Comments on: Foxy http://alysonhill.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/foxy/ What's a chortle between friends? Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:54:32 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Alyson http://alysonhill.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/foxy/#comment-1051 Alyson Tue, 07 Apr 2009 05:25:04 +0000 http://alysonhill.wordpress.com/?p=817#comment-1051 Then it would be the mobile Mobile chook run. A chook caravan! Then it would be the mobile Mobile chook run. A chook caravan!

]]> By: Checkers http://alysonhill.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/foxy/#comment-1050 Checkers Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:01:42 +0000 http://alysonhill.wordpress.com/?p=817#comment-1050 I like the mobile chook run! Maybe you could hook up a little motor to it and the chooks could drive it around a bit. That's what I would want! I like the mobile chook run! Maybe you could hook up a little motor to it and the chooks could drive it around a bit. That’s what I would want!

]]> By: Em http://alysonhill.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/foxy/#comment-1049 Em Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:51:50 +0000 http://alysonhill.wordpress.com/?p=817#comment-1049 As long as you keep it locked up, and teach the boys about the safety issues I am sure there wont be any problems. You will lose your licence and guns if you dont comply with safe storage regulations so they could only even have access with you there anyway. Even I can not legally access our safe until my licence app. goes through and the spare key is locked away as well. (I dont know where!) When we have kids we will teach them to respect and use a rifle safely as soon as they are big enough (and we deem them mature enough...so maybe when they are 50 ;) hehe) but it will always be locked safely away where they cant get to it without our approval and supervision. I would rather they know how to handle a firearm safely and responsibly so if they do ever have a chance to use one unsupersvised, they wont do anything stupid! And I am not trying to talk you into it :P but um...you should get one :D An air rifle might be ok but I would be inclined to stick with a .22 to make sure you get a quick clean kill. I hate pest animals but I still dont want them to suffer. Oh and rabbits and foxes, hell yeah! But I wont be shooting any natives except for the occasional roo. As long as you keep it locked up, and teach the boys about the safety issues I am sure there wont be any problems. You will lose your licence and guns if you dont comply with safe storage regulations so they could only even have access with you there anyway. Even I can not legally access our safe until my licence app. goes through and the spare key is locked away as well. (I dont know where!)

When we have kids we will teach them to respect and use a rifle safely as soon as they are big enough (and we deem them mature enough…so maybe when they are 50 ;) hehe) but it will always be locked safely away where they cant get to it without our approval and supervision. I would rather they know how to handle a firearm safely and responsibly so if they do ever have a chance to use one unsupersvised, they wont do anything stupid!

And I am not trying to talk you into it :P but um…you should get one :D An air rifle might be ok but I would be inclined to stick with a .22 to make sure you get a quick clean kill. I hate pest animals but I still dont want them to suffer.

Oh and rabbits and foxes, hell yeah! But I wont be shooting any natives except for the occasional roo.

]]> By: Alyson http://alysonhill.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/foxy/#comment-1048 Alyson Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:27:16 +0000 http://alysonhill.wordpress.com/?p=817#comment-1048 Em, I couldn't have a gun on this place with my two lads...they're fascinated and I think the temptation would be too great...they're trying to talk me into an air-rifle. You'll have foxes and rabbits galore when you get to Cooma...also possums, bandicoots, wallabies and wombats! Absolutely Lavenderbay! If I'd been quick enough to get a camera it would have been a great advertisement. Welcome Hilary, you know, seeing the dogs doing their 'job' makes me realise their importance on a place like this. Jem is tiny in stature but her loyalty and fierceness are elephant sized! Em, I couldn’t have a gun on this place with my two lads…they’re fascinated and I think the temptation would be too great…they’re trying to talk me into an air-rifle. You’ll have foxes and rabbits galore when you get to Cooma…also possums, bandicoots, wallabies and wombats!

Absolutely Lavenderbay! If I’d been quick enough to get a camera it would have been a great advertisement.

Welcome Hilary, you know, seeing the dogs doing their ‘job’ makes me realise their importance on a place like this. Jem is tiny in stature but her loyalty and fierceness are elephant sized!

]]> By: Hilary http://alysonhill.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/foxy/#comment-1047 Hilary Sun, 05 Apr 2009 14:12:39 +0000 http://alysonhill.wordpress.com/?p=817#comment-1047 Feel sorry for the fox but also for your chickens! Really pleased they've got a strong house to live in. And it sounds like your dogs weren't going to let anything happen to them! Hope the fox finds something decent to eat otherwise I doubt he'll be around for long. Feel sorry for the fox but also for your chickens! Really pleased they’ve got a strong house to live in. And it sounds like your dogs weren’t going to let anything happen to them!

Hope the fox finds something decent to eat otherwise I doubt he’ll be around for long.

]]> By: lavenderbay http://alysonhill.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/foxy/#comment-1046 lavenderbay Sun, 05 Apr 2009 09:49:02 +0000 http://alysonhill.wordpress.com/?p=817#comment-1046 Poor little guy. Great visual testimony to the chook coop, though. Poor little guy. Great visual testimony to the chook coop, though.

]]> By: Em http://alysonhill.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/foxy/#comment-1043 Em Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:57:41 +0000 http://alysonhill.wordpress.com/?p=817#comment-1043 From the sounds of things the OH and I are going to have plenty of targets once we move down that way and want to practice shootings things other than paper nailed to a board :P I too feel sorry for that fox though. A quick death really would be the kindest thing for him. Have you thought about getting a .22 just for knocking off rabbits and foxes? From the sounds of things the OH and I are going to have plenty of targets once we move down that way and want to practice shootings things other than paper nailed to a board :P

I too feel sorry for that fox though. A quick death really would be the kindest thing for him. Have you thought about getting a .22 just for knocking off rabbits and foxes?

]]> By: Alyson http://alysonhill.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/foxy/#comment-1041 Alyson Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:11:17 +0000 http://alysonhill.wordpress.com/?p=817#comment-1041 Actually James/Dennis he was a pitiable creature indeed and although I really, really don't like foxes at all, I also felt sorry for him. Foxes are terrible pests in Australia; they can decimate family pets in a night and will return again the night after to finish off the rest. But this one was clearly sick and on his own. I didn't even want Jem to get close enough to touch him. I didn't realise what a feisty thing she is though. Actually James/Dennis he was a pitiable creature indeed and although I really, really don’t like foxes at all, I also felt sorry for him. Foxes are terrible pests in Australia; they can decimate family pets in a night and will return again the night after to finish off the rest. But this one was clearly sick and on his own. I didn’t even want Jem to get close enough to touch him. I didn’t realise what a feisty thing she is though.

]]> By: Dennis the Vizsla http://alysonhill.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/foxy/#comment-1040 Dennis the Vizsla Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:54:11 +0000 http://alysonhill.wordpress.com/?p=817#comment-1040 I'm probably taking away the wrong lesson here, but now I feel really sorry for that fox. I’m probably taking away the wrong lesson here, but now I feel really sorry for that fox.

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