Thread: NZ Hunter Adventures - Red Roar - Part 2 - tonight!

Originally Posted by GregD

Gimp, the wobbly unlockable swivel of the Neopod is a barstard, so we stole an idea off the much better Javelin and made up that magnetic fitting with a female fitting in the stock, and the male fitting attached to the bipod - the opposite way round to how they come. We also incorporated a dog clutch in the male/female connection to eliminate the swivel, as the neopod's quickly adjustable leg length makes the swivel unnecessary. Probably wouldn't bother again, just use a Javelin bipod and be done with it!

Na, Federal don't load the ammo for the 7mm Fatmax, its a wildcat. But we use Federal components and do carry our ammo in those great Federal plastic ammo carriers.

And Smiddy, Gimp hit the nail on the head. No point going looking for that stag, he went out under an R44 along with a bunch of others back in October/November, and many more since. A certain helicopter operator has had great pleasure in rubbing our noses in that one! They have absolutely smashed the whole herd both east coast and west coast since we left that stag, your saw the pics of heaps of velvety stags in the episode. As Willie said last night, its an absolute travesty and it will take years for one of our great trophy herds to recover. The photos I get sent regularly of what they are shooting is enough to make you sick...but as Willie said, they aren't breaking any laws. Roll on the GAC getting some funding to employ staff to finally get some Herds of Special Interest established for our premier trophy herds. That is the only way this boom and bust destruction will come to an end.

And we wear Lowa Tibets on a trip like that. Good grip on wet rocks, but its also a matter of knowing which rocks to stand on. I'm getting too old to jump too far- you see how much further Willie got with his jump!

Great episode Greg. Well done on the old ten. I spent many days in that area when I was at Lincoln 12 or so years ago, so know it well. Never took a stag out of there, although I did see several that would be absolute rippers given a chance to mature. Such a pity it's getting a reaming. Thought Willy's words were quite educational for the aspiring hunter, but I fear for the herd (and other significant ones) that his thoughts will fall on deaf ears. Hope the GAC achieves what we all want it to...