Coypu Hunter 486 Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 (edited) Drove back from getting a couple of things in the village. 5pm, about half an hour of daylight left. Pulled up in front of the gates to open them.Turned back to the car, and looked across the country lane to our little orchard, and saw a coypu munching away happily on the grass there. They have poor eyesight, but since the car was 20 yards away, it was either stone deaf or taking the pish. Either way, it wasn't bothered by me -- I got back in the car, drove up the gravel drive and parked in the garage. Came back and got the post, locked the gates. Coypu still there. Too good an opportunity to miss -- a deaf coypu! Ranged it at 27 yards, so about half an inch of holdunder. Rested my hand on the top rail of the gate in between two spikes, took aim just in front of the ear, took up the first stage on the trigger, then squeezed, and the coypu went down hard. Its back right leg kicked for 30 seconds, then all was still. Happy New Year, everyone! Edited July 29, 2015 by Coypu Hunter 10 Quote Link to post
random 659 Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 When the opportunity presents itself like that it would be rude to not give it some serious consideration and you got a result so it was worth it... 2 Quote Link to post
villaman 9,983 Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 Nice shooting and a nice place 2 Quote Link to post
j j m 6,561 Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 Good shooting mate 1 Quote Link to post
Coypu Hunter 486 Posted December 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 Cheers! I have to admit to a bit of self-interest. Our little orchard has a stream on the far side, which flows out of our lake, under the road, around the orchard and away. So when the coypus find the orchard, they generally keep moving upstream and eventually find their way through the fence around our property, and take up residence on our lake. That's when they start tunneling and undermining the lake banks -- so if I can catch 'em before they get in, I save myself a lot of work! 2 Quote Link to post
Accip74 7,112 Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 Nice one mate, enjoyed that.....I was visiting my dad in Brittany a couple of months ago & saw several coypu on his local river, seem very common......anyway, mud room?? sounds a bit posh...lol Quote Link to post
Coypu Hunter 486 Posted December 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 Posh?!? It's where we keep the fecking mud! 1 Quote Link to post
treecreeper 1,136 Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 nice, I go to France every year fishing and could of had a tonne of the buggers if id had a rifle some of them would take more than 12ft lb though. whats the laws on cattys 1 Quote Link to post
Rez 4,961 Posted January 1, 2015 Report Share Posted January 1, 2015 What the f**k is that?! Looks like you killed a beaver 2 Quote Link to post
bigmac 97kt 13,812 Posted January 1, 2015 Report Share Posted January 1, 2015 What the f**k is that?! Looks like you killed a beaver Never mind whats that where the feck have you been the last few days ,out on the p*ss :drink: and left your mates be hind with out a thought :cray: all the best bud have a good one :drinks: nice shooting coypu top class :toast: atvbmac :thumbs: 2 Quote Link to post
Coypu Hunter 486 Posted January 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2015 nice, I go to France every year fishing and could of had a tonne of the buggers if id had a rifle some of them would take more than 12ft lb though. whats the laws on cattys 13 fpe saw off that one. They have thick skulls, but good shot placement takes care of that. I've never heard of anyone hunting with catapults in France, since it's so easy to get a firearm. You'd probably be arrested and pilloried in the town stocks, before being hung, drawn & quartered and then deported. You can pick up crossbows fairly easily though, and they're legal to hunt with, in some departments. 1 Quote Link to post
Coypu Hunter 486 Posted January 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2015 What the f**k is that?! Looks like you killed a beaver It's a mutant guinea-pig on steroids, Rez. The French killed off all the wabbits years ago, so they released coypus into the wild to make up for it. Oops... 3 Quote Link to post
Waz 4,274 Posted January 1, 2015 Report Share Posted January 1, 2015 (edited) What departments can you use a crossbow for hunting in France? Thought they were illegal. Was a question on the hunting test, quite a few people thought it was legal and failed the test for that question. Done the bow hunting test more recently and same thing crossbow illegal for hunting. I fancied keeping the coypu down at mine with a bow, but dug and trapped them and now new ones coming in Edited January 1, 2015 by GD Waz 1 Quote Link to post
Coypu Hunter 486 Posted January 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2015 What departments can you use a crossbow for hunting in France? Thought they were illegal. Was a question on the hunting test, quite a few people thought it was legal and failed the test for that question. Well, I know a guy in Provence who uses one... maybe I'd better ask him if it's actually legal down there... 1 Quote Link to post
Waz 4,274 Posted January 1, 2015 Report Share Posted January 1, 2015 And every arrow has to have your hunting permit number on it! Quote Link to post
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