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  1. Thread: Perth Australia

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    Perfect - thanks! Sent from my iPhone using...

    Perfect - thanks!


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  2. Thread: Perth Australia

    by Matt-j
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    Perth Australia

    Hey Everyone,

    Does anyone have any experience hunting in Western Australia. I’ve recently relocated here from NZ and am keen to get into something. It seems in the main to be pest control on...
  3. Thread: Taking kids out

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    If they're anything like my kids, a muzzle will...

    If they're anything like my kids, a muzzle will help...:thumbsup:

    I first took my oldest out when he was eight. I took him to the Blue Mountains and we did an overnighter - just the one night. He...
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    Yeah my mate watched the whole thing - just the...

    Yeah my mate watched the whole thing - just the one deer fortunately :relief:
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    Thanks All. It does get a bit chilly up there...

    Thanks All. It does get a bit chilly up there andyanimal31 - gets a hell of a dumping of snow now and again. My favourite place to hunt so far though.

    Defintely a good haul of meat - making...
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    Taihape Write-up

    Took a half day last Friday to get into it as early as possible and get the travel part of the trip done. Got up to Raumati South for 12pm to meet up with a mate and headed off towards Taihape. We...
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    Great write up Craig! I'll get there one day...

    Great write up Craig! I'll get there one day...
  8. Thread: Goats & Gongs

    by Matt-j
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    Good vid - thanks for sharing

    Good vid - thanks for sharing
  9. Awesome write up an pics!

    Awesome write up an pics!
  10. Thread: Its all over...

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    Great vid - thanks for sharing.

    Great vid - thanks for sharing.
  11. Thread: Bleeding a kill

    by Matt-j
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    Bleeding a kill

    I was going to hijack Mathias' thread about carrying a knife in a daypack or on a belt when I thought it was maybe best to ask the question in a new, and more relevant thread. Tahr mentioned in said...
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    Good advice - thanks Tahr.

    Good advice - thanks Tahr.
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    i'm new to hunting and for my first few hunts I...

    i'm new to hunting and for my first few hunts I carried a foldable knife in a pocket of my daypack that was easily accessible. Over Christmas though I got a fixed blade for the purpose of wearing it...
  14. Thread: Waipori Pig

    by Matt-j
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    Thanks craigc - appreciate it. And that sounds...

    Thanks craigc - appreciate it. And that sounds good - I may well have to give it a go!
  15. Thread: Waipori Pig

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    Waipori Pig

    Yesterday morning - up at 5am, out the door by 5:05am, walking into the bush for my first ever solo hunt at 5:55am. The weather was very overcast. I don’t think it had been raining, but there was a...
  16. Thread: Pig

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    Thanks everyone for your input/advice on this...

    Thanks everyone for your input/advice on this one. I went for getting the pig out of the meat safe, skinning it, breaking it down and freezing. Hopefully it is some good eating..!
  17. Thread: Pig

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    Great - thanks for the advice! Sent from my...

    Great - thanks for the advice!


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  18. Thread: Pig

    by Matt-j
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    Pig

    I’ll do a write up later, but I got a pig this morning and have a couple of questions if anyone can help...

    There was a sign from DoC saying 1080 had been laid in 2016, and not to eat meat from...
  19. Thread: New GPS

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    I think it's 'Rino'.

    I think it's 'Rino'.
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    Just a bit - I'm pretty sure I did a full loop of...

    Just a bit - I'm pretty sure I did a full loop of the place. Getting back out was not as bad, but still not great. Still - great trip and can't wait till the next time!
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    Ha - Cattle Flat was my first choice but I got...

    Ha - Cattle Flat was my first choice but I got Rankleburn which was second. I may have seen you coming in - I was in a red Surf - I passed a couple of trucks as I was driving around wondering where I...
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    Yeah it was a nightmare - everywhere looks the...

    Yeah it was a nightmare - everywhere looks the same and whilst signs tell you the roads you are on, the maps DOC provides aren't the best and you can't find half of them. I said to my son they should...
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    YosemiteSam - Wow! I didn't know that - thanks...

    YosemiteSam - Wow! I didn't know that - thanks for the info. One thing I did find a bit strange/annoying was when we had just finished dinner in the truck someone drove up, stopped and was presumably...
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    First time in the Blue Mountains

    I was lucky enough to get the Rankleburn block in the Blue Mountains over the weekend. My son has been on at me for a while to take him out, so it had been a pretty long six weeks of “how many days...
  25. Thread: Wicked evening

    by Matt-j
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    Thanks for the advice Boaraxa. I managed to get a...

    Thanks for the advice Boaraxa. I managed to get a block in the Blue Mountains so luckily we're able to hunt straight from the truck. I've planned four different hunt options of various distance - but...
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