nz rabbit hunters

[toolebox 1,626]

Bell the foxy( A type of terrier mix much like the american rat terrier)lets nothing stand in her way when there's a rabbit to be had !Foxy's are not only great hunters but lighting fast in heavy cover .

Edited November 1, 2020 by toolebox

[chartpolski 28,018]

I remember walking into Toke about 7:30 one morning to buy a pint of milk, and there was a pub, the Blue Lagoon I think it was, long gone now, and it was full of bushmen, farmers, Maoris, etc, all drinking.

I went in and it all went quiet. The barman was a Maori , that big he made Jonah Lomu look anorexic ! He asked me where I was from, I told him I'd just come from Saudi Arabia and was visiting family. That broke the ice, 

I had a couple of Lion Reds and a bacon sandwich for breakfast then bid them fairwell and walked home.

My sister in law is a bit prim and proper, and when I told her where I'd been, she almost had a fit ! " nice people don't go in those places" she told me , with a scowl !

I rather enjoyed it ! LOL !

Cheers.

Edited November 1, 2020 by chartpolski

[toolebox 1,626]

Out and about last week the pup in the foreground is a 6 month old  beagle x foxy that's just started her working adventures & shes loving it all .Mac the black & white dog to the right is one I bred, a whippet terrier mix who has that x factor, given a little more age and rabbits he's shaping up to be a champ.

[TOMO 28,839]

didnt they bring in restrictions in N.Z on owning ferrets...?

must admit i loved the place when we went on holiday ..

[Moocher71 4,158]

56 minutes ago, toolebox said:

I was a keen pig hunter but these days my legs have worn out & I now require a couple of new knees .Doc said its either pig hunting then a wheelchair or rabbiting & alot more time before the damn wheelchair lol so simply put pighunting don't pay the bills & weith more time I may not make the chair lol .

No wonder your knees going .

great photos and very interesting to see how it's done in NZ .

[Moocher71 4,158]

10 minutes ago, TOMO said:

didnt they bring in restrictions in N.Z on owning ferrets...?

must admit i loved the place when we went on holiday ..

I was reading something Brian brinded wrote and he saying you could only take ferrets from feral "wild" stock and tame them up and that was only way by law in Nz to keep ferrets at that time .

[forest of dean redneck 12,022]

Some nice looking dogs you have there toolebox

[Moocher71 4,158]

1 hour ago, toolebox said:

Yes however I treat it as sport  & I hunt over 100,000 acres or 170 odd farms ,and after 20 odd years I know all the spots where rabbits hide out in yet I still manage to catch 1200/1400 in a good year.I simply don't view it as a job more like a hobbie I get paid for.I have a golf course up in central Otago I work once a month & because central otago is dry & warm it has a HUGE rabbit problem,there are thousands upon thousands of em ,I kid you not   .Off 108 has Ive accounted for over 3,000 in 2-1/2 years .The picture to the right is one of the many local spots that requires a visit a couple of times a year .The black dog Nig is the other greyhound x whippet ,full brother to carla.

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do you have mixy in NZ ? 

 

[Moocher71 4,158]

1 hour ago, toolebox said:

Now here's the tricky part ,this is Sugar a whippet x bird dog mix .She along with Freddy ,mocca ,Bean (not pictured yet )all  came out of the same Dam called coffee .no I didn't name them either apart from Freddy.

Looks a nice juckel .

[Bobtheferret 1,277]

1 hour ago, TOMO said:

didnt they bring in restrictions in N.Z on owning ferrets...?

must admit i loved the place when we went on holiday ..

I thought exactly the same.....google tells me that apparently pet ferrets are banned but if you are a pest controller you can obtain a permit to own them purely for the hunting of rabbits

[chartpolski 28,018]

Ferrets were imported into NZ in their thousands and released into the wild to deal with the rabbit population explosion.

Like the introduction of non native species everywhere, not enough thought went into it.

The ferrets found that native species like the kiwi were easier to catch than a rabbit, and were just as tasty !

Cheers.

[moonlighter 1,165]

8 hours ago, toolebox said:

Nice weekend away in central ,enjoyed by all .The wee dog to the left is what we term a foxy (terrier mix),behind her is mocca, a wirehaired pointer /spaniel/terrier mix , to the right is a terrier /beagle/whippet mix part of a 20 year old line and the tan and white dog is one of the better all rounders I've had ,he's a JR x ESS.  

What’s the other things on the truck with the rabbits? 

[lurchers 2,984]

Looks like wallabies good score to

[TOMO 28,839]

1 hour ago, lurchers said:

Looks like wallabies good score to

think there possums mate

[lurchers 2,984]

39 minutes ago, TOMO said:

think there possums mate

Sorry mate ya right when I zoomed in,I only use my phone so didn’t do it properly