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  1. 02-01-2026, 09:01 PM #1
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    40 years apart coincidence

    Here's my grandson with a deer in the Pohangina saddle (Ruahines) a couple of days ago.
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    And here's me. 40 years ago. Deer in same spot, shot from the same place. (Ignore the extra pic on the notttom)
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  3. 02-01-2026, 10:18 PM #2
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    That is pretty damn cool
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    Thats awesome!
    It would be really interesting to have a lost of all the gear your were wearing and using 40 years ago vs the list from now!
    Just to see the advances in gear, and rifles
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    Great spot that. Awesome
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zedrex View Post
    That is pretty damn cool
    The cool thing is that I hunted there, had taken my Craig there, and then Craig put his James onto there. 3 generations. And then when James sent me the pic I straight away had that feeling of deja vu and dived into my old pics. We then compared notes about where exactly we shot from and where the deer was. Google confirmed it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rushy View Post
    It is in the genes of both the hunter and the hunted.
    Exactly. I did think that, that the deer would have been related.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan88 View Post
    Thats awesome!
    It would be really interesting to have a lost of all the gear your were wearing and using 40 years ago vs the list from now!
    Just to see the advances in gear, and rifles
    Really, 40 years wasn't that long ago. Rifle was .243 Ruger with a leupold vx2 3-9. Huntech canvas bag. Early version polly top, likely huntech. And polly track pants. I just looked up that Huntech's first year of production was 1988 so it might have been 1989/90
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    That's awesome
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    That’s really cool, even to see you both had a dog with you too .
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zedrex View Post
    That is pretty damn cool
    Absolutely.
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    I have to agree with @Zedrex "that is pretty damn cool"
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    Quote Originally Posted by NIMROD View Post
    I have to agree with @Zedrex "that is pretty damn cool"
    It's a bit uncanny really eh? Same block, yeah, reasonably likely, same catchment - was taught well but same spot (almost to the metre comparing the pictures) that's uncanny....and very cool
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    Thats special Bruce , To see your grandson following his fathers and grandfathers footsteps and being successful must give you a lot of satisfaction and pride , for you are the one that showed them the ropes and gave them the skill and encouragement which has made them the hunters they are today .

    I also have fond memories of Pohangina Saddle ( Silver City ) , first went there in 1965 aged16
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