Toast Regional Roos Thread - Down on the farm Roos

[Hojuman]

Campagner never showed last night while i was ready for him.

 

[muttley45]

Campagner never showed last night while i was ready for him.

Many, many moons ago, as a nipper, lived in Gippsland, i used to go spotlighting with my old man and his mates, one of them had a home made whistle type thing that when used mimicked a wounded rabbit, it was like kryptonite to any foxes within earshot, and we used to get a bounty of some description for every tail recovered which was divvied up as pocket money.

 

[Samsquanch]

Many, many moons ago, as a nipper, lived in Gippsland, i used to go spotlighting with my old man and his mates, one of them had a home made whistle type thing that when used mimicked a wounded rabbit, it was like kryptonite to any foxes within earshot, and we used to get a bounty of some description for every tail recovered which was divvied up as pocket money.

Like this...

 

[muttley45]

Like this...
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Not sure, maybe, but kind of remember him saying he made it himself, and it worked an absolute treat

 

[Samsquanch]

Not sure, maybe, but kind of remember him saying he made it himself, and it worked an absolute treat

My uncle used to make these out of steel cans. It would be the same kind of thing.

 

[Makeshift Park]

You blow into that thing and it sounds like a wounded rabbit? Really?

 

[Emma12]

You blow into that thing and it sounds like a wounded rabbit? Really?

They work well
I’ve whistled a fox in from just under a kilometre away
Was watching him through the thermal scope & every time I whistled he stopped & looked then kept on trotting towards me

 

[Makeshift Park]

They work well
I’ve whistled a fox in from just under a kilometre away
Was watching him through the thermal scope & every time I whistled he stopped & looked then kept on trotting towards me

In the last place I lived, about five km down the road from where I am now, the foxes were an ever present risk to the chickens.
I’m not a gun owner but I’d be curious to give one of those a try.

 

[koshari]

They work well
I’ve whistled a fox in from just under a kilometre away
Was watching him through the thermal scope & every time I whistled he stopped & looked then kept on trotting towards me

What thermal scope are. You using?

 

[Samsquanch]

This might be of interest to folks down in the south west (although, not the deep west) of Victoria...

 

[Emma12]

What thermal scope are. You

 

[Samsquanch]

Any fire issues Emma12 and SpiderBurton22 ?

 

[Emma12]

Any fire issues Emma12 and SpiderBurton22 ?

Not for me

 

[koshari]

Like this...
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Just ordered a couple of these whistles on eBay

 

[koshari]

Thats way to dear a scope for me . And i reluctantly tolerate $17 pints when i go to melb.

 

[Emma12]

Thats way to dear a scope for me . And i reluctantly tolerate $17 pints when i go to melb.

Yeah they aren’t cheap & you really need a monocular as well as it is too hard holding the rifle up looking around

I’ve done a lot of shooting over the years & these make night shooting a lot easier

 

[SpiderBurton22]

This might be of interest to folks down in the south west (although, not the deep west) of Victoria...
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No probs for.us at the Bool.

Is that Horace In the photo?