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Posted: 25 Feb 2023 at 9:27pm

nope, ive eaten the back legs of a rat I shot at a river. .177 no idea what it was. Clean aminal, not near a town.

Hedgehog I'm dicey on, but curious. Might be a while but I'll probly try it at some stage.

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Posted: 25 Feb 2023 at 8:33pm

I want to give wallaby a go some time. I've heard done right it's perfect.

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Posted: 25 Feb 2023 at 5:15pm

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hare, quail, pheasant, pigeon, rat, hedgehog. Throw in goat and wallaby with something over .22

I'll assume at least the rat and hedgehog are a joke but if not, each to their own :D

I would think wallaby is delicious, having enjoyed eating kangaroo but I was speaking to a guy here that shoots a lot of them and he, and noone he hunts with eat them Says they can be full of worms and that puts them off. I'd be worried in case they might have been poisoned too, but a healthy young one in a poison free area I'd definitely try!

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Posted: 25 Feb 2023 at 5:13pm

I plan on getting a bow. I used to do a lot of archery from the age of 6 to about 14 but hunting with a bow isn't legal in the UK and so I gradually lost interest in them. Being able to get back into the discipline but with more of a purpose to fill the freezer is very appealing to me.

When I was last in NZ I hunted goats and we ate goat meat a few times, I really enjoyed it. Also shot some peafowl in Tologa Bay. We cooked the breasts of one female in a stew and I suspect she was an old bird and we didn't cook it for long enough, so was very very chewy.

I was forgetting about quail and pheasant being an option here, ducks too. What pigeons are you guys eating? Feral rock doves? Noone back home really eats those but we have wood pigeons as an option and they are a bigger cleaner bird so people choose to eat those.

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Posted: 25 Feb 2023 at 4:28pm

you can't just put a longer trigger adjustment screw in?

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Posted: 25 Feb 2023 at 4:25pm

Taste-wise I’d say it’s hard to beat turkey, but hares, rabbits, quail, and pheasants also make up for very good eating. Pigeons and corvids are also eaten, but I never had those too. There’s a good range depending where you live. If you’re just out for meat without a FAL though, there’s always the option of getting a crossbow or a bow, which are not very regulated, and as long as it’s 150lb+ and 30lb+ draw weight respectively, you can hunt on public land - amongst some other little things.

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Posted: 25 Feb 2023 at 4:21pm

hare, quail, pheasant, pigeon, rat, hedgehog. Throw in goat and wallaby with something over .22

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Posted: 25 Feb 2023 at 4:14pm

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Hey Elliot, welcome to NZ!

I know it will be controversial, but I currently have over 15 air guns in my collection, and when it comes to hunting, I pick my Gamo Magnum Gen 2 more often than I would want to admit. I hunt turkeys, and for the most part, I couldn’t find any other rifle to put up with it in those hunts, including well-made BSA, and fixed barrel Stoegers. They are much harder to shoot than a TX200 or a Weihrouch springer, but once you’ve nailed it down, the 30fpe, all weather stock (great on the field) it’s hard to beat - definitely not a plinker though.

So, a CFX for $100 bucks, if you don’t want that one, I might - you won’t find more bang for your buck than that! Another option to look at if you’re used to PCPs is the Umarex Magnum with the 88g CO2. It puts out about 11fp if I’m not mistaken, and if you buy the 12g CO2 adaptor, it should be cheap to run too.

The BSA Spitfire is another good option and widely available, but it is certainly not quiet. For reference, it has the same power plant as the lightning xl, but with a 10-shot mag fitted - I also never had any problems with those.

With all that said though, as rightfully pointed out, if you’re willing to put down the money, you can’t really go wrong with models such the TX200, HW90, ASP20, and so on. And these will indeed be guns your grandchildren will shoot decades from now.

Hope that either way you find your deal and soon enough be out there shooting! Welcome again.

I will be taking Pauly up on his offer, as you say it will be great bang for my buck and a good way to get into shooting over here.

I had briefly looked at the Umarex Magnum but hadn't realised they were quite as powerful as that. Not sure I'll go down that route this time around but 12g CO2 adapter or bulk filling (I know nothing about doing that yet) could make that a tempting option.

Thatnls for the welcome, I'm looking forward to some plinking and invasive pest eradication.

Of the quarry you can take with an air rifle here, what is the best eating? I've eaten plenty of rabbits but not much else you can shoot over here. I did see someone tried possum and said it was very good, but also mentioned having to check for TB which is a bit off putting.

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Posted: 25 Feb 2023 at 12:52pm

Hey Elliot, welcome to NZ!

I know it will be controversial, but I currently have over 15 air guns in my collection, and when it comes to hunting, I pick my Gamo Magnum Gen 2 more often than I would want to admit. I hunt turkeys, and for the most part, I couldn’t find any other rifle to put up with it in those hunts, including well-made BSA, and fixed barrel Stoegers. They are much harder to shoot than a TX200 or a Weihrouch springer, but once you’ve nailed it down, the 30fpe, all weather stock (great on the field) it’s hard to beat - definitely not a plinker though.

So, a CFX for $100 bucks, if you don’t want that one, I might - you won’t find more bang for your buck than that! Another option to look at if you’re used to PCPs is the Umarex Magnum with the 88g CO2. It puts out about 11fp if I’m not mistaken, and if you buy the 12g CO2 adaptor, it should be cheap to run too.

The BSA Spitfire is another good option and widely available, but it is certainly not quiet. For reference, it has the same power plant as the lightning xl, but with a 10-shot mag fitted - I also never had any problems with those.

With all that said though, as rightfully pointed out, if you’re willing to put down the money, you can’t really go wrong with models such the TX200, HW90, ASP20, and so on. And these will indeed be guns your grandchildren will shoot decades from now.

Hope that either way you find your deal and soon enough be out there shooting! Welcome again.

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