Thread: Double first

Bloody awesome Phil. Monkey off ya back, so you'll be away laughing now. Although I think it's pretty funny you say a year was "way too long" to get your first deer... A difficult confession because I was always very successful on small game, but it took me about twenty hunting trips into Sikaland over a period from 15yo to 37yo before I actually was able to eat some venison off a Sika I'd shot myself. Now that, my friend, was waaaay too long.
Like you, I knew no one who hunted to mentor me and we never had the Internet and, surprisingly, I found the guys at North Auck NZDA weren't very helpful either, so I'm self taught too. Hard bloody road to success mate, but awesome memories of close calls & fun times in the bush with the lads too. We'll catch up for a hunt soon