6 weeks hunting

My wife took the kids overseas to see the grandparents,so i decided to grab the opportunity and go hunting down south for 6 weeks.
First up me and a couple of other mates headed into south westland,and managed to get a solid 8 days of fine weather! The area had just been culled heavily unfortunately so the few thar we did see were very cagey and wouldn’t come up out of the scrub until the last hour of light. There was nothing to be seen way up in the bluffs at all. Eventually we found a few and i managed to get a 12’ and a 13.5 ‘ bull with a beaut skin. I also managed to knock over a bull from 5oo yards with the 110grain ttsx out of a 7mm mag. Very happy with this setup , and thats by far my furtherest kill .
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Next up i dropped the guys at the airport and headed up the Huxley river for a few days on my own . Its a very nice place . Saw a mob of thar up high but i was after deer at this stage.
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After that i went and stayed with a mate in manapouri for a while,and we hunted various spots. The eire mountains where i managed to get a 9inch chamois buck.we brought the skin out but my mates dogs got hold of it and gave it a good chew. ;D
Also hunted lake teanau , lake manapouri , and another wee local spot too seeing plenty of deer.
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Finally I headed in to the Narrows wap block with some other mates for the second period.We managed to have good weather for the whole ten days which is unheared of so we had a real good look around the block,but didn’t see any animals worth taking. Very nice block , easy to get around and nice open bush in the valley. We had some top fellas sharing the block with us and on the last night we met up at the lake and had a few beers and a fire which was a great way to top off a long trip.
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Awesome, Thanks very much for that.

Damn, wish I could score 6weeks away! Looks like you made the most of it.

Legend. Thanks for sharing..

Absolutely marvellous. cheers.

Awesome!

Nice! Oreti river?

Great report. Sounds like a nice mission. Had the Narrows a couple of years back, saw a couple of really nice animals.

Wow

Bloody epic adventure. A bit jealous


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Fantastic! :cool:

Really nice.
The second pic of you with a Tahr, can you see the snow frog on the rock face?

Shit what a great trip some very good pics as well,good spotting there Thar didnt notice till you pointed it out:)

6 weeks no wife and kids....6 weeks hunting.....living the dream man,living the dream.
Thanks for sharing and great photos too😂

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Good times. Nice photos and enjoyed looking them over. Cheers

terrific!
great pix, thanks for sharing.

Good on ya mate, looks like you had great 6 weeks.
Thanks for sharing.

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Fantastic time, 6 weeks hunting has to be good for the soul. Great pictures and country you were in.

Amazing, great read. cheers

Good shit, really enjoyed that thanks :cool:

You certainly had a good look around,topped off by some awesome weather. Enjoyed it thanks

Epic ��

Awesome. Great pics.

Now I wonder can I con the good wife into letting me have six weeks:o

Thanks for the write-up C. Saddened though to see that the mighty 6.5-06 has been retired - surely nothing here that a suitably constructed 140gr@3000 couldn't have taken ?

ha ha , the 6.5 06 is still in the quiver, but I am really pleased with the results from the ttsx 110 grain bullets doing 3700.it just anchors everything on the spot. huge shock . hows the skylights going ?

Just about to put in a sixth, low pitch again with the custom flashings.

I shot a few deer with the original 100gr-X in 7mm at a 3800mv and they went down quickly enough as you say. I've gone the other way though and retired the 280imp in favour of 6.5. You'll see reason soon enough I'm thinking ;)

wow the weather was on your side great pics thanks for shearing

the dream holiday :thumbsup:

Congratulations! what an amazing hunt trip, thank you for the awesome write up, spot on. About the photos, it couldn't be better!
Well done!

Mac

Fantastic! Even an umbrella.

ha ha, yes, my friend said we would laugh at him for having it , but when glassing in light rain,and glassing towards the sun he was the winner.

What type of camera are you using? The colour is those pictures is amazing.


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bloody mint!
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littleDave , its a canon s60 camera. brilliant to use, pretty much works as a spotting scope too great for evaluating animals.Ill try and put up a bit of video from it sometime.

Fantastic time. Good on ya.

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ha ha, yes, my friend said we would laugh at him for having it , but when glassing in light rain,and glassing towards the sun he was the winner.

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For my hunting a lightweight umbrella that can be attached to a tree or spiked to the ground would be a blessing. Keeping rain of the lenses would much improve effectiveness. I see that carp fishermen in UK has made transportable shelters a science, but unfortunately they tend to be a bit heavy.