Coypu Hunter 486 Posted March 3, 2016 Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 (edited) I'd noticed some tree damage at the waterline over the last couple of weeks, which meant that a coypu was sneaking around, nibbling the willow bark. Looked like it was trying to kill this particular goat willow...I'd seen a coypu about 6 weeks ago, and again about a month ago, but it disappeared both times when I went looking for it. I guessed it was coming under the fence briefly every day or night to feed. Finally, this morning, I spotted it having a quiet snooze on the western bank, about 100 yards from the house. Time for a stelfy stalk up the eastern bank. I found a narrow gap between the bare twigs on both side of the lake, manoeuvred the shooting sticks until I had a clear shot, at about 45 yards... and squeezed the trigger. The thwack of the Winchester Super X 40-grain subsonic hollowpoint finding its mark on the critter's skull told me that a follow-up shot wouldn't be needed. Uploading photos here is a bit of a pain, so I've just attached some thumbnails showing the tree damage and the critter's just desserts. It weighed 6kg/13lbs, and measured 90cm nose to tail, 50cm nose to butt. For further images in glorious CoypuColour, check out my video of the hunt here: https://youtu.be/8as5yqcTYeM Edited March 3, 2016 by Coypu Hunter Quote Link to post
Rabid 1,936 Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 That is one dirty big rat ! 1 Quote Link to post
Coypu Hunter 486 Posted March 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 The biggest one I've seen was just over 11 kg, or around 23.5 lbs... Quote Link to post
Rypskyttarn 15 Posted March 23, 2016 Report Share Posted March 23, 2016 Jesus, that's a huge rat...! Quote Link to post
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