This shooting trip we are out hunting invasive feral pigs, foxes and wild deer. There's plenty of action packed footage in this video with my GoPro on a head mount in daylight. As usual there's also bulk kill shots with the thermal once it got dark too!!!

The grass is definitely sky high with feed levels at 6+ feet high in a lot of the areas we had access to in my mates Polaris XP1000 side by side buggy. Attempting to shoot a lot of country we can access was just not worth the time with such limited visibility, but we stacked up bulk animals out on the more open stubble fields.

Big thanks to my unnamed mate "Bucket" for the invite out seeking assistance on this contract for pest control. It's a beautiful area to spend time and I'm grateful to get the work up there.

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 mostly classed as invasive pest species.

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.

Both rifles used are chambered in 308 Winchester.

Daytime pump action footage is with a Arrtech Prima XP, shooting Sako 130gr Hollow Point ammo.

Night time, I'm running my Ruger American Predator 18" rifle. This rig is fitted into a MDT Gen 2 LSS chassis, running reloaded ammunition with 150 grain Hornady SST projectiles. There is a sprinkling of subsonic rounds used which are reloads using 190 Sub-X projectiles. My thermal scope is the new Pulsar Thermion 2 LRF XG50. For a scanner I'm running a Pulsar Merger LRF XP50.

How to hardwire Hikmicro Condor 2.0 and Falcon 2.0 to an Ipad or Samsung Tablet, only works with tablets that have USB C and support UVC Video input.

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Step 1: download CamX app on your Ipad or USB Camera app on Android

Step 2: Turn output to “digital” in the menu System on your thermal ( only supports 2.0 models )

Step 3: use a USB C to USB C data cable for direct connection ( doesn’t support charging ) or use an adapter in-between to support charging as well. We are testing many adapters but currently the cheapest that works is the Keji 7-in-1 USB-C & HDMI Adapter.

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Frankie was on a mission. After two years of peace and quiet, Frankie was coming back for a scrub bull and a chital stag and maybe some hogs and a Barra or two. He was coming back to hunt hard so the challenge was on. Time to wake up Chocky and Axle - Frankie's Back!!

After a quick drive back home and a few days catching up on repairs and bills, it was time to head back north. I had trapped this property a few times before so I didn't expect big numbers but those we were targeting were in on the breeder cows and young calves already. This was going to be interesting!!

Some hunts simply stick in your mind as being special. This scrub bull hunt was one of those. It is as much about the people as it is about the game because although hunting is a serious activity, it has to also be fun.

As hunting guides, there are some people you never forget.
"The Frankies", Frank, Frankie and Danial shot straight, worked as a team and listened to instructions, plus they are simply fun to be in the bush with. Watch out wild pigs, here comes the Team!!

The trail cameras had told the story, it was time to reflect, learn, improve and get ready for the next project. These dogs had learnt, they would be hard to trick in the future and this is what makes our wild dingoes such a survivor. This is a trait to respect.

Hunting bull Tahr in the snow and ice of the West Coast, NZ is a real challenge. We had climbed high during a break in the weather and now at last, we were onto the big bulls.

When the surviving wild dogs in an area have seen the results of thermal shooting, spotlighting, ground shooting, 1080 baiting and then are subjected to a trapping campaign, there is no wonder some of them turn into Ghosts. Adjust your mind, alter your techniques and as the great old song goes, Know when to hold em and know when to fold em.

The year was 2016 and we were back in the land of my fathers side of the family, the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand, preparing our team to head into the mountains on a hunt for big bull Tahr. What made this special for me this time was my better half, Judy was right there beside me.

After a long but highly successful trapline on some inland cattle properties, it was time to head over to the coast to start the next one. A change is as good as a holiday they say and there should be heaps of wild dogs and hogs!! What could possibly go wrong?

This week we bring to you the third section of our NZ Tahr hunting series.
Good mates, hunting hard for one of the worlds truly great game animals.