Farmer's Call for Help ▪︎ Saving the Lambs
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- Опубліковано 17 тра 2023
- With lambing season just around the corner I received a call from some farmers requesting help reducing the fox numbers.
After an impressive result on a property in that area a few weeks earlier, 4 of the neighbouring farmers wanted to engage my services to cull foxes and an ever growing rabbit population prior to lambs hitting the ground.
Word of mouth and reputation is everything, especially in rural communities.
Doing the right thing, being professional and getting results generally leads to more work and for you recreational hunters, more access.
After packing and saying my goodbye's to the wife and kids I headed off for another 3 nights of fox control.
First night was spent on a property I had been to before and yeilded a dozen foxes and handful of hares. After a bit of sleep that morning it was over to meet the new clients and familiarise myself with their properties before the sun went down.
The following 2 nights adding another 38 foxes and 50 odd rabbits to the tally.
All in all it was a very successful trip with 5 very happy farmers and a safer environment for lambing season.
The gear I'm running this trip is a Sako 85 Hunter chambered in. 223 with the Pulsar Thermion2 Pro XP50 LRF and 55gr Adi world class ammo.
My air rifle is an FX Impact M3 600mm barrel in .22cal topped with the Infiray RS75 thermal scope which was on loan to me for a couple of weeks shooting Cometa 18.13gr pellets @ 890fps. - Розваги
Cracking shooting there. Only an Aussie would stand a fox by shouting "G'day"
Exactly why I do it mate. 😉
You could try OI MATE.😉
I'm a bit partial to G'day but oi gets a run sometimes. 😅
I love the way he says "G'Day" to make them stop and look up. The day turned out to be not so good for them 😂
Thanks mate.
It works a treat. 👍
I used to hunt ferals on my farms, but over the years I just found myself unable to kill anything anymore. I can't explain why, and I still have all my weapons and enjoy target shooting. I have nothing but respect for other shooters for doing what you do.
Thankyou sir. Appreciate the support.
It's not for everyone mate. 👊
I suppose if you lose your entire flock to foxes, one might reconsider. This many foxes in one night... wowzers! Amazing there's any lambs left ... they're like a plague of locusts.
Absolutely
I used to love fishing. Then I got a job where I did a lot of scuba diving and now I just don’t like fishing, as a sport, anymore. I’m not a big fan eating them either so there’s that too. I do appreciate this hunting though. It’s a good thing.
Thanks mate 👊
No cobber. Thank you for taking us with you and the good you are doing. Keepem comming mate.🤠
Cheers legend. Will do. 👊
if im out exploring the wilderness at night and suddenly i hear a bloke call out from the distance "g'day!"... IM RUNNING LIKE F$#k !! lol
Haha. You'll be fine mate 👍
My exact same thoughts.
🤣😉
I know I'm new to your channel, but the "G'Day.!" to stop them is epic.! Thanks for the sweet vids mate.!
Haha.
Gets em every time.
Well, almost 👌
Welcome to the channel mate
Good, clean and humane pest control there, mate. A pleasure to watch a professional at his work, nice one.
Really appreciate that David 👊
they eat mouse also. now they gonna have mouse invation.
We already do.
@@hdj81Vlimited😂😂😂😂 No doubt RJM will sort that too. 🤙🏽
They're on my list mate. 😅
Wish I was their to help, but Australia is one heck of a long canoe ride from Canada! Well done sir!!
Just a quick paddle across the the pond. 😅
Thanks mate. 👊
Take a bigger Canoe. lol
Good on you cobber ,you have saved newborn lambs and countless thousands of native animals,..keep racking them up,you are doing way more good than just saving lambs..
Cheers mate 👊
Outstanding shooting, highly entertaining all whilst cleansing the area of stinking foxes etc. The local wildlife and farm stock will now get some welcome breathing space… Brilliant 👍👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it mate. 👊
Great video, that rabbit near the end was something else. Get 'em while they're hot! Lol 😂
Haha. I know right 🤦♂️
Wow. Just highlights what a big problem those foxes are down under. Nice shooting
Definitely got our work cut out for us.
Thanks mate 👊
Great shooting once again. I'm sure the farmers were pleased, and hope to see more of your videos soon. Cheers from Texas.
Thanks David. Already booked in fir another visit.
No rest for the wicked as they say. 👌
Enjoying it as ever from the UK.Especially being stuck indoors( total purgatory) after a recent heart attack. So many thanks for the therapy. Please keep them coming and more piss taking of Hollywood if possible lol
Hahaha.
Hope you recover and can get outdoors again soon mate. 👌
Best wishes for a full recovery neil
Awesome video few down there funny the don't say hello back hahahah
I think I'd have a heart attack if one did. 😅
Hello from Ireland Real Great videos Thanks Brother.
Much appreciated mate. Thankyou 👍
Your fire control is flawless, not even a hint of movement when pulling the trigger. With marksmanship there's always the temptation to be restless and jerk the weapon when firing.
I have my moments mate like all of us. I appreciate the compliment though. Thankyou 👊
The cross hair shaking with the car running had me wondering..but...shot was made!
Exhale and gently squeeze my friend! Nice shooting.
Thanks mate 👌
A true environmentalist protecting the Australian natural environment, well done and thanks mate.
My pleasure champion 👊
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Sheep arent australias natural enviroment though they were introduced like foxes were, we just choose to eat one though 😋
Your creativity in "good night", "good day"😂
Cheers mate 👍
Top work Rodney, awesome footage, he's got you on the dirty bird😂😂
Yep. It's 1000% his fault. I promise. 😅
If this is your paid employment I'm a very jealous chap Great videos Thanks for taking us along All the best from uk 🇬🇧
I'm actually a full time firefighter and run the shooting business on the side mate.
Really impressed with these air rifles & how effective they are. Well done!👏👏👏
They've come a long way. Extremely accurate and a pleasure to shoot 👌
I love the way you call and shoot !
Thanks buddy. 👊
Ha ha 😂 had me a good chuckle “ bait for the foxes” & the rabbit going at it with the one you just shot 🤣👍🏼
You see some crazy stuff with thermal sometimes. 😅
Congrats on 20k and hope you keep doing what you do as it is quite the joy to watch.
Thanks mate. That's the plan
a legend, thanks for the late night content in the US!
Thankyou mate. Kinda cool knowing it's already getting viewed on the other side of the world. 👊
Thank you for taking the time to share this adventure...outstanding marksmanship and very professional... Farmers would be grateful too..
Thanks mate.
Glad you enjoyed it 👊
You have to appreciate the G'day to get their attention and of course the one 'rooting' 'going out with a bang'. Love it.
Haha.
Thanks mate 👊
Gee, as a kid in the Riverina I can remember dad and his mates going out to farms for a week shooting foxes and rabbits. It was the mid/late 50's and there were two utes, an Austin A40 and a Ford. The A40 was piled high with foxes, under a canvas tarp, the Ford had so many rabbits, that they had to bag them so as not to leave dead rabbits all over the Sturt Highway.The local Tannery took the hides and the blokes shared the meat out with all the neighbours. Not sure what happened to the foxes but they got money for every one from some government organisation. Not sure how many trips they went on but it all stopped early in the 60's. Your fox hunts brought back memories of dad and his mates calling to foxes to stop and I'd laugh every time, then cop a clout around the ears to shut up.
Hahaha.
That's awesome mate.
It's a shame we get bugger all for the foxes in NSW
Its that time of the year, cold nights, lambing ewes and pest control....nice work!!
Cheers buddy. Certainly is
Awesome content mate as usual. That air rifle looks like a lot of fun ..shit it does the job..
I absolutely love it Damian. Almost as much as my 223. 🤔
We thoroughly enjoy the videos you take mate. Thank You!!
Glad you enjoy them Dan. Makes it worth all the effort 👌
A cracking video, this chap's an excellent shot, also doesn't stand yapping for half the video or more before anything happens. Unlike others who live to hear themselves talking. Well done sir, from Argentina.👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏
Thanks John. Really appreciate the positive feedback and hope you enjoy my channel.
Absolutely outstanding marksmanship and very professional. Really enjoyed your videos.
Thanks Tim. Much appreciated mate 👍
A job well done by a real professional who takes pride in what he does. I really enjoy your videos. Thanks for going to the trouble of making them.
Really appreciate that mate. Thankyou 👊
Another great video RJM. Thanks. Look forward to the next one.
Really appreciate that mate. 👊
Nice shooting as usual. Thx for taking us along mate
Thanks champion 👊
Yeah, all other comments cover it but for me it's the pure marksmanship. Also, the environment thanks you.
Thankyou Michael.
It's always nice to get positive feedback mate.
Cheers 👊
Brilliant stuff yet again keep up the good work 👏👏👏👏
Will do mate.
Thankyou 👊
Thanks Rod, look forward to your video's. And tonight, it was an excellent result, excellent shooting as well. Cheers
Glad to hear that Andrew. Thanks for the support mate
I just love this man !!! The best!!! Here from France 🇫🇷 ( Corsica) ! Always watching!!! Long life to you mate!!!
Really appreciate that mate. Thankyou 👊
First of all I’m impressed with your commitment to the work!
I grew up on a cattle operation and farm in the Rocky Mountains and I hunted every species of birds, small game, varmints, and big game.
But I was born with a weak stomach and didn’t handle the messy job very well after the game was down. I did it but I hated it.
Then I had an NDE and following that experience I couldn’t hunt anymore. My favorite pastime was over.
I continued target shooting and raised my boys shooting every type of rifle and handgun. But I couldn’t hunt at all. I miss those experiences and I wish you the very best.
Feral animals are a huge problem in many places. You do yourself proud with your professionalism in every respect. Well done!!!
Sorry to hear you're unable to hunt anymore Jeff.
It's definitely a lifestyle I am committed to.
Appreciate the kind words mate. 👊
Australia Day just wouldn't be the same without Lamb, good job.
Haha. Oh the irony. 😅
Another clinical session, fantastic.
Thank you Sir 👊
Was Great to meet you at the expo on the Sunday, thanks for all your info on the thermal scopes and monoculars 👍🏻
My pleasure mate. Hope you got something out of it. Was crazy busy. 👊
Which expo? Cheers
@@oldman_eleven deer expo
Best wishes, all the way from "Pom" land. Fresh air, lovely moonlight and farmers happy to enlist your help. You know how to live!
Cheers mate. Good times for sure. 👌
Greetings from Christchurch, New Zealand. Most enjoyable mate. I did laugh at that Bunny having a crack at dry humping the dead one lol. Cheers.
Thankyou mate. Dirty little bugger he was
A very productive night mate and a nice bit of shooting keep up the exceptional work
Thanks champion 👊
Great shooting mate. Love the vids
Thanks champion. Really appreciate it 👊
Great video. Bean hunting with a DJI matrice 30 with thermal. Best drone ever finding animals at night
Do you find you can get close enough to identify without spooking them?
The drone has a incredible zoom. There's plenty of info on utube.
Thanks
Great shooting . I find it very theroputic watching you knocking foxes out of the farming areas . I watch this while my wife watches Bargain hunt on tv she recons I’m nuts . Keep up the great work 🐕
Haha.
I appreciate you watching the channel mate. 👊👊
Another great vid and shooting job. Thanks for that 💪
Your welcome mate. 👊
The huge 'leaping' convulsions on headshot rabbit and hares is spinal shock. I've had it happen a few times to me. They've been thrashing around so much I've run over to finish then off thinking I've only winged them, but they've been entirely decapaitated by the 17hmr round. It causes a flood of electrical impulses. Really freaked me out the first few times! .
Common occurrence with headshots, still make me scratch my head every time though. 👍
When I was much younger I shot a lot. One day I thought I'd done a perfect head shot at 150 MTRS on a rabbit. But he jumped and did flip flops for about 10 seconds. When I got to it. It's top half of the head was gone as was the brain just an empty scull. I did do a perfect head shot 😀 the little bugger did a death dance.
Yeah, they can be quite acrobatic after a brain shot.
@@RJMHuntingAustralia I used to use a M A NAUGHTON. made in Warrendite Vic .22 magnum floating barrel thumbhole stock bolt action. With a scope that I can't remember??? So accurate never missed. I started shooting at 11 and we would tap a plaster board clout into a tree so it stayed there then go back 50 MTRS and shoot the clout all the way in. We ate the bunnies so it had to be head shot only. I miss shooting ☹️ but watching you shoot brings back great memories.thankyou.
Sounds like a great little setup Bob.
Glad ur enjoying the videos mate 👍
Bloody great work! Love watching your videos! Cheers
Legend. Thanks mate 👊
I used to hunt cayotes in Colorado when I was at the Univ of Colorado. $50 a head to the Dept of Natural Resources. Helped to pay my way through engineering school
That's a great incentive mate.
Shame they don't do that where I live for foxes, feral cats and wild dogs. 🤷♂️
Ha-ha. "Good day" turned into a bad day for the fox.
Just being polite before sending him a present. 😉
Love your work. Great haul. Well deserved KFC.
Absolutely.
Thanks mate 😉
Jesus Rodney,you must be the only fella to get a KFC in the backwoods. And the added entertainment off rabbits.
I certainly am a lucky man. 😅
Brings back memories from years ago Here in the UK well done mate Pete
Thanks Pete. Appreciate the support 👊
Great session again Jeff...👍👍
Thanks Jeff 👊
Good on ya Rod 💪 Terrific effort! Very enjoyable video.
Thanks Josh.
Finding the time for video editing is the biggest challenge as I'm sure you'd know. 👌
@@RJMHuntingAustralia absolutely mate. I wish there was a good enough program we could just unload our footage into and it would automatically put it all together and a good video would come out the other end😂 although as time consuming as it is, it’s satisfying to bolt it all together and get a bit creative and have a good quality video to share. I suppose that why we do it. 💪 Keep up the good work!
Spot on mate. Pain in the arse but I love it.
We just need a film crew. 😅
@@RJMHuntingAustralia haha yes
Keep up the good work. Always supportive of those managing the impact of feral wildlife populations. Great to see you promoting ethical shooting.
Thanks for that Chris 👊
I need to get a hold of some of that "Fox bait" myself! 👍👍
It's yummy.
I mean good fox bait. 😅
Excellent shooting mate, happy farmers.
Thankyou 👊
Sensational shooting, very very efficient, the thermal is certainly a game changer when it comes to lambing season. We're just about to begin the winter season over here in the west and this will be my first year with a thermal, very much looking forward to it after watching your videos. Do you whistle them up at all or just set up and wait mostly? Also can't believe you found Jeffrey Dahmer's pet rabbit all the way over here in Oz 😂
Really depends on the property and how many mobs are lambing. Overwatch works well on the smaller places. They don't respond all that well to a whistle this time of year.
if I'm ever walking in NSW at night and I hear a G'day, I'm gonna shit me pants.
🤣🤣🤣 you'll be right mate.
Most professional shooter I've seen. Thank you.
Much appreciated mate 👍
Well done, good job done.😊
Thanks mate 👊
Had these been emu's this man wouldn't have returned....
Doing similar here. It's that time of year. Love your vids, but I for one would love you to show the ranges you are knocking these ferals off at
I try to range the longer ones on screen so you guys can see. Mainly the ones out past 200m
Another good night's work Rod. A good tally of foxes taken out of the enviroment.
I'm disappointed I didn't get down to Lardners Park to hello to you. Hopefully you'll be back again soon.
Thanks mate. Definitely next time buddy.
Great work as always. 👍👊👊
Thanks Terry 👍
Ruddy hell that's a whole lot of foxes. Was the full total 27+ 38 = 65? Unbelievable. Can't imagine the type of damage they could have caused come lambing season and the local wildlife. Great work - has the season been good for them in this area or something?
50 all up this trip mate.
Been a fantastic season with bumper crops and lots of critters and insects to feed them up.
Another excellent video Rodney. Your marksmanship is top notch. Great to see you punching big holes in not just the pests, but their overall numbers as well. You are an inspiration to the res of us. Thanks for sharing your efforts with the rest of us.
You're very welcome mate. Thanks for watching 👊
How many Ft lbs is the FX putting out?
Running at 32 ft lbs John
@@RJMHuntingAustralia What is the biggest game you can take with that 32 ft lbs?
Hares and rabbits mate
@@RJMHuntingAustralia Will it not take a fox?
Can do. Shot placement has to be spot on though 👌
Cheers mate, Great shooting
Appreciate that buddy 👍
Lots of tasty rabbit pie there :)))
What damage do the hares do?
Here's a link mate.
pestsmart.org.au/toolkit-resource/ground-shooting-of-hares/
Tank you from Denmark
Your welcome mate 👍
Love your channel great entertainment. I also enjoy when you team up with the edge always good videos. Just a big hello from Florida USA.
Really appreciate that mate. Thanks for the support 👊
Excellent shot.
Thanks champ 👌
Magnificent mate you’re a true environmentalist
Thanks champion 👊
Great video and very precious achievement mate ❤
Much appreciated mate. Thankyou 👊
I love how when you say good day next a bullet gets you 😂
Just being polite mate 👌
Fantastic upload, keep at it.kind regards Mike. Norfolk. UK. 👍
Thankyou Mike. Will do mate 👊
Great vid. You'll never run out of targets. 👍
I tend to agree mate. Not in my lifetime anyway 👌
Thanks for posting.
Well edited..
Appreciate that mate. Not many people realise just how much work goes into editing these videos. 👊
@@RJMHuntingAustralia
I edited 26 shots together on my mobile phone... manually transfering files...cos pulsar can't group copy n paste files...that's without comments and talking clips....just footage ..
I like my xm50....
Dream of xg50...with ballistics etc..
Definitely a punish with the way the software is on a lot of the thermal scopes
Brilliant m8. From over the ditch.
Thanks Neil. Much appreciated buddy 👊
Great stuff as usual mate. Good to see you back out there
Been super busy with the shooting mate. Hardest part is finding the time to do the video editing 😫
Great work. That's a lot of foxes gone.... our small native fauna thanks you!
Appreciate that mate 👍
Every time I hear gid day I chuckle to myself.
Lol. Works a treat 😉
Nice shooting sir.
Thanks Joe 👊
G'day mate 🎯😎👍🏻
Hey champion 👊
Excellent shooting Rodney, especially the double 🤓
Thanks. Was pretty chuffed when those 2 came wandering in. 👌
Impressive marksmanship. Very humane pest control.
That's exactly what it's all about mate. Even though they're pests, all culling should be done as humanely and efficiently as possible. 👊
Great shooting there Rodney, keep up the great work 🍻
Thanks mate 👊
Amazing ,fantastic shooting
Would love to do this,
Thanks mate 👊
Hi, have a nice hunt👍
Thankyou
love your work !
Thanks 👊
Great work Rod 👍👍
Thankyou Greg. 👊
Excellent shooting. A pleasure to watch 👍
Much appreciated Bob thanks mate. 👊
Brilliantly captured
Thanks 👊