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Nutria

Post by Mags » Tue Jan 15, 2019 10:32 pm

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Was doing a little bit of sheetrock work today and when I went outside to dust off, noticed a couple of nutria below the house in the creek. Took my Henry .30-30 out and got both of them. I went down away from the house and found a tree to rest the Henry against. POA, body mass center. The first, a large nutria, bigger than a very large cat, got it just in front of the hip. The smaller nutria, about the size of a small cat and the furthest away, took the round in the neck. The first was about 35yds away the second, about 10yds further out. The first shot also left a trench in grass behind the nutria.

Odd observation. I have no problems hitting the nutria, but have trouble hitting the platters on my target tree. Go figure.
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Re: Nutria

Post by Mistered » Tue Jan 15, 2019 10:42 pm

When can I come over the hill and hunt Nutria with ya?!?!?
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Re: Nutria

Post by markiver54 » Tue Jan 15, 2019 10:43 pm

Nice shooting Mags. Good luck with the platters. Maybe they have to be moving!.. :D
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Re: Nutria

Post by BigAl52 » Tue Jan 15, 2019 10:44 pm

Nice work Mags. I bet that would be fun hunting those things for a while but Im sure youve got better things to do.
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Re: Nutria

Post by markiver54 » Tue Jan 15, 2019 10:50 pm

No nutria around here, unless it's a form of opossum which I hate, got plenty of them around here. Unfortunately I have to bring out the Blue Streak for them around here.
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Re: Nutria

Post by Mags » Tue Jan 15, 2019 11:03 pm

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If their appearance was predictable, I'd say anytime. They don't stick around, unless I get them first. Not sure who will get to the carcasses first. Probably the owls tonight and/or the raccoons. If they are still there tomorrow, it'll be the hawks turn. Coyotes might find them too.

My hunting of them is lazy. Consists of going out every few days on the back edge of the deck, looking right, upstream and left, downstream, to check for them. Mostly just see a variety of ducks, egrets and kingfishers. Occasional coyotes, does and fawns.
Mistered wrote:When can I come over this hill and hunt Nutria with ya?!?!?
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Re: Nutria

Post by Mags » Tue Jan 15, 2019 11:07 pm

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Actually, NC has them. They are also referred to as river rats. Maybe you know them by that name.
https://www.ncwildlife.org/Learning/Spe ... -more-info
markiver54 wrote:No nutria around here, unless it's a form of opossum which I hate, got plenty of them around here. Unfortunately I have to bring out the Blue Streak for them around here.
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Re: Nutria

Post by Mags » Tue Jan 15, 2019 11:14 pm

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The nutria were kind of just moseying along munching on vegetation. Maybe if I put jigglers or sway things on the target tree I could do better with the platters.
markiver54 wrote:Nice shooting Mags. Good luck with the platters. Maybe they have to be moving!.. :D
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Re: Nutria

Post by Mags » Tue Jan 15, 2019 11:20 pm

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Fun but brief. I go at them when I notice they've made an appearance. Otherwise, I do have better things to do.
BigAl52 wrote:Nice work Mags. I bet that would be fun hunting those things for a while but Im sure youve got better things to do.
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Re: Nutria

Post by markiver54 » Wed Jan 16, 2019 9:31 am

Mags wrote:.
Actually, NC has them. They are also referred to as river rats. Maybe you know them by that name.
https://www.ncwildlife.org/Learning/Spe ... -more-info
markiver54 wrote:No nutria around here, unless it's a form of opossum which I hate, got plenty of them around here. Unfortunately I have to bring out the Blue Streak for them around here.
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To me, any rodent that really serves no purpose on the planet is fair game and good target practice. Now that you mention it Mags, we used to call them Muscrats...don,t see them here in the mountains though. Try those plates on a really windy day! Maybe that'll help... :lol:
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