Charlie Hosking memorial Shoot
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Topic: Charlie Hosking memorial Shoot
Posted By: Guests
Subject: Charlie Hosking memorial Shoot
Date Posted: July 05 2006 at 10:40am
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Saturday 8th of July is going to be the Inurgreial .303
Shoot up at the Quorn Range ! Thing is I've just finnished 17nights out
of 18 & I'm all shot out ! I really should make a apperiance but
I'm buggered ! 765 rnds of .223 & 25-303 ,600ltrs of Desiel ,3
tyres & 743 Roos latter I hope to be home for a while ! I'll just
have to see how I feel Saturday morning I think ! Dave |
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Posted By: Eric
Date Posted: July 06 2006 at 12:57am
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Holy cow Dave!! (or should I say Holy Roo?!?!) Now that's a lot of shooting. I'd say you've earned a nice weekend doing whatever you want. (ok, we all know it's actually whatever the wife wants!) I would love to go on one of your hunts with ya, I think it would be both fun and educational. Eric |
Posted By: White Rhino
Date Posted: July 06 2006 at 6:37am
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Man Dave, you must have a callus on your shootin shoulder. &nbs p; &nbs p; The"white Rhino" ------------- "White Rhino" "Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer." --W. C. Fields |
Posted By: Ed Hill
Date Posted: July 06 2006 at 9:44am
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Dave, that's a darn good cartridge to Roo percentage! Good shootin! Ed |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: July 06 2006 at 6:02pm
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Eric if you ever make it over here ! I'll gladly take you out for a
night .Belive it or not ,I compare my Job with working in a mobile
slaughter house . I've been shooting proffestionaly for near 40yrs now
& to me it's just another day (or night in the Office) I've had a callus on my shoulder for more years than I would care to remember & the scars of a number of encounters with nasties that went Horribly wrong through miss fires & stupidity on my part! Every shot I miss is costing me money ! It's very rarely I take a shot over 200mtrs (180 yrds ) There are a lot of young blokes in theTrade who shoot way out to around 500mtrs ! I'm Buggered if I can even see that far these days On the upside I'm my own Boss& am not limited to the hours I work or more importantly ,I have a Free hand to shoot where I want on any of the Properties I shoot on ! Dave |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: July 06 2006 at 11:12pm
WOW!! Callouses on yer shoulder, trigger finger, cheek & WHERE else?  Thats a hell of alot of shootin! (I promise NOT to show me mum that part bout the # of 'roos - she'd be comin to pay you a visit fer SURE!War paint & all!!! )
Was this the Red 'roos you was talkin to me about, earlier? (the one's you had to clean up on your ticket?) Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: Eric
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 6:07am
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Someday I plan on making it to Australia. It may have to wait until I get my dream vacation out of the way though. I want to take about 1-2 months to follow the path that my grandfather took in WWII. From storming the beaches at Fedala N. Africa, to the final shots in Germany. The wife wasn't real excited about it, but once I told her we could stop and shop along the way, well, let's just say she's MUCH more excited about it now! Eric |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 6:43am
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Eric; Didn't the Americans land in Oran ?
Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: Eric
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 6:58am
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They landed all across the northern coast. It just depends on which division went where. I know the 3rd ID landed at Fedala, not only from what my grandfather told me, but I also have the first pulication (1947 I think) of "The Third Infantry Division in WWII" printed by the military press. Here's a site that has a quickie note on the 3rd ID in WWII. http://www.lonesentry.com/usdivisions/history/infantry/divis ion/3rd_infantry_division.html - http://www.lonesentry.com/usdivisions/history/infantry/divis ion/3rd_infantry_division.html Look under "Combat Chronicle" it gives a quick synopsis. Another more in-depth read: http://www.lonesentry.com/gi_stories_booklets/3rdinfantry/index.html - http://www.lonesentry.com/gi_stories_booklets/3rdinfantry/in dex.html Eric |
Posted By: White Rhino
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 7:12am
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Hey, Eric thats the same Division I was in when i was stationed in
Germany, what unit was your grandad in? mine was 1st of the 4th then
4th o the 7th Cotten Bailers By God! with a salute. then I was
transfered state side to the 24th Infantry Division at Ft. Stewart Ga. the town our kasern was in in Germany was Aushaffenburg, man I miss the beer over there. Now the 3rd I.D. is in Iraq my Buddy is with them up in Erbil his last job he wrote me about was working with the special forces training the local police force and there SWAT teams, I just seen his truck on the way in from work erlyer so he should drop by in a little while to visite while he's home on leave. that kid is like a sone to me, before he left he spent most of his time over hear hunting and fishing with me or just hanging out , most of the time he would sleep over everyone thought he was my son. The "White Rhino" ------------- "White Rhino" "Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer." --W. C. Fields |
Posted By: Eric
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 8:32am
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All I know so far is that he was in the 15 infantry regmt. of the 3rd infantry div. I'm still reading up on what all he did. I know he was wounded 3 times and never received a PH. That in itself kinda pi$$es me off with John Kerry and his lame-a$$ excuse for PH's! He received a few medals, but he unfortunately died about 4 months after he started telling me about his service. I am making a trip up to washington this month to visit my grandmother and get some of my grandfathers military memorabilia. He died 3 years ago and left anything military related to me. I was the only one EVER interested in his service. I would call him and every other vet in my family and say thanks on veterans day, as well as always telling him hhow much he meant to me on a regular occasion. I couldn't bring myself to get the stuff he left me because I didn't want to take anything from my grandma. I talked to her on my birthday in May and she wanted to know when I was going to finally take all the "crap" that grandpa left me!! It was at that point I realized that just maybe it meant more to me than to grandma!! So, I'll get it this month. Eric |
Posted By: Eric
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 8:45am
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It just dawned on me, he must have been in 1st battalion, as he was in the same battalion as Audie Murphy. I think Murphy was in company k. My grandfather was in G company. He said he knew murphy, but didn't care too much for him. I don't know why, he wouldn't expand. Eric |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 9:02am
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Hey Eric - my Grandma was the same way.When my Grandfather died, she TOSSED all his military related items, including his papers.
He served between the wars - but nonetheless served.(He woulda bin there if the crap hit the fan.) Had a bitch of a time getting his service #'s etc out of DND records.Said they'd bin destroyed.(That cant be true - cause it's against federal law to destroy Canadian federal historic documents.) Even the Legion was havin a hard time, on my behalf.(& no-one @ his regiment had records that far back - Simcoe-Greys) The break came when my father noticed that our correspondance was with the dept @ Tunney's Pasture, in Ottawa.Well, Grandpa was Chief @ station there! (Stationary engineer of plant). He was there for 8 or more years till he was little over 70.(Those jobs are only filled by ex-service people).He missed "service" in WWII cause he was sailing.(Good thing, too.Cause I might not be here now, talkin @ ya!!) All I have now, is a picture (that Gramma tore-& I "fixed", & copied) of him with his platoon @ Sarawak Camp, after they won some kind of cup/award. What a shame.(But he looks happy in the picture!) Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: White Rhino
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 9:03am
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Man Eric, 15th infantry starts my mind to running in cicles for some
reason that sounds familiar to me and while im writing this 3rd of the
15th comes to mind, when i first got to Fort stewart that was my units designation, then it was retierd and we became 4th infantry 7th battalion (Cotton Baylers) I'm related to one of the Colonels of the 7th infantry through my Grandmothers side of famaly,He went on to become one of our presadents (Andrew Jackson) Its not direct, its by a cousine of one of my great, great.. Grandmothers. some day i need to sit at this computer and go through the disc my sister gave me with all the lineage back to the old world. well my Wife just got home and my new scale came in its small about the size of a pack of cigarets, so im of to weigh some powder for reloading. The"White Rhino" ------------- "White Rhino" "Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer." --W. C. Fields |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 2:30pm
Yeah Mate sure was ! Hey tell Mum to take a Number ! I'm on that many Hate lists I get someone else to start my car of a morning & any parcels that turn up for me I send straight to the Bomb squad ! I fire up to 15000 shots a year through work alone which amounts to a average of roughly 13000 roos per year (when my dear friends in the Dept of National Parks & wild life issue me with enough Tags ) The last couple of years have been hard as they only issue me with 700 tags at a time! Due to a 30% reduction in quotas due to the drought ! They figure it's better to let Roos die of thirst & starvation rather than let their Numbers be culled ! I know people will look at these numbers & think that I'm into full scale massicare but in reality I shoot over several thousand square Kms on about 20 Properties & stations (ranches ) & work long hours to reach my quotas ! ( I work on 1.2 tonne per night ) Dave |
hoadie wrote:Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 10:41pm
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holy smokes!! How do ya keep 'em cool? I imagine your customers would take a dim view of the carcasses showing up rotting from the heat.
Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 11:48pm
We store the Roos at the end of the night (depending on the temp) In large Chillers that are emptied weekly ! Great care & attention has to be payed to the Preperation of the carcase including Bleeding ,& the Kidneys ,Liver & heart & lungs must be left in place for the Health inspectors . Since 2000 we have had to be qualified in Game Handling & preperation,Vehicles have to pass a accreditation yearly & failure to keep within the guide lines result in hefty fines or loss of licence. This includes Rejected Roos through spoilage ,Gut shots ect ! Dave |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: July 08 2006 at 3:02am
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So typically then-how far away would you be from a "chiller"?
If its rather warm - would you hafta make frequent trips ? Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: Tony
Date Posted: July 08 2006 at 11:12am
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Course he makes frequent trips to the cooler. He keeps the beer in there you wally! ------------- Rottie (PitBulls dad.) “If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons Born free taxed to death!!! |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: July 08 2006 at 12:49pm
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I normally meanda within a 200km radius of the Chiller . On a very Hot
night I limit myself to 20 Roos Max at a time or roughly 6hrs between
visits . Dave |
Posted By: Tony
Date Posted: July 10 2006 at 12:46am
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Whats an average roo weigh in at Dave? Around 120 pounds before its dressed out ? ------------- Rottie (PitBulls dad.) “If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons Born free taxed to death!!! |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: July 10 2006 at 3:45pm
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Depends on the breed Mate ! If it's a Red it will average round
that mark Greys can go that high but normaly only come in at the
60lbs dressed Euros are a little lighter (& stink to high
heaven) Dave |
Posted By: Tony
Date Posted: July 11 2006 at 12:36am
Bloody hard work for a small return then mate. No wonder you get home knackered  . I figured it was Tracy that was wearing you out.   ------------- Rottie (PitBulls dad.) “If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons Born free taxed to death!!! |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: July 11 2006 at 4:06pm
The going price is $00.75 per Kg (dressed in the chiller) .I stay out
until Ive shot 1.2 tonne per night ! My best nght ever is 2.7 tonne
,worst nights are 0, blown tyres ,bogged ,wind blowing a gale ,Rain ,
Spooked Roos! I have a personal condition of 5 straight misses & I
pack it in & go back home or to camp! This is not to say I don't
miss (I do with regluar annoiance) But if you8 gewt out there
& miss the first 5 shots you're out of pocket ! It's a sure sign of
it's not going to be a good night out ! Dave |
Posted By: Tony
Date Posted: July 12 2006 at 1:03am
After they pay you the running costs and reloading the ammo have to be deducted. Ever though of becoming a gigalo like Hoadie be a damn sight easier mate!  ------------- Rottie (PitBulls dad.) “If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons Born free taxed to death!!! |
Posted By: allan
Date Posted: July 12 2006 at 10:57am
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does hoadie make any money though????? ------------- 'SAVIOUR OF OUR SKIES BOYO!' |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: July 12 2006 at 4:16pm
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AL ! It's worse than most people think ! 2 yrs ago 21 shooters went
bust around Port Augusta alone ! THis was caused through the Railways
& Electiricity Trust privitizing & a lot of big Payouts!
Everybody thought that Roo shooters had the life ! Too many shooters
working for to few Roos ! Once again us lifers were forced to move out
on to our Farthest ,properties ! Some Processors pay as little as
$00.42 per kg & charge 6cents per kg to get someone to clean the
chiller (the .6 comming out of the .42 ) To the aspiring Roo shooter take into consideration . Courses ,900-1000 dollars , Licence $750.00 Pa , Vehical accreditation $300 per yr , Vehical $45,000+ , Rifle & scope $2000+ Reloading gear & Barrels 2000 per year , Tax ? up to $00.42 in the Dollar + 12% GST on everything ! Tray $2000 + Yep I make 80,000 pa on Paper then everybody gets their cut ! Yes I can write most things off on my Tax But ,at the end of the Day I'm just making a living ! Dave |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: July 13 2006 at 10:00am
Course Hoadie makes $$ @ it!! He guarantees NO pregnancies - or he does it all again - FREE!! ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: allan
Date Posted: July 13 2006 at 5:52pm
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shooting blanks hoadie? ------------- 'SAVIOUR OF OUR SKIES BOYO!' |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: July 13 2006 at 6:48pm
HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM  Brings new meaning to the expresstion.........."Squib loads" Dave |