Feral Pig, Feral Cat & Fox Shooting with my new $15,000 Custom 308Win Rifle
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- If you would like to see what I do in an afternoon and evening on a contract pest control shoot, you are in the right place. This shooting trip we are out hunting invasive feral pigs, foxes and feral cats. There's plenty of bulk action packed footage in this video in both daylight and after the sun sets with the thermal gear, things get a little wild towards the end plus...... I'm running the bolt pretty hard on my new custom 308Win rifle and it's not without a few teething niggles.
Access into this area is with my mates Polaris XP1000 side by side buggy. This machine is purpose built for his contract shooting business and works amazingly well in the terrain type for pest control. Big thanks to him, my unnamed mate "Bucket" for the invite out seeking assistance.
Critters on the deck and not killing native animals and damaging agriculture is the aim of the game. These uncontrolled animals are an environmental and agricultural menace in Australia and are classed as invasive pest species.
I'm not shooting for human consumption on this trip, it is purely pest control of invasive species in Australia. These uncontrolled animals are an environmental and agricultural menace, often carrying bacterial and diseases like brucellosis. Pigs are left where they lay as carrion, nothing generally lasts more than a week in the Aussie bush before it's just a few scattered remains.
I am a vertebrate pest control - contract shooter in NSW. For those wondering about the suppressors, both my mate and I hold the necessary permits in NSW to do so. If seeking information regarding that, please check the FAR webpage for details. All shooting is performed on privately owned farms, with exclusive permission granted in writing for paid services.
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My 308Win rifle is a full custom, which I will review soon to share all the details properly. Action is a Defiance Machine Tenacity, Triggertech Special trigger, 18 inch Carbon Six Barrel, Wedgetail Industries Suppressor, all in an MDT HTN26 Carbon Fibre Chassis. I'm running reloaded ammunition with 150 grain Hornady SST projectiles and a sprinkling of subsonic rounds, which are reloads using 190 Sub-X projectiles. My thermal scope is a Pulsar Thermion 2 LRF XG50 and for the scanner I'm running a brand new Pulsar Merger LRF XL50 which is 1024x756 resolution !!! Daylight scope, I'm using a PARD D35/50 RF. All up it's about a $15,000 AUD value rig with the thermal scope fitted.
If you are interested in a thermal or night vision device in Australia, have a chat with Ben from Hunt the Night.
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25 million? I had no idea the plague was so bad. I'm a country girl, so I support everything you do. People who have problems with your videos - they need to check back into the real world. Better yet, they need to look at that piece of steak they just cooked...
Thank you 👌
Every time you and your mate see each other in the thermal cracks me up, it doesn't matter how old and mature we get we're all just silly buggers at heart
Exactly mate, professional when required but that doesn't mean it's all uber serious 💪.
Grown up kids with bigger more expensive toys. 🤣
Great night's work! Just my 10 cents but an Australian can't honestly call themselves a "conservationist" and not cheer you on for getting rid of those destructive pigs. And the cat and foxes mean you've preserved the lives of numerous native birds and small mammals and newborn lambs. Keep doing what you do 👍
Thanks for that
My sentiments exactly. Cats, pigs, foxes, deer, rabbits, hares, they are all enemies of the Australian environment. We thank you for your service.
No dingo's where are you shooting at Aussie
All vegans rest assured no grass was harmed in the making of this film.
Maybe a little 😬
Vegans remember growing your food animal pests are still killed to protect it 😮✅
I’m mostly vegan, and a shooter. Why? 80% of farmland is used for livestock which produces only 20% of the world calories. on top of that, animal protein rots your cardiovascular system. Maybe you need a stent in your brain to help digest information?
Hi Nathan. Are you sure you didn't mistakenly stumble on to a pig farm 😂 Great shooting. Cheers
He forgot to say the load hes using! :(
I was thinking the same. Looked like they were being needed.
You're only supposed to shoot the bloody dingos poor pig farmer
@@FishFingers121they have obviously been called upon to come on their station or farm and do this
@@keanubell5260 no S##t 🤣
Good stuff Nathan the cocky should give you a bonus for the crop fertilising. The little buggy screams going up the hills 👍👍👍
It's a fantastic machine my mate has to get around in that's for sure.
Another great shoot Nathan. That was a Target Rich Enviroment for sure. Those pigs do so much damage people dont realise.
Thanks mate.
Exactly 👌
Great to see lumps flying on the night vision 😁😁
Plenty of splatter for sure.
My wife is getting very concerned about how much we are spending on seeing stuff after dark. Lol love your work
Sorry!
I thought I’ve counted over 200 pigs jeezz Louis that’s a lot of pigs as always never disappoints 💪🏾💪🏾
You got that right
One heck of a target rich environment there, Nathan. Farmer must have been going spare with that big a variety to deal with.
So many doing damage unfortunately 😞
I enjoy the way you describe the task, the firearms and accessories and the tactics. It isn't easy and getting out there at dark o'clock in the blinking cold really demonstrates the challenges. The results really matters to the environment and farmers with the reduction of pests.
Thanks Mark. If only it was always as simple and fun as it looks 😬🥶🌧️
In day he got 0 chance whit no gadgets...
Well done Nathan. Vertebrate pest control is critical to preserving native species and habitat, and give farmers a chance.
Exactly Mark, cheers mate 🍻
I reckon you could claim the first official 'Straya Salute' caught on a Thermion............... TWICE !!! That's gotta be a world record for sure 😊😁
Defo need more Bloopers to finish off, it rounds out the vid awesomely Nathan 😉
Challenge accepted
@@EDGEoftheOUTBACK I was waiting for something pithy from Rod but it never came hahahaha
This video highlights many things those that have not been in the bush wouldn’t know regarding just how much of an issue non indigenous species are given the numbers clearly visible. Excellent shooting Nate chur bro.
You don’t need to go to the bush. I work in waste water near towns and the pigs destroy our irrigation fields. The holes they dig are horrendous. On the other hand you can have a hundred wallabies on a field and not even tell they have been there.
@@paule4204 It was a generalization for the non locals mate, its bad all over, drove cross county from jabiru to Mt Borodale and it may as well have been a plowed field, bloody grim outlook if they keep it up, they digging up the irrigation for the water or just sheer numbers out of control.
The pigs out in Kakadu are terrible mate, I'm just back from a holiday up there 😬
Great shooting, particularly the moving targets. Epic work
Thanks mate 👌
Great work Nathan, your ability to deliver a pill to a pig on the run is brilliant. I do believe you got a two for one on the piglets. 👍👍
I actually had two, twofers 😎
Suckers & baking trays, are made for each other. Nice work 👍
Unfortunately - very few understand 'twitching' and that cats twitch way more than most. Nice set-up you have - a tad jealous. Well done. Messy? overkill is better than underkill - always
Well said!
Good work Nathan and mate. My word I have not seen so many pigs in a paddock. Pity you couldn't strafe
Need a few mortar rounds 😂
Top effort Nathan & your mate 👍🏼Good tip on checking to see if a feral has made a nest in the quad.
I don’t like PPU or Zastarva, very second grade from Serbia I believe
Had serious over pressure with ppu in my 223. Cheap hornady etc were perfect. GECO ammunition is doing well for me at the moment in 53gn 223. Soft point. All the best from Ireland
Nice one, good to hear.
I tried a packet of PPU 243 75grain from memory, wasn’t the best grouping & came with a lot of smoke (cheap or dirty powder?) felt like very old school black powder flint rifle sort of smoke
Top shot Nathan
Some serious carnage at the end there 👍
Absolutely a huge mess
When you were mopping up those "bacon bits,"it looked like you got a twofer. Great shooting. Might suggest a brass catcher. Beats looking for casings after the excitement.Great body count. Keep stacking them up.
I agree it looked like a two for 🍺
I actually got two, twofers in this one. Case catcher, no. I often single load a subsonic round and the catcher gets in the way.
That is a gorgeous rifle, and I notice you laid out the facts as to precisely why feral pigs are such an issue. Hopefully you can educate some of the commenters that don't appreciate the problems!
Nice work mate.
No, they are still rolling in... And I'm still blocking them 😞
@@EDGEoftheOUTBACK Well, you tried mate. The ones that can't read aren't worth the time :)
Absolute beautiful firearm your using. From a wild game harvester mate to you its great to see a video with accurate kills. Great videos keep them coming.
Thanks Steve 👌
Every Ozzie hunter’s fantasy a large field full of pigs and deer , and love the pig splatter some of those pig exploded like that mouse
Thanks mate 👌
Nathan, gonna start calling you "Angry Bird" with all the exploding pigs. Great shooting as always Mate 😎👍
Cheers mate 👌
Great vid. I brought ppu in .223 a few years ago. My semi hatted it. So I’m slowly going through it with my bolt action. Only hares and possums to chase on my farm in NZ. Aww and a cat too if I’m lucky 😂
Good luck!
Geez some bloody good shooting there Nathan. Also quite unsettling to see how many pigs that poor farmer is trying to deal with, love your work
Yeah there's a lot about for sure 😣
So many pigs!
Having see how much damage even a couple do, those paddocks must be in a state.
They make a huge bloody mess that's for sure.
Great shooting, had some nice splatter going on there as well😅
A few messy ones yes.
Well done, great effort towards pulling the rotten pig numbers down. We need many more people hooking in like this.
The numbers are rather staggering ATM 😳
❤ I’m always excited to see your adventures.😊 When your out hunting with others your always a fun watch. The new gun is surprisingly light weight . Not sure how long a barrel will last you. Hot is not a friend. Subsonics seem to be doing a great job. 😊I
Oh well, heat is part of the deal and it's a tool. Great to carry though 😀
Opps, I almost missed viewing this one, but I got it now,
Nice going you two, good entertainment for me, great pest 'removal' for the Farmers,..all good stuff Nathan,.. thanks for this one.
Glad you enjoyed it
Mate! By far the best Australian hunting channel. Really impressed by your instinctive shooting skills and ability to judge how much lead is required on running animals. Keep sending rounds down range mate, love it!
Appreciate it mate 🍻
Taking out that whole sounder... amazing.
Cheers
I am constantly amazed at the quality of the thermal images from your gear.
The shooting is bloody good too.
Well done mate. You’ve earned every one of your 344,000 subscribers. 😀👍
Really appreciate it Brad
Brilliant! I really enjoy learning about the animals and your shooting skills are just amazing. We don't have this problem in England but I hear they are re-introducing wild Boar in Scotland and Southern England....to me this is a BIG mistake after seeing what you guys have to deal with and the folks in USA. Thanks for the great videos and funnies Nathan & Cpt B. x
Brilliant work again, some great shooting, and a great video.
With reference to your PPU reloads. I bought a batch of it for my 222 and my 22-250. I have even reloaded a lot of the brass as well, I never really had a problem with it. My 222 is a CZ 527 American, and my 22-250 is a tikka t3 super varmint, both standard. Don’t get me wrong, it is certainly not the best Ammo by far, but when your offered 200 rounds of 222 and 200 rounds of 22-250 for £100, you don’t pass on it, I think that’s around $200. I normally shoot Sako ammo. I shoot Hornady in my smaller rifles when I can’t be bothered reloading.
Please keep the videos coming. 🇬🇧🇬🇧
4:26 a cow nope a deer nope spans left a Pig Bang! good shot dropped it fast
And 6:22 shot right up the clacka!
good job Nathan been dam cold this week
It was freezing, I was out in it 🥶
Well done Nathan. Another great video. Hopefully you can get your misfeed issue sorted.
All sorted now 👌
Nice clean up shots. Not every shot is a clean kid. The way you dealt with that is how it should be. Good to see someone taking good care of the land.
Appreciate it mate
Great video boys. I was shocked at how many pigs you saw in the one night. Their numbers are getting ridiculous. Keep up the good work and content,👍🤘
Thanks! Will do!
You fellas have the best pig channel on the tube. The content and editing is the boss.😎🇦🇺👌
Thanks 👍
Good job! I'm busy clearing rabbits for a mate running grass livery, it's pest control, not sporting so little bolters, pregnant or milky does are all fair game. It's all going into dog food or the best rabbit is being prepped and given to my neighbours or going in my freezer.
Sounds great!
@@EDGEoftheOUTBACK Thanks, it's nothing compared to what you do, we just help out a few people who don't shoot that need pests controlled. Small properties where you couldn't use live rounds so us with air rifles and my dog as picker-up. Thanks to your channel I've gone thermal for night shooting
I use PPU brass exclusively in my Schmidt Rubin 7,5 Swiss rifles. Only issue, as with ALL reloading of bottle-necked rifle brass, is case length "growth": Case expands and "flows" forward on firing. FLS die squeezes the brass back to nominal diameters BUT there is a bit of forward stretch / flow in that process, too. Too long a neck and you eill encounter those "interesting times" of alleged Chines origin.The brass that flows forward has to come from "somewhere" and in true Murphy fashion, it appears to creep from near the head of the case. Hence the formation of visible changes in the crystal structure about 8-10mm forward of the head. Also very noticeably in rifles with excess headspaceKnown in the trade as a good indicator of "incipient head separation". Ripping the head off a case in the loading press is a bit of a drag, but with the right tools tools, not a catastrophe.
Out in the pig-infested weeds? A different matter, unless you have the correct ruptured-case extractor gear in your field kit..
About a decade ago, I lashed out on a Dillon electric trimmer and the special dies for several cartridges.
I have seen a couple of very expensive rifles damaged with un-trimmed reloaded brass.
Most "modern" sporting rifles have rather dainty extractors and ejectors, unlike old military standards like Mausers and Lee-Enfields, Accumulated crud in teh extractor recess in the bolt can reduce the "travel" of the extractor claw in the grooved case head. This "crud" will also hold moisture in and around the spring. Rust is the great spring-killer. All of which requires a bit of attention in daylight or a very well lit workshop.
Nice shooting, BTW :"Applied Ecology" rools!
Thanks mate 👌 appreciate the tips
Bloody good work mate. Night time white hot looks great, especially when pig bits fly.
Thanks 👍
Excellent shooting. ❤ Those little ones exploding were just in time for July 4th....
Why what happens on July 4?
@@yendor9078 - In America it is Independence Day. Fireworks day! 🎆
Nathan's version of Silence of the hams.
😂
Well done guys👍thank you for helping our farm and land owners protect their properties. Love the channel
Thanks 👍
Love the new setup and really love watching your work and videos
Thanks so much!
I loved it! It's been awhile BUT worth the wait! Glad you found the bad ammo and got rid of it! Thanks for the cat as well! very enjoyable video! Look forward to the next one!
Cheers 🍺
Real snazzy outfit you have there Nathan, but it certainly does the job on pigs.
Absolutely it works well now
That is a sweet new rig you have! Target rich environment to break it in on for sure. I have a Remington 788 in .243 that doesn’t want to extract on occasion. Need to move it for something else. You’re going to have to spend some time at the reloading bench after that shoot. Hope you enjoy doing that as much as I do!
Yeah I'm firm out after this last weekend away
12:03 Damn, that pig took two direct hits yet still kept walking!
They can take a surprising amount of damage sometimes
Mouse on thermal + .308 Winchester = Me rolling about my room laughing my head off! (Keep up the good work Nathan)
Cheers mate 🍻
Just found your channela dn you got another subscriber, good work mate! A lot of people may not appreciate the effort and skil that goes into what you're doing. I know from experience that making it look that easy is definitely not easily done. Bloody good on you, cheers!
Thanks for the sub!
Very nice rifle Nathan. Commenting for the algorithm.
Appreciate it 💪
A target rich environment. You really laid it on the pigs on that trip. The rifle problems have got to be very frustrating but you will get it figured out.
Keep them coming/
Yep, I wasn't impressed but all sorted now 👍🏻
Take them all big or small , great shooting mate.
Thanks mate
Bloody beautiful, nice shooting
Thanks mate 👌
Top vid, it had everything I love about you channel. Had the wow moments and the giggles from the first salute, but the second one with the pause and focus had me cackling. Well done on putting out a superb vid that had me wishing it didnt end. Thank you for putting in the effort to make and show this amazing footage 👌👍
Glad you enjoyed it
Wicked video few feral down that trip
Cheers 👍🏻
Out of all your marksmanship tutorial videos, this one is particularly pleasing.
The pigs are almost pausing to allow your shot.
Glad you enjoyed it 👍
So many pigs down but so many left! Solid shooting! Not easy shooting moving targets! You've got solid skills! 👍👌
Appreciate it mate 👌
you are right in pest control they all have to go. Little pigs grow up and have more pigs. When I went pig shooting they were all fair game.
@@EDGEoftheOUTBACKdebería darte vergüenza haciendo eso a animales ojalá te agan lo mismo ATI
Talk about warm barrels that must be the understatement of the year mate bloody good effort on those pigs with the addition of foxes and a bloody cat ,well done again to you and your mate Nathan keep up the good work.
Thanks 👍
A great night out mate, and great shooting, as always!
I can highly recommend the Maker Rex subsonic projectiles in 308. Even though the Sub-X are better than most lead projectiles, the sub-specific monolithics are on another level.
Worth the hassle of importing them yourself 😉
Keep up the good work...and content!
The new rig looks good 👍
Thanks mate, I've a 1000 Sub-X to burn through before I worry about changing anything
Great work mate, I have only just found your channel and am loving the content and of course the friendly barter between you and your mate, keep up the good work cheers
Welcome aboard!
Maaate,u definitely got a sweet toy there..awesome vid..great footage,clear as a bell.stay safe brother.👍
Thank you, I will
Jack out the back had same problem with 308 ppu rounds he stopped using them Nathan.😊
Absolutely brilliant..
Cheers 👍🏻
You are a paina in da strainer 😅. Good man!! Back on the Cold KFC - Dinner of champions
You know it!
You created a novel {messy} way of making mice and piglets disappear, good one !🤣😂
Nice vid Nathan, some great shooting there
Cheers mate 👌
Piglets make more pigs in just 6 months. Enjoyed this footage.👍
That's right 👌
Top work again Nathan . If only kfc sold pork im sure they would sponsor you 🤣.
Probably correct 😂
It's a dirty job but somebody's got to do it 🤪. Awesome job!!!
That's it 🍻
Sucker stew, great shooting mate cheers Yogi 👍
Thanks mate 👌
Your shooting skills are amazing
The more dead ferals the better,keep up the great work
Cheers mate 👌
🇦🇺 Just stumbled across your channel and if there are that many feral pigs in one night, you're gonna need a semi auto for the job. Night time thermal images are unreal!
I did cover a few reasons why I haven't yet in this video 👍
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Excellent work once again lad!
Thank you! Cheers!
Your a legend mate, helping Australia rid feral pests!
Cheers
Hey bud, it looks like you were making hamburger patties at the end. Great shooting.
Paddock Pizza 😎
@@EDGEoftheOUTBACK 😄
Unreal session I had the same problem with ppu brass dumped it went back to laupa no issues since
Brilliant stuff men.
Thanks Peter
Nice one Nathan....Bacon for life lol . Keep them coming.
More to come!
great job
Cheers mate 👌
Boondock Saints. There was a firefight quote.
All I could think of when you said it
Cool
One of your best yet, going to be hard to beat!
You wait till you see the weekend I've just had 😬
That was awesome. Even getting a few on the run. So according to Full Metal Jacket, you don't need to lead the sows and piglets so much?😉
Depends if they run straight or not
One ☝️ of your best vids Nathan bloody incredible
Appreciate it mate 👌
Great video Nathan! The land owner must be stoked. Would be interested to know your rough count for the night.
We kind of lost count but in excess of 100 easy.
Bugger bout that extraction issue...
Enough to make one scream.
That splatter was huge!🤯
Yep, big mess 😳
@@EDGEoftheOUTBACK did you sort out the extraction? Was the ppc brass too soft?
I'm 90% sure that's the issue. Or a slightly undersized rim for the extractor in the PPU brass. I'm just chucking it all in the bin now.
@@EDGEoftheOUTBACK sounds the safest..
Guess you had a cleaning rod in he field..
Thanks for doing all the editing...gobsmacking amount of editing I'm sure..
On a different note ..I'd love to see 250, 300 yard long range foxes with xg50...
I have xm50 (I recall you saying you weren't a fan of that sensor.)...but I'm liking 5.5 starting point...and use it to Id things I can't with accolade 2 bino's...
Thanks again...
That's an interesting one, I just get a bit closer but I have taken longer shots. Not sure if I have any on file though.
Congratulations on your new 308, was the old one getting loose? I stopped using PPU because of primer blow outs!
The shooting was incredible as usual, Thanks for the video mate! Stay safe, greetings from Northern Ireland!
Thanks Bobby, I still have my old 308win. New one is 700g lighter !!!
Once agian
Totally well worth the watch. Soooo good.
Thanks for the late nights and a breat video ❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
I dunno, I could be waaay off base here, but I think your mate might be a bit camera shy. 😂😂
LOL and that's fine !!!
100% good viewing.
Cheers mate 👌
Cleaning AUS one pig at a time 👍
Something like that