Fox and Dog Bounty Aus

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So I attended my First Fox and Wild Dog Bounty Collection morning today...... I had to drive around 1.2 hours to the big smoke to 'cash in' my Load!

Thanks to these little Critters late last month, it really Boosted my pay load.
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Through the year you guys will know I shoot a fair few Foxes in my Toyota truck headlights on the Home 100 acres (an maybe some hundred meters into thy neighbours :wave: ) with .222 Rem Sako A1........... I thought I was up to around 30 for the year, but I rekon over the months and the nights in the Rain or when they fall in the mud areas, perhaps I didn't collect them.... but is something I will work on......

Earlier in the Year around March , I actually Ran this one down in my Truck :)
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My Sister and I with a Fox we got off a set of Traps in the back paddock on a piece of Sambar Backstrap nailed to the base of a tree about 1ft up....
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Shot these Four as they slept out front of their Den.
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So I ended up with a Count of:
20x Red Fox -
5x Wild Dog -
around $800 worth of Bounty.

Not too bad considering ............. wish I had a Fox pelt buyer an get more like $20-$30 per fox.. and Tails would be easier :)


Bring on Next Year and perhaps some Dedicated Fox hunting!!

WL
 
WL, quick question; when i was in Oz with my wife we drove up the coast and stayed on Fraser Island where we were told that the local strain of dingo was rare and protected. Are the dogs you're shooting with the bounty, the same or feral mongrels? Just curious as to whether we were fed a line of local Eco BS,

Thanks

Patrick
 
phinton81 said:
WL, quick question; when i was in Oz with my wife we drove up the coast and stayed on Fraser Island where we were told that the local strain of dingo was rare and protected. Are the dogs you're shooting with the bounty, the same or feral mongrels? Just curious as to whether we were fed a line of local Eco BS,

Thanks

Patrick
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Yo Pat, No ECO BS up in Flinders! they are infact Pure form of Dingo in Australia!!

What I happen to be killing are Cross bred Mongrels, escaped or let go over time and Bred up roaming the bush, generally found around the Farmland bush behind it, The Local Trappers can only Trap within 3kilometers from the Boundry fences of Properties to limit to BY catch of a "Alpine Dingo" which is a bit different from the Flinders mutts.

The Alpine Dog can be Yellow or Black, has a decent front end but a tail which kind of curls up, Some time ago i posted a photo of myself Holding up a Alpine Dog, which i did shoot on Farm land, they are unprotected on Farm Lands. protected in the National Park..

hope that clears it up a little bit!

Good on ya
WL
 
...really terrific! ...great post and video

i keep hoping for the start-up of a bear or deer or elk or moose bounty here...wouldn't that be the day?!
 
I'm amazed that those four dogs didn't get very far when WL started shooting.
I assume they where to fat from feasting on the dead stag to be able to run far and fast.
Then again maybe WL is actually a Quigly Down-Under kinda guy, lol.
Great stories and pictures, live long and prosper and look forward to more adventures from Aus.
WL, what's with you wearing your sisters Uggs?
Sorry dude, I couldn't resist....
Rob
 
Great job on running down a living animal. Regardless of their invasive status and how bad they are .
I would consider myself an avid sportsman but this kind of stuff kinda makes me sick.
 
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Great job on running down a living animal. Regardless of their invasive status and how bad they are .
I would consider myself an avid sportsman but this kind of stuff kinda makes me sick.
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Perhaps a slice of milk toast as well. Makes you sick, neat o, thanks for sharing! A wee bit sanctimonious are we, cant click back and move on? Its an invasive, feral animal, 50 grains or 5000lbs.... dead's dead.
 
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Culling an invasive pest species is a fair go, but it's a pity dogs and foxes are so cute. Sort of like seal pups - if they looked like iguanas, Brigit Bardot would have stayed at home.

As a young lad in rural Southern Ontario, there were still party lines for phones, with mainly cattle farms and lots of tourist resorts in my area. Tourists would just turn their dogs loose ("We're in the 'wilderness', honey!"). The dogs of course would run around and sometimes packs of them would start chasing the newborn calves. Typically, the phones would start ringing and the farmers (and some local volunteers) would shoulder deer guns (flashlights as needed) and go dog hunting. It was a three-way win for them. First, they protected their livestock (and livelihood). Secondly, there was some sort of bounty on dogs on farmland. Third, the farmers weren't stupid; if calves had been hurt, they had the dog-tags - and sued the owners. Too bad, Spot.
 
Just the responses I expected. Make fun of a valid comment. I would have thought you could do better than misspelling gravol and shaming me for not clicking to move on.... but you guys couldn’t help but comment also. I could also care less if it was an iguana or rat or cuteish dog. Open fire on them in a suitable manner. Last I checked we don’t run down game in our vehicles purposely in Canada or anywhere else for that matter....

These open forums are “open” for comment. If I post something distasteful and am called out on it I may change my behaviour or way of thinking. That’s more what I was going for....

Lame
 
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I think the thing is how one views the species in question. Nobody worries about killing rats, because rats are icky and disease-ridden. But foxes and dogs? No - too cute. And, cr*p, they are cute. But equally they are pests, predators in an ecosystem not set up for them.

I respect your feeling on this, hawkmp9, but accept that others have their own feelings.
 
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