Home harvest materials (warning deceased animal photo's).
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 4:27 pm
Last night, from maybe 10-12pm, my two German Wirehaired Pointers were causing a bit of a nuisance of themselves. Periodic barking. It is unusual for pointers to bark, but both the bitch and dog were barking say every 10 minutes for 30 seconds and being quite assertive with it.
So a few trips out to the field behind their pen with headlamp on to see if the pet sheep or new lamb were teasing them through the wire (as they do- just for fun) or if a foreign cat was doing the rounds. Nothing to be seen, but each time I came back into the house 10 minutes later they would start up again. Now, on a still night the barking of two large dogs can be annoying for neighbours, so what ever was worrying them had to be found and a cure put in place.
With both dogs locked away I took up station where they had been standing looking into the field, stood quietly for a few minutes in the dark and quietly switched on the head lamp. Sure enough a red eye reflection bounced back to me from the middle of a large plum tree behind the dog's pen.
Back inside, unlock the cabinet and gather up the Brno .22lr Model 1, back out to the tree and one sub-sonic 37 grain pill later...... tying material you do not have to travel to gather!
This is a "dark brown" colouring of the Australian brush tailed possum. More common is the silver/grey colouration.
The underside of both is usually a cream/amber/tan kind of colouring.
Formidable claws help with climbing and holding in trees, but can rip through skin very easily if needs must.
Face shot.
A couple of shots showing length and density of fur. First is the tail.
Middle of back.
A bit morbid I know, but I thought some of you might be interested to see what the wee beastie looks like complete and not just a bit of fluff in a plastic bag or a pelt patch.
So a few trips out to the field behind their pen with headlamp on to see if the pet sheep or new lamb were teasing them through the wire (as they do- just for fun) or if a foreign cat was doing the rounds. Nothing to be seen, but each time I came back into the house 10 minutes later they would start up again. Now, on a still night the barking of two large dogs can be annoying for neighbours, so what ever was worrying them had to be found and a cure put in place.
With both dogs locked away I took up station where they had been standing looking into the field, stood quietly for a few minutes in the dark and quietly switched on the head lamp. Sure enough a red eye reflection bounced back to me from the middle of a large plum tree behind the dog's pen.
Back inside, unlock the cabinet and gather up the Brno .22lr Model 1, back out to the tree and one sub-sonic 37 grain pill later...... tying material you do not have to travel to gather!
This is a "dark brown" colouring of the Australian brush tailed possum. More common is the silver/grey colouration.
The underside of both is usually a cream/amber/tan kind of colouring.
Formidable claws help with climbing and holding in trees, but can rip through skin very easily if needs must.
Face shot.
A couple of shots showing length and density of fur. First is the tail.
Middle of back.
A bit morbid I know, but I thought some of you might be interested to see what the wee beastie looks like complete and not just a bit of fluff in a plastic bag or a pelt patch.
It's good for us city slickers to get our hands dirty vicariouisly.
Plenty available here if you would like some.
Half the carcass each.