2010, 20:04
Wouldn't it be more 'sporting' to shoot at things that can shoot back?
.Now they just dump hundreds of birds.
See this is what I struggle with. I am a meat eater and dont have issues with killing animals that have been raised to feed us. I am a girl though and would not want to take part in the killing of the animal, though I have butchered them shortly after they were killed.
To deliberately kill something for the sheer hell of it upsets me. I have eaten duck that has been shot... :sick: full of little bits of shot, real teeth threateners. I have eaten wild goat, I have eaten wild deer. By all means kill for food, but to kill for the hell of it is not healthy in my mind.
Disclaimer: I am a certified softie.
Dave Lobster
15th May 2010, 20:08
By all means kill for food, but to kill for the hell of it is not healthy in my mind.
Didn't John Key have to apologise for saying something like this earlier in the week??
Didn't John Key have to apologise for saying something like this earlier in the week??
NO, I belive it was for saying that he would proably be on the menu if he was at lunch with Tuhoe.
They're not very smart. But they must be reasonably cautious. Otherwise there would be none of them left.
Ducks or the shooters?
Pixie
16th May 2010, 08:29
Wise advice:
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nosebleed
16th May 2010, 08:46
Ducks or the shooters?
Bugger. See what happens when you sleep in. Beaten
meteor
16th May 2010, 08:52
I reckon ducks have more brains than some give them credit for... Seems that all the inner city parks and reserves are full of them at the moment! Spotted over a hundred on the side of the local estuary. Come the end of of duck season they'll all go back to the farms, rivers and open country. Go the ducks!
Swoop
16th May 2010, 17:17
Wouldn't it be more 'sporting' to shoot at things that can shoot back?
Or simply have open seasons on species that really deserve it...
a: Politicians,
b: Parking wardens,
c: ...
c: child molesters
d: rapists
scumdog
16th May 2010, 17:52
See this is what I struggle with. I am a meat eater and dont have issues with killing animals that have been raised to feed us. I am a girl though and would not want to take part in the killing of the animal, though I have butchered them shortly after they were killed.
To deliberately kill something for the sheer hell of it upsets me. I have eaten duck that has been shot... :sick: full of little bits of shot, real teeth threateners. I have eaten wild goat, I have eaten wild deer. By all means kill for food, but to kill for the hell of it is not healthy in my mind.
Disclaimer: I am a certified softie.
OK, I'm with you.
Wallaby, chamois, thar, deer, hare blah-blah-blah, I've eaten 'em all, waste-not, want-not.
Shooting and leaving is a sin.
(Unless it's rabbits, 500+ in a week and left is OK 'cos another 500+ is waiting for next wek - and who can eat 500 rabbits in a week???)
Smifffy
16th May 2010, 18:00
Any duck shooters 'round here, I'd be happy to take a couple off you - no need to dump em.
:)
(Unless it's rabbits, 500+ in a week and left is OK 'cos another 500+ is waiting for next wek - and who can eat 500 rabbits in a week???)
I just might have to excuse you that one. Mind you rabbit stew is yummy. I have a friend that used to breed rabbits for the pot, my kids have had them as pets, but the destruction they are capable of defies belief, and there is a limit to the amount of rabbit stew one man can eat :yes:
rainman
16th May 2010, 19:21
(Unless it's rabbits, 500+ in a week and left is OK 'cos another 500+ is waiting for next wek - and who can eat 500 rabbits in a week???)
500 people?
scumdog
16th May 2010, 19:37
500 people?
Fair enough.
So what about the 3,200 rabbits the other shooters got that wee????
Who will gut/skin/ship all those rabbits?
Smifffy
16th May 2010, 19:43
I wonder how many of our average foodbank customers would turn their noses up at rabbit.
I wonder how many of our average foodbank customers would turn their noses up at rabbit.
Probably none if it was cooked for them the first time, and without them being told what it is. Anything different is going to be scarey. I would not expect most to know how to cook a goat curry. Goat? You dont eat that!
To say to them here is a pile of rabbit meant get stuck in is unrealistic. To cook it for them then teach them to cook it maybe a bit more hopeful. Some will embrace it (if it is freely/cheaply available) some will plainly tell you to get stuffed :D
scumdog
16th May 2010, 20:19
Probably none if it was cooked for them the first time, and without them being told what it is. Anything different is going to be scarey. I would not expect most to know how to cook a goat curry. Goat? You dont eat that!
To say to them here is a pile of rabbit meant get stuck in is unrealistic. To cook it for them then teach them to cook it maybe a bit more hopeful. Some will embrace it (if it is freely/cheaply available) some will plainly tell you to get stuffed :D
"A fussy eater is not a hungry eater":yes:
Swoop
17th May 2010, 08:19
I wonder how many of our average foodbank customers would turn their noses up at rabbit.
They probably know that it isn't "real" food unless it has been crumbed, fried and served through a window.
T.W.R
17th May 2010, 08:26
Wouldn't it be more 'sporting' to shoot at things that can shoot back?
:whistle:.................:shutup:
rainman
17th May 2010, 11:31
So what about the 3,200 rabbits the other shooters got that wee????
Who will gut/skin/ship all those rabbits?
I think you just solved our unemployment crisis. :)
Anything different is going to be scarey. I would not expect most to know how to cook a goat curry. Goat? You dont eat that!
To say to them here is a pile of rabbit meant get stuck in is unrealistic. To cook it for them then teach them to cook it maybe a bit more hopeful. Some will embrace it (if it is freely/cheaply available) some will plainly tell you to get stuffed :D
Absolutely true. Goat is delicious, done right, but you do have to know what to do with unfamiliar food.
I must confess here I have never eaten rabbit, it's on my to-do list but never got around to it (and it's quite expensive from the Aussie butcher). I don't have a gun or go hunting, so getting my own is a bit unlikely (although I would be keen, if anyone wants to educate me in the ways of rabbiting). One of the drawbacks to living in Auckland, there are not many wild rabbits around the place... I could of course keep them in a hutch and put one in the pot from time to time but I expect I'd get complaints from the kids.
"A fussy eater is not a hungry eater":yes:
You got it. I'll eat pretty much anything, and am happy to (although not highly competent at) kill, skin, gut, prep, cook etc to get the food to an edible state.
McWild
17th May 2010, 11:50
Pandas are the real scumbags out there.
I know this one panda. It just eats shoots and leaves.
Disgraceful.
slofox
17th May 2010, 12:32
From time to time I will go out duck-shooting. This year was the first time since 2003.
I shoot 'em to eat. I only take about six 'cause that's all I will get through. But I do love to eat wild duck and the only way I can get it is to go shoot it for myself.
I could argue that if you are not prepared to kill your own meat then you shouldn't eat meat that someone else has killed for you. But that's another keg of gunpowder so will leave it alone. Suffice to say that once upon a time, I specialised in putting on dinners where everything on the plate I had either grown or caught myself - nothing bought. But that was when I lived rural and on the coast. Bit harder in an inland swamp basin...
Having said all that, one of the things I enjoy about duck-shooting is the effort you have to go to to get the ducks close enough to you to shoot at in the first place. The mallard is a very wily bird indeed - prolly because all the stupid ones get shot out of the gene pool early on in life...(could there be a lesson in there for humanity d'ya think?) And that effort has given me a lot of respect for the duck as a species.
The other spin-off for me is just being out there so early in the morning and studying the habits of all the wild life you get to see. It's pretty cool. For a sense of what you see, have a look at the pics I put up after opening weekend...http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/122823-Images-of-Maketu-Estuary?highlight=maketu
Might explain some of what i like about the experience.
Billy T James
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Calling all Ducks, Calling all Ducks....in a word......DUCK!
nodrog
6th May 2011, 15:29
Fuckin BANG!
Edbear
6th May 2011, 15:51
Wouldn't it be more 'sporting' to shoot at things that can shoot back?
Ducks with guns...
I do go duck hunting from time to time but I prefer goose hunting, its a lot more challenging.
Rabbit hunting.......ummmmmmm.......this was taken a couple of years ago at the Easter Bunny Hunt (wobbleys on the way home) we got about 700 or so that night. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5UW9VMwb50 There are heaps of them around this year. We went out last weekend and got about 600 in 2 nights.
SMOKEU
6th May 2011, 18:49
Wouldn't it be more 'sporting' to shoot at things that can shoot back?
Yeah, go to Iraq and shoot some towel heads!
Each to their own, and power to them.
I could not decide this morning who was more excited, my neighbour or his dogs :lol:
All dressed up, been back and forth to the maimai for the last few weeks getting ready. Dogs buzzing out, him pacing waiting for his mate to arrive :lol:
Not for me personally...
MadDuck
6th May 2011, 19:14
Ducks with guns...
Yeah! Go the ducks :ar15:
We went out last weekend and got about 600 in 2 nights.
Do you eat the meat? I love rabbit meat! I hate the thought of it going to waste. What do you shoot them with? Hopefully not buckshot, makes it impossible to have clean meat. Head shots are far more difficult I agree and for culling purposes impractical, but it would be nice to think at least some hit the pot?
Do you eat the meat? I love rabbit meat! I hate the thought of it going to waste. What do you shoot them with? Hopefully not buckshot, makes it impossible to have clean meat. Head shots are far more difficult I agree and for culling purposes impractical, but it would be nice to think at least some hit the pot?
Mostly with a 223 varmiting rifle. We do eat a few, we collect up some of the clean hits and do a great big pot of "Tastes like chicken" korma curry and serve it on rice. Its my favorite rabbit recipe at the moment.
We shoot on some of my works farms, we have 3 big otago properties under control as far as rabbits go and are just starting now on numbers 4 and 5 now. The alternative is we have to poison and as I some times moralise about shooting rabbits it is a lot better for us, the rabbits and the enviroment if we shoot them.
Edbear
6th May 2011, 20:47
Mostly with a 223 varmiting rifle. We do eat a few, we collect up some of the clean hits and do a great big pot of "Tastes like chicken" korma curry and serve it on rice. Its my favorite rabbit recipe at the moment.
We shoot on some of my works farms, we have 3 big otago properties under control as far as rabbits go and are just starting now on numbers 4 and 5 now. The alternative is we have to poison and as I some times moralise about shooting rabbits it is a lot better for us, the rabbits and the enviroment if we shoot them.
It's a bit of a dilemma, really, once you have such vast numbers to deal to. It's similar to the possum problem. Could enough trappers and shooters do enough every night to make a difference?
Most people would class duck season as a sport, not a necessity for meat, same as deer hunting. Anyone who uses a firearm only because they have to and not because they enjoy it is a rare person indeed.
......but why go to the extent of dressing up like Rambo and spend so much time selecting the right sopt and building what can only be described as a lavish shit house, when all really need is a loaf of bread?...:corn:
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Shadows
6th May 2011, 21:00
......but why go to the extent of dressing up like Rambo and spend so much time selecting the right sopt and building what can only be described as a lavish shit house, when all really need is a loaf of bread?...:corn:
You also need a bottle of rum and a sack hidden inside your jacket.
You also need a bottle of rum and a sack hidden inside your jacket.
Alcohol and firearms dont mix, no wonder ducks sound like they are laughing...:drinkup:
Big Dave
6th May 2011, 21:10
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Shadows
6th May 2011, 21:42
Alcohol and firearms dont mix, no wonder ducks sound like they are laughing...:drinkup:
I never mentioned the use of firearms :msn-wink:
I never mentioned the use of firearms :msn-wink:
no wonder the ducks are all hiding in town. have you been down the duck blind with a bottle looking for a good time?
Shadows
6th May 2011, 21:51
no wonder the ducks are all hiding in town. have you been down the duck blind with a bottle looking for a good time?
:lol:
Well, fuck a duck!
Wouldn't it be more 'sporting' to shoot at things that can shoot back?
Yeah but human don't taste too good Willis.
SMOKEU
7th May 2011, 11:31
I do go duck hunting from time to time but I prefer goose hunting, its a lot more challenging.
Rabbit hunting.......ummmmmmm.......this was taken a couple of years ago at the Easter Bunny Hunt (wobbleys on the way home) we got about 700 or so that night. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5UW9VMwb50 There are heaps of them around this year. We went out last weekend and got about 600 in 2 nights.
Where are some good hunting spots around Christchurch? I'm keen to kill a goose, pig, rabbit, hare, duck etc.
Shadows
7th May 2011, 11:43
Where are some good hunting spots around Christchurch? I'm keen to kill a goose, pig, rabbit, hare, duck etc.
Hagley Park is exceptionally good for ducks at this time of year. Probably not recommended though.
I'm heading up my local river later on this afternoon, I know a couple of spots the geese like to hide out at around opening day and they'll be heading there already. Don't need a license for them any more since Fish and Game completely fucked up the management of them.
Hopefully my shotgunning skills are a bit better now after the Easter Bunny shoot!
SMOKEU
7th May 2011, 12:10
Hagley Park is exceptionally good for ducks at this time of year. Probably not recommended though.
I'm heading up my local river later on this afternoon, I know a couple of spots the geese like to hide out at around opening day and they'll be heading there already. Don't need a license for them any more since Fish and Game completely fucked up the management of them.
Hopefully my shotgunning skills are a bit better now after the Easter Bunny shoot!
Keen to meet up for some hunting? I've got my own shotgun and ammo. I need to buy some steel shot though.
Shadows
7th May 2011, 12:14
Keen to meet up for some hunting? I've got my own shotgun and ammo. I need to buy some steel shot though.
Could be - but I just checked and discovered I was wrong about the license thing which doesn't come into effect until June. Doesn't matter for me either way.
I'll send a PM
Hopefully my shotgunning skills are a bit better now after the Easter Bunny shoot!
You were doing good on the day. Hows the hematoma gone down?
Shadows
7th May 2011, 12:22
You were doing good on the day. Hows the hematoma gone down?
Actually I ended up looking like I'd been kicked by a horse the next day. Maybe if I hadn't needed to empty my magazine to get half of the bunnies I was shooting at the start of the night it wouldn't have been quite so bad! All good fun but.
Ladydragon
7th May 2011, 13:06
Thats interesting because I think ducks are very clever I have 4 that I feed all the time they have been up the road and i've been coming back and seen them all I have to do is say duck duck walk slow and click my fingers :facepalm:and they follow me right down the road home.
crystalball
7th May 2011, 13:14
lol. :killingme
DUCK!! you poor unfortunate little bastards:eek:
Road kill
4th May 2013, 10:18
I shoot around a dozen ducks most years but I don't take part in the opening day thing.
I wear full camo when I'm serious about it,complete with camo face mask ect.
Like most wild animals ducks instinctively know their on the menu and have very good eye sight and very good recognition of things that might present a danger so if you want to be consistant you need to take that into account or it's going to be a long time between meals.
I don't do the maimai on the pond or lake thing, I like to walk the irrigation ditches an shoot them on the jump.
I only shoot on the property I live on and 3-4 ducks is a pretty good day for me so my duck season only lasts a few days most years.
Cold wild duck with home pickled onion sandwiches:drool:,,you ain't gonna buy that at new world mate.
''I wear full camo when I'm serious about it,complete with camo face mask ect.''
Oh dear god! :laugh:
So the duck hears a faux quack noise, fly's over and thinks it's a willow tree with attitude?
blue rider
4th May 2013, 11:32
''I wear full camo when I'm serious about it,complete with camo face mask ect.''
Oh dear god! :laugh:
So the duck hears a faux quack noise, fly's over and thinks it's a willow tree with attitude?
must give bling elsewhere first......hahahahahahahahahahaha
Road kill
4th May 2013, 11:40
''I wear full camo when I'm serious about it,complete with camo face mask ect.''
Oh dear god! :laugh:
So the duck hears a faux quack noise, fly's over and thinks it's a willow tree with attitude?
Nope the duck hears me coming jumps out of the ditch and I shoot them going away.
The mask comes into play when I'm playing the waiting game on a known flight path and don't want them flairing off if they see my face,,,which they will every time.
All pretty basic stuff to somebody that actually knows what their talking about.
Nice try though.:rolleyes:
''I wear full camo when I'm serious about it,complete with camo face mask ect.''
Oh dear god! :laugh:
Honkers are quite good at detecting exposed human skin. Gloves should also be used...
Tarded
4th May 2013, 17:53
Vegetarian' - old Indian word for the village idiot that couldn't hunt, fish or ride.
Hunt to eat. Whats the problem? i dont tell wowsers not to slaughter poor helpless lentils now do I ?
Camo is necessary. Simple if you understand.
Yum yum duck!!!
How do know someone is a vegan??
Dont worry - they will tell you :laugh:
Vegetarian' - old Indian word for the village idiot that couldn't hunt, fish or ride.
Hunt to eat. Whats the problem? i dont tell wowsers not to slaughter poor helpless lentils now do I ?
Camo is necessary. Simple if you understand.
Yum yum duck!!!
How do know someone is a vegan??
Dont worry - they will tell you :laugh:
All you is a bit of bread and the duck will come you, it's no secret that they are easily swayed.
An nobody hunts lentils dressed in a halloween costume.
Road kill
5th May 2013, 09:55
All you is a bit of bread and the duck will come you, it's no secret that they are easily swayed.
An nobody hunts lentils dressed in a halloween costume.
I believe the hunting of ducks with a loaf of bread at western springs has already been done on this forum.
Your sliding backwards fast mate:laugh:
I believe the hunting of ducks with a loaf of bread at western springs has already been done on this forum.
Your sliding backwards fast mate:laugh:
If Quasi had his way, he would turn Western Springs into a lake..........or would he? :shifty:
If Quasi had his way, he would turn Western Springs into a lake..........or would he? :shifty:
Nah. Ducks are noisy feckers!
Road kill
5th May 2013, 14:33
If Quasi had his way, he would turn Western Springs into a lake..........or would he? :shifty:
Western springs is a lake.:laugh::msn-wink:
awa355
5th May 2013, 15:18
Vegetarian' - old Indian word for the village idiot that couldn't hunt, fish or ride.
Hunt to eat. Whats the problem? i dont tell wowsers not to slaughter poor helpless lentils now do I ? :laugh:
Lentils dont have big brown eyes that look at you.
I have never been a fan of wild gamebird meat, too strong for me. Rabbit is okay if it was a head shot and young; leave it in a salt & water mix for a day. Hare, even the dog wouldn't eat that.
Pork and venison, a real difference depending if it came from the Pines or native bush.
Half the world live on animals that we would find repugnant to eat. I would imagine Dolphins/whales, would be edible.
scumdog
5th May 2013, 16:12
Hare, even the dog wouldn't eat that.
Obviously you're not handling/cooking hare properly or you wouldn't be saying that.
Done properly in stew it's hard to tell from young fallow venison.
awa355
5th May 2013, 16:21
Obviously you're not handling/cooking hare properly or you wouldn't be saying that.
Done properly in stew it's hard to tell from young fallow venison.
To be honest, I've never tried cooking Hare. Was going by the dogs reaction. I used to bring rabbits home for the dog and cats. They loved them. Also Possum meat.
Smifffy
5th May 2013, 16:56
To be honest, I've never tried cooking Hare. Was going by the dogs reaction. I used to bring rabbits home for the dog and cats. They loved them. Also Possum meat.
The hare of the dog?.....
Road kill
5th May 2013, 17:48
To be honest, I've never tried cooking Hare. Was going by the dogs reaction. I used to bring rabbits home for the dog and cats. They loved them. Also Possum meat.
I guess every dog like every person has their likes and dislikes but my mutts love Hare when they can get past me to get it first.:laugh:
We have quite a few Hares on the property we live on and I try to farm them by not taking more than is needed to keep the numbers reasonable.
Rabbit is the only game meat I don't eat as I find it has no real flavour of it's own.
Rabbit is also one of the few meats that take more energy to eat than it provides.
I read once that during the Klondike gold rush there was a really hard winter and people died of starvation even though they had plenty of rabbits to eat.
Anyway back to Hares,I like them because they do have dark gamie flavoured meat.
I think Kiwi's are to fussy "soft" when it comes to game meat.
Goat is the most eaten meat in the world but most Kiwi's turn their nose up at it in favour of mutton which to me is really strange because I find mutton to be rather greasy stuff while goat is just right.
Much the same with venison,,I prefer winter Red Deer venison to grass fed Fallow,,,,not that I turn my nose up at it but I do prefer Red.
We have fallow deer on the property and surrounding area but in the 5 years we've been out here I've shot a grand total of one,plus their pretty tame so it's not as if it's hunting anyway.
I took the browning for a walk around the swamp this avo,,saw nothing got nothing I think the ducks have all moved to town for their holidays:laugh:
nudemetalz
5th May 2013, 19:14
Be a bugger if this was one of the "ducks" one day...............:eek:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3xZV5q44d4
carburator
5th May 2013, 19:23
I guess every dog like every person has their likes and dislikes but my mutts love Hare when they can get past me to get it first.:laugh:
We have quite a few Hares on the property we live on and I try to farm them by not taking more than is needed to keep the numbers reasonable.
Rabbit is the only game meat I don't eat as I find it has no real flavour of it's own.
Rabbit is also one of the few meats that take more energy to eat than it provides.
I read once that during the Klondike gold rush there was a really hard winter and people died of starvation even though they had plenty of rabbits to eat.
Anyway back to Hares,I like them because they do have dark gamie flavoured meat.
I think Kiwi's are to fussy "soft" when it comes to game meat.
Goat is the most eaten meat in the world but most Kiwi's turn their nose up at it in favour of mutton which to me is really strange because I find mutton to be rather greasy stuff while goat is just right.
Much the same with venison,,I prefer winter Red Deer venison to grass fed Fallow,,,,not that I turn my nose up at it but I do prefer Red.
We have fallow deer on the property and surrounding area but in the 5 years we've been out here I've shot a grand total of one,plus their pretty tame so it's not as if it's hunting anyway.
I took the browning for a walk around the swamp this avo,,saw nothing got nothing I think the ducks have all moved to town for their holidays:laugh:
well the beretta plucked another bag limit ( waikato region ) today hard work as they are all decoy shy on the second day..
give them two weeks on the waikato santuray and they will be hungry and move off again..
a mate does hare ( jugged ) i do quite like it certainly a aquired taste..
scumdog
5th May 2013, 19:24
Be a bugger if this was one of the "ducks" one day...............:eek:
So what decoys would ya use toget that sucker within range of steel shot???
Tarded
5th May 2013, 20:09
Goat is all good. The young ones give up their back steaks to curry. Slow cooked spicy heaven and is costs sod all!
The dog gets the rest and all the old billy goats. They stink and I aint that desperate for meat!
I must roast a young goats leg one of these days. When skinned they look like sheep anyway and I reckon a lot of people wouldnt know the difference.
I agree people are too soft with what they eat. Something you harvested and prepared yourself is very satisfying and if you care - better for the environment.
Better cause it didnt require farming (nothing against farming from me, Im rural) , transport, chemicals to process etc etc. And it dies in its natural environment.
Assuming I only had the two choices Id rather a sniper popped me in the garage when I was working on the bike with a cold one than I was hauled off to a slaughter house.
But thats my opinion - yours?
Road kill
5th May 2013, 20:26
Goat is all good. The young ones give up their back steaks to curry. Slow cooked spicy heaven and is costs sod all!
The dog gets the rest and all the old billy goats. They stink and I aint that desperate for meat!
I must roast a young goats leg one of these days. When skinned they look like sheep anyway and I reckon a lot of people wouldnt know the difference.
I agree people are too soft with what they eat. Something you harvested and prepared yourself is very satisfying and if you care - better for the environment.
Better cause it didnt require farming (nothing against farming from me, Im rural) , transport, chemicals to process etc etc. And it dies in its natural environment.
Assuming I only had the two choices Id rather a sniper popped me in the garage when I was working on the bike with a cold one than I was hauled off to a slaughter house.
But thats my opinion - yours?
Much the same mate.
I'd also prefer to go out quick and clean.
Certainly not spend my life in captivity then get to stand in line watching my mates get the rod gun or the knife.
Roast leg of goat tastes almost the same as Mutton it just has less fat.
I've fed it to heaps of people without letting on what it was and nobody has ever picked it before I've told them what it was.
The reactions of most when told has been very good but a couple have said they wouldn't eat it knowingly simply because it's goat.
Each to their own I guess.
_Shrek_
5th May 2013, 21:36
Hare, even the dog wouldn't eat that.
Obviously you're not handling/cooking hare properly or you wouldn't be saying that.
Done properly in stew it's hard to tell from young fallow venison.
venison or hare back steaks & most people we've served it to can't tell the difference, :msn-wink:
_Shrek_
5th May 2013, 21:38
So what decoys would ya use toget that sucker within range of steel shot???
:shifty: head shot .22 up to 70m or .22mag up to 150m :facepalm:
I used to bring rabbits home for the dog and cats. They loved them.
Give the cats the rabbit tails to play with. It is fecking hilarious...
Banditbandit
6th May 2013, 09:32
I must roast a young goats leg one of these days. When skinned they look like sheep anyway and I reckon a lot of people wouldnt know the difference.
I spike the legs with garlic (cut cloves into slivers and poke them into the Goat leg) ... then wrap it in tinfoil with plenty of wate and other herbs ...
Goat is also what real satay is made from - and it's beautiful ...
nudemetalz
6th May 2013, 12:48
So what decoys would ya use toget that sucker within range of steel shot???
One of these maybe? :laugh:
Would a Duck Duck if a shooter was dressed as Barney the dinosaur or just fly on buy into the danger zone?
Banditbandit
6th May 2013, 16:00
Would a Duck Duck if a shooter was dressed as Barney the dinosaur or just fly on buy into the danger zone?
Have you thought about how hard it would be to use a shotgun if you were dressed as a big pink-and-green Barney !!!
Have you thought about how hard it would be to use a shotgun if you were dressed as a big pink-and-green Barney !!!
Can't be any harder than being dressed as a willow tree sitting in a 12' tinny :rolleyes:
nudemetalz
6th May 2013, 17:14
And then the dude in the 12' tinny gets a little of Donald Duck and some 6,000 rounds per minute...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/turbo_NZ/DonaldDuckMachineGun_zpsfa2b54bb.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/turbo_NZ/media/DonaldDuckMachineGun_zpsfa2b54bb.jpg.html)
caseye
7th May 2013, 19:22
They threw EVERYTHING at that duck!
Fuck mate fire up the johnny get out there shoot the fuckers go home gut it chuck it on the fire have a speight call up your ex tell her shes got great tits.done
How is your mum these days?
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