Thanks for the reply Bowslinger,
The day started at 9am we all met up then set off in pairs to hunt the small streams in the area, we were invited to hunt before the trappers set up.
In our area the coypu or ragondin (in French)are classed as pests and there are plenty, they are great fun to hunt as they are quite hard to approach, the area we were hunting is cattle pasture, so very little cover and there was a stiff breeze. We pulled our lots and set off to hunt, working the wind as best we could while following the stream.
As for gear it's a mixed bag of trad and compound shooters, my team mate shoots wheels but at least finger release. There is a no broadhead rule on these streams as the trappers use dogs later so no sharp points, I use dulled and rounded magnus stingers (old heads)some guy's use skipper stoppers or plastic blades.
So the day started well we were working upstream when we spotted a big "Rag" sunning itself, back to us, so we stalked up to about 12m took aim and missed!! It's small game but the pressure is huge, so we waited a moment for them to surface, take two, we both dropped the sring and missed again from about 3m clean over the top.
We finnished our stretch then stopped for lunch, and believe me the French can do a great lunch!!
After a long lunch we set off again on a different stretch of river, amongst a herd of cattle I saw a ragondin, he saw us too as we had the wind behind us, he ducked back into the water and hid in the reeds we got within 10m I took aim, dropped the string then heard the thud of a good solid hit, my blunted h/head did the job well, then the fun began...wading the stream to recover the prize!! a great day with my good friends.