Thread: Waitomo run ins

You've got it man, advise you dress in lycra and put a takedown rifle in ya pack to avoid the confrontation.

Seriously, there are times a suppressed take down rifle avoids a lot of hassle. I dont mean illegal stuff, just that trampers entering some areas dont cop half the flack that openly carrying a rifle does. No one wants aggressive run ins whether you are the land owner or the hunter. Was thinking of heading in to some of those areas with my 16 yr old son recently, guess i might play it safe.

Are you sure they are not trying to protect the marokopa family hiding up there in the hills?
Sounds a bit over protective to me!

Originally Posted by oneipete

Seriously, there are times a suppressed take down rifle avoids a lot of hassle. I dont mean illegal stuff, just that trampers entering some areas dont cop half the flack that openly carrying a rifle does. No one wants aggressive run ins whether you are the land owner or the hunter. Was thinking of heading in to some of those areas with my 16 yr old son recently, guess i might play it safe.

There was an old guy (probably my age now) That used to come into the workshop I worked at in Florida and make surpressors and shorten rifles. I think he was hunting near property boundrys (or over them) as his surpressors had rubber wiper baffles so that they were almost movie quiet.

Originally Posted by oneipete

Seriously, there are times a suppressed take down rifle avoids a lot of hassle. I dont mean illegal stuff, just that trampers entering some areas dont cop half the flack that openly carrying a rifle does. No one wants aggressive run ins whether you are the land owner or the hunter. Was thinking of heading in to some of those areas with my 16 yr old son recently, guess i might play it safe.

reminds me of a mate many years back that saw a massive goat on a little piece of public land that probably would have sparked an armed offenders call out if he was seen walking in their with a rifle due to its proximity to a city and the number of dog walkers/runners etc that used it.
He dismantled his rifle and put it in a small daypack and headed in there in disguise right on daylight. Found a gorse bush close too the goats previous position and hid in that waiting. Where it showed he assembled rifle, fired one quick shot, disassembled rifle back into pack and walked out again. Came back a couple of days later and got the head. No one ever knew or got upset.