The European red fox was introduced into Australia in 1870s for recreational hunting. Fast forward to 2022 and they are one of our worst invasive pest species. Foxes have contributed to regional declines and extinctions of a wide range of native animals, particularly among medium-sized ground-dwelling and semi-arboreal mammals, ground-nesting birds and freshwater turtles. As a result they are a targeted animal for a vertebrate pest control contract shooter such as myself.

The black fox shot in this video is a European red fox. But they can revert to a trait of the silver fox this being a 0.1% chance. It is not a cross breed with a domestic dog or anything odd like that. This is just a very rare genetic throwback making the animal black.

This is an educational video displaying the effectiveness of thermal hunting equipment used during professional night hunting on controlled private property.

On this particular night I'm running my Lithgow LA101 chambered in 17HMR, 20gr Hornady XTP ammo. The device on the rig is a HIKMICRO TQ50

An amazing season in Australia is resulting in higher than average invasive feral pig / hog numbers. With the abundance of grass and feed crops for these feral animals to raid, pest control via shooting is a successful measure. Using an ATV, 308 Winchester rifle and thermal equipment is a huge asset in gaining an advantage and getting hammer down on the pigs. Join me on this shooting trip where I put a dent in the population of an area I regularly frequent. I also filmed a few fantastic long-range killshots with my 6.5PRC on feral goats to use as trail camera bait for foxes and wild dogs.

I'm shooting the following rifles in this video:
* 308 Winchester - Ruger American Predator 18". Fitted into a MDT Gen 2 LSS chassis and running reloads with 150 grain Hornady SST projectiles. My thermal scope is a Pulsar Thermion 2 XP50.
* 6.5PRC - Bergara B14 HMR Wilderness, Athlon Cronus BTR Gen 2 4.5-29x56mm scope.

All the animals shot in the video are introduced, invasive feral species in Australia. These animals are being culled for pest control purposes. Whilst this is labelled a hunting video a lot of this footage is purely pest control shooting. There is no "fair chase" other than shooting straight and true resulting in the most ethical kills possible. I'm performing this role with professional equipment for property owners who grant me access and require assistance.

I'm often questioned on why don't I do pest control shooting with smaller, non centerfire cartridges. Well I do, I just don't post many videos with them because it's mainly small scale shooting. This contracted shoot was all about bulk numbers, part of a professional pest control program with a local rabbit plague. Plenty of shooting action on this one for you all to watch. The little Lithgow LA101 rimfire rifle chambered in .22LR was on song with the Pulsar Thermion 2 XP50 thermal scope.

Rabbits shot are utilised where possible for the pot or pet food. But with a large cull like this many just go into landfill.

Notable mention to the other pro shooters working this job. Fantastic to see the dedication and professionalism displayed on the program. There was a very notable drop in rabbit numbers by the end of the shoot. Satisfying to see the direct impact a coordinated shooting cull can achieve.

Some of the other guys shoot fully suppressed which was cool as. Tools of the trade were obviously .22 rimfire rifles shooting subsonic hollow points. And a few high powered air rifles for locations more noise and impact sensitive around structures etc. Thermal is nearly mandatory with the long grass. Running lights or night vision scopes is a real problem with this amount of ground cover.

Foxes were regularly sighted and being pests on this local property. So out I toddled for some thermal night hunting. I'm shooting my trusty Lithgow LA101 17HMR fitted with a new thermal scope I'm testing from HIKMICRO, the TQ50.

This is an educational video displaying the effectiveness of thermal hunting equipment used during professional night hunting on controlled private property.

50 invasive feral pigs, wild boars or hogs - Whatever flavor you wish to call them. They all fall in this precision kill shots compilation video I've put together. As usual I'm running a bolt action rifle chambered in either 6mm BR or 308 Winchester (un-suppressed) fitted with my Pulsar Thermion 2 XP50 digital recording device thingy. No spray and pray in this video, aim (excuse the pun) is to make every shot count and be an ethical, clean kill. Not always that simple with running targets but us poor old Aussies get a bit of bolt action practice and I think we shoot pretty well - What do you think ??

All the animals shot in the video are introduced, invasive feral species in Australia. These animals are being culled for pest control purposes. Whilst this is labelled a hunting video a lot of this footage is purely pest control shooting. There is no "fair chase" other than shooting straight and true resulting in the most ethical kills possible. I'm performing this role with professional equipment for property owners who grant me access and require assistance.

Fantastic shooting trip away with my mate Rodney hunting feral pigs. Off we went on the ATV and the digital night shooting gear (

Great night out shooting foxes with my custom 6mmBR Tikka T3 rifle, Thermion 2 XP50 scope and a Helion 2 XP50 Pro thermal scanner. For anyone that needs to ask, Foxes are an introduced feral animal in Australia. Do some google work on why we are shooting the fox before you rage the hat and look like a peanut !!!

At the time of upload I don't know if YouTube will restrict this video from monetisation. There are new firearms guidelines which are extremely prohibitive on the type of content you can publicise. Lets have a little chat / rant about the new guidelines in the video so everyone understands where the line currently has been drawn in the sand.

This is my user impressions and review on the Pulsar Helion 2 XP50 Pro. I've had this device from Pulsar in real hunting usage conditions for around 150 hours so far. It's an amazing thermal scanner and well worth considering if your in the market. This isn't a "how to" video with boring unboxing and basic menu function explanations. This is my handle on the Helion as a shooter and user.

Big thanks to Pulsar for allowing me to play with the Helion and run in through it's paces. Without support from companies who are proactive in the hunting industry like this, these video's are mostly not possible with the speed tech is evolving.

Big boars were out and about on this ATV shooting / hunting trip. Also a bunch of foxes and some feral cats !!! I managed to smackdown a healthy tally of feral animals with my 308 Winchester and Thermion 2 XP50 scope. No doubt that rig is more than up to the task and it serves its role well on the larger pigs I pegged with it. The smaller animals, well you can't argue overkill is not ethical !!!

All the animals shot in the video are introduced, invasive feral species in Australia. These animals are being culled for pest control purposes. Whilst this is labelled a hunting video a lot of this footage is purely pest control shooting. There is no "fair chase" other than shooting straight and true resulting in the most ethical kills possible. I'm performing this role with professional equipment for property owners who grant me access and require assistance.

For those interested I'm shooting a Ruger American Predator 18" chambered in 308 Winchester. Fitted into a MDT Gen 2 LSS chassis and running reloads with 150 grain Hornady SST projectiles. My scope is a Pulsar Thermion 2 XP50.

Mixed bag for this pest control hunting trip on the ATV. I shot feral pigs / hogs at 30 meters with the 30-06, a long range goat hunting / shooting kill shot at 500 meters with the 6.5PRC. Plus a heap of foxes culled with the HIK Micro TQ50 at night with the 6BR - There's a bit of everything in this video !!!

All the animals shot in the video are introduced, invasive feral species in Australia. These animals are being culled for pest control purposes. Whilst this is labelled a hunting video a lot of this footage is purely pest control shooting. There is no "fair chase" other than shooting straight and true resulting in the most ethical kills possible. I'm performing this role with professional equipment for property owners who grant me access and require assistance.

I'm shooting the following rifles in this video:

6mm BR - Custom Tikka T3 in a Hi-Tec Composites CF Stock, HIK Micro TQ50 scope.

6.5PRC - Bergara B14 HMR Wilderness, Athlon Cronus BTR Gen 2 4.5-29x56mm scope.

30-06 - Custom Tikka T3X in a Southfort Labs CF stock, Swarovski Z5 2.4-12x50mm scope.

Call out job this evening, property owner had lost a large amount of baby lambs to fox predation. Out I toddled shooting with my Ruger American rifle chambered in 308 Win, fitted with a Thermion 2 XP50 scope. Managed to get a few of the pest fox culprits on the deck within the vicinity of the sheep.

For those interested I'm shooting a Ruger American Predator 18" chambered in 308 Winchester. Fitted into a MDT Gen 2 LSS chassis and running reloads with 150 grain Hornady SST projectiles. My scope is a Pulsar Thermion 2 XP50.

This fox pest control shooting video is on a small 100 acre block I've recently gained access to. Out with the Lithgow LA101 17HMR and PARD NV008 LRF I wandered to sort the poultry killers out. The scope can work quite well in locations like this with clear target ID and limited obstructions to flare out the IR light. You'll see in this video where it does poorly in certain situations though. The 17HMR is perfect for this type of fox shooting as there is little chance of ricochets and the little 20grain pills make a mess once inside a fox. The trajectory is handy too as often animals will be walked up to around the 100 to 125 meter mark. No hold over required at that range which makes for accurate and ethical fox shooting.

The owner of this block is very happy as he figured there was "a" fox which had killed all his chickens. I managed 5 foxes on the first trip and now another 7 of the red devils this evening. To say he is surprised would be an understatement.