tinker - no the chopper is a contractors. He comes in for the mustering of stock. Large properties and some very in accessable areas. Water is still very high on the floodplain on this property.
Daryl S- 243 works well with well placed shots, Ive shot more pigs with 243's than any other calibre. used a rem 700 for the chiller trade/ Box with 85 sierras. Only head shots accepted. Mostly shot from quads or utes. Spotlighting or late evening shooting. Was good money when over $1.00 a kg. Still hard work.
For hunting I run 85 barnes , nosler partitions and 95 partitions, in a styer and rem 700. My daughters learnt to hunt shoot with the 243's.
Edited above as I was using 400 hydros and not 450 grain, 458. Alot nicer to shoot than the 500 loads. Cheers Mick