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Hope you get your suppressor back. I flew over Danseys Pass a couple of weeks back. Looks like real interesting country. Didn't realise it was DOC land to the north of the pass. You didn't happen to...

Muffs are a great idea for dogs in aircraft. Love the improvised ones you made Huntertoo. There are also commercially available ones out there https://deltacanine.co.nz/products/mutt-muffs

Sidling around a spur about a click below the hut where we were staying. I wanted to drop down into the creek where a stag was roaring and my mate wanted to go back to the hut. I said just keep going...

You with them in the back and secured. Classic example of why is a 500 in the Tararuas a few haircuts ago. Dogs in the back and their owner hadn't closed the back door properly. Door flew open and...

Seeing heaps by the side of the road there lately. The recent helicopter cull obviously missed a few. Funny story I have there a few years back. I was driving south about halfway up the Wairarapa...

Te Pua not on the list Tac. Yes it was good when Sonny Biddle and his mob were around. I remember dropping into his place one xmas and was told he was away on holiday. I asked where? The answer was...

If in any doubt about the river crossing use the cableway. Don't become a statistic. I lost a dog in the Otaki River many years ago and I nearly died trying to rescue him. When the Tararua Peaks...

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/130306585/legendary-hunter-author-and-a-great-kiwi-bloke--peter-harker-was-a-man-who-knew-how-to-have-fun

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Weekend shot of my stepson who brought home a fallow spiker. The lastest Electron rocket launch contrail in the background.

We saw and heard a lot of goats on a Queen Charlotte sailing trip in February however no deer. I'll be taking the rifle next trip. Hopefully there will be some left.

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HARKER, Peter John Kendrick:
Peter passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 8, 2022, with his wife June and sister Pauline by his side, aged 80. A beloved father, stepfather,...

Be interesting to see how you go. I pulled a few out of there in the early 80's as a young Te Puke boy. Used to hide my motorbike in the bush between Otawa Lodge and Boro Dam and head up from there.

They seem to be more worried about Deer-cow hybrids lol...

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-25/feral-deer-alert-for-northern-rivers-/100397776

I've been thinking a bit on the above and where my headspace was with respect to unaccompanied dogs in Te Urewera. An example was in the summer of 1988, which saw me heading up the Te Wehiwehi Stream...

The drop back then was followed by very heavy rain. Apparently that dropped the kill rate big time.

Good point 7mmwsm. That didn't occur to me at the time. I had shot a few wild dogs in that area before and that was my focus. The locals had very little control over their dogs and didn't care when...

Onepu must be the spot for leaving your dogs. We were based at a biv in the upper Onepu watershed in the eighties. A couple of dogs showed up. No collars but friendly enough. Tied them up and fed...

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-14/humane-feral-pig-bait-trials-successful-western-australia/100138070

I have pulled deer out of Coal and Clem Streams many years ago. You don't have to walk for miles. Good luck!

All good bunji. Unfortunately I don't have access to more photos etc as I'm stuck overseas until this pandemic settles a bit. Henry Victor "Vic" Ormond lived in Te Puke from the early '70's to his...

I shot my first deer with a Lee Enfield .303 Still have it. It has the long range sights on the side. I also had access to some aged ammo courtesy of my grandfather who was a gun collector and...

Many years ago in the Urewera I was climbing a spur out of the Waimana and all of a sudden a hind came flying down the spur, stopped 10m away and looked at me. After I shot her, I sat down on the...

Actually just realised my profile pic shows what im talking about . Was a few haircuts ago lol. The long johns help with hookgrass and stinging nettle as well.

I used to make my own with old jeans and shoelaces. Doesnt keep you dry but keeps the crap out and protects the lower legs. I have seen guys use horse bandages.

Agreed. I got my first chammy up the Jolliebrook (in the headwaters of Cold Stream)