Huge C#@p!!!

flyingdutch said:

these things would swallow you whole!!!

We took a small diversion off tonights social/BUG ride to have a Capt Cook at the Merri/Yarra. Creeping baby Jesus, those carp are BIG! :eek:

flyingdutch said:

these things would swallow you whole!!!

We took a small diversion off tonights social/BUG ride to have a Capt Cook at the Merri/Yarra. Creeping baby Jesus, those carp are BIG! :eek:

On 2005-11-02, Gags (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

We used to go after carp in the Riverland (SA) around Barmera/Loveday
area.......with shotguns!!!

<snoopdy doo>

Quoted message said:

Just doing our bit to protect the waterways.......

Lining the riverbed with lead? 🙂

--
TimC
HANDLE WITH EXTREME CARE: This Product Contains Minute Electrically
Charged Particles Moving at Velocities in Excess of Five Hundred
Million Miles Per Hour. --unknown

On 2005-11-02, Gags (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

We used to go after carp in the Riverland (SA) around Barmera/Loveday
area.......with shotguns!!!

<snoopdy doo>

Quoted message said:

Just doing our bit to protect the waterways.......

Lining the riverbed with lead? 🙂

--
TimC
HANDLE WITH EXTREME CARE: This Product Contains Minute Electrically
Charged Particles Moving at Velocities in Excess of Five Hundred
Million Miles Per Hour. --unknown

TimC said:

On 2005-11-02, Gags (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

We used to go after carp in the Riverland (SA) around Barmera/Loveday
area.......with shotguns!!!

<snoopdy doo>

Quoted message said:

Just doing our bit to protect the waterways.......

Lining the riverbed with lead? 🙂

Been a few years since shotties used lead.

But the only good carp is a dead carp right..?

I still aint sorted my subjects for swinnie next year urk the deadline
is here

TimC said:

On 2005-11-02, Gags (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

We used to go after carp in the Riverland (SA) around Barmera/Loveday
area.......with shotguns!!!

<snoopdy doo>

Quoted message said:

Just doing our bit to protect the waterways.......

Lining the riverbed with lead? 🙂

Been a few years since shotties used lead.

But the only good carp is a dead carp right..?

I still aint sorted my subjects for swinnie next year urk the deadline
is here

Gags said:

We used to go after carp in the Riverland (SA) around Barmera/Loveday area.......with shotguns!!!

Used to go duck shooting there quite regularly and occasionally for a bit of a laugh we would put on the waders and find a spot in a backwater where
there is about 6-8inches of water and 2ft or so of mud. Huge European Carp would swim along with their backs half out of the water as they ploughed through the mud looking for food (and further destroying the riverbed). We
would throw a big stick near the carp and then shoot it as it took off through the water at a great rate of knots (either aim for it's back sticking out of the water or the front of the wake that it was leaving!!!).
We once ended up with about 18 or so in a day and I would say that the smallest was 2 foot long, with the biggest closer to 3.

Last camping trip we destroyed a landing net, a cricket bat and an oar from the punt doing pretty much the same thing. Pot shots with the slug-gun makes 'em hike along too.

The big buggers would almost knock us over as they swam into our legs trying to get away.

My uncle had some truly massive examples in his dam. He used to feed them, the crazy git! The only thing Carp are good for is shrimp bait.

hippy
It's not sadistic, it's just the "country" 😉

dave said:

Been a few years since shotties used lead.

Really? What is it then? It looks like lead.

hippy

hippy said:

dave said:

Been a few years since shotties used lead.

Really? What is it then? It looks like lead.

hippy

Ahhh [censored].. I should know this.. I think its a nickel alloy

hang on here we go

Quoted message said:

Can lead shot be used to hunt ducks in Victoria?
Generally, only non-toxic shot may be used to hunt ducks in Victoria. However, there is an exemption to this regulation

for hunters using muzzle loading, Damascus steel or twist-barrelled
shotguns.

Quoted message said:

What types of non-toxic shot can be used for duck hunting?
The non-toxic shot types permitted for use are: steel, bismuth, tungsten-matrix, tungsten-iron

, tungsten polymer and tin. All of these alternatives are safe to use
and are non-toxic to wildlife. They do, however,

vary in price and availability. Hunters should contact their local
ammunition retailer to discuss their non-toxic shot options.

Dammm there is an exception for some very old firearms.. This is
newsgroups..someone is going to hound me to the end of my days proving
that I am therefore totally wrong.

Dave

hippy said:

dave said:

Been a few years since shotties used lead.

Really? What is it then? It looks like lead.

hippy

Ahhh [censored].. I should know this.. I think its a nickel alloy

hang on here we go

Quoted message said:

Can lead shot be used to hunt ducks in Victoria?
Generally, only non-toxic shot may be used to hunt ducks in Victoria. However, there is an exemption to this regulation

for hunters using muzzle loading, Damascus steel or twist-barrelled
shotguns.

Quoted message said:

What types of non-toxic shot can be used for duck hunting?
The non-toxic shot types permitted for use are: steel, bismuth, tungsten-matrix, tungsten-iron

, tungsten polymer and tin. All of these alternatives are safe to use
and are non-toxic to wildlife. They do, however,

vary in price and availability. Hunters should contact their local
ammunition retailer to discuss their non-toxic shot options.

Dammm there is an exception for some very old firearms.. This is
newsgroups..someone is going to hound me to the end of my days proving
that I am therefore totally wrong.

Dave

hippy said:

Really? What is it then? It looks like lead.

hippy

'Tastes like Lead...' 🙄

flyingdutch said:

'Tastes like Lead...' 🙄

It must be lead.

hippy
one pill makes you larger

On Wed, 2 Nov 2005 12:17:24 +1100, "GPLama" <[email hidden]> wrote :

Quoted message said:

At this point in the story I was picturing two old guys with sticks playing
with a giant turd on the path...

Carpe diem = "Kill the goldfish"

On Wed, 2 Nov 2005 12:17:24 +1100, "GPLama" <[email hidden]> wrote :

Quoted message said:

At this point in the story I was picturing two old guys with sticks playing
with a giant turd on the path...

Carpe diem = "Kill the goldfish"

"TimC" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

On 2005-11-02, Gags (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

We used to go after carp in the Riverland (SA) around Barmera/Loveday
area.......with shotguns!!!

<snoopdy doo>

Quoted message said:

Just doing our bit to protect the waterways.......

Lining the riverbed with lead? 🙂

--

Very topical issue.......my folks in Adelaide were basically the life blood
of our Simulated Field and Game clay target club that was in the Adelaide
hills (Dad held position of secretary for years and when he and mum gave it
away, it took about 5 or 6 people to pick up all the jobs that they did).
The club had a range up in the Adelaide hills and on the range were a couple
of dams. One of the targets used to be set up so that you were basically on
the uphill side of a dam and the target crossed the dam (simulating a duck
coming in to land I guess). This was a great target as it gave a good
indication if you were shooting in front of or behind the target as you
could see the fall of shot on the water. Anyway, there must have been
thousands of rounds shot into this dam over the years and then some guy
bought up the adjoining land and started complaining to the EPA about noise
pollution, lead pollution, etc....(there is only one Sunday shoot per month
so I think he was being a bit unreasonable). The end result was that they
had all sorts of testing done on the water and the soil at the bottom of the
dam and the lead levels were below the accepted levels in all cases.

The club has since rejigged all of the targets to avoid any more shot in the
water or landing on the new neighbours land and I think that after years of
trying, the neighbour has finally accepted the fact that there is no way for
him to drive the club out (thankfully).

Most wetlands now have banned lead shot and I believe that inspectors even
carry some sort of metal detecting device to check shooters ammunition. The
steel shot is actually not as suitable as due to its hardness it increases
wear on shotgun barrels and it goes straight through ducks instead of
mushrooming. This results in less clean kills from the first shot.

The other big disadvantage is that the steel shot can be a real danger to
your teeth when eating the ducks as any that have managed to lodge in the
flesh pose a real danger to you chipping a tooth (as opposed to lead that is
much softer and has a bit of give in it). I haven't been duck shooting for
20 years or so but my old man still goes pretty regularly and he and mum eat
all of the ducks that he shoots.

You can sort of compare duck shooting to cycling in that a few bad examples
spoil the image of all the people involved. Despite media portrayals of all
duck hunters being bloodthirsty demons who shoot anything that moves and
leave it laying where it lands, dad only shoots within the bag limit of
permitted species and as I said, they all get eaten.

Gags