Yeah come down for a shot. I have not been out again mainly because my freezers overflowing. Still got a month and a half here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Munsey
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Yeah come down for a shot. I have not been out again mainly because my freezers overflowing. Still got a month and a half here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Munsey
he,s got that ''you growled me so im ignoring you'' look pointer:DQuote:
The prick didn't even look at the camera for the podium photo:
great pics and birds
if you had a red and white dog you,d have bitten thru the whistle your tongue and probably bottom lip:wtfsmilie::yaeh am not durnk:Quote:
Now, if you had a black and white dog with you it would have been even a better day
I took my 9yr old daughter down to Ellesmere on Sunday, went in off Jarvis Rd down by Greenpark. We were trying out our layout blinds. It was too calm and fine, didn't end up firing a shot. Had 3 parris fly over but I thought they would come around again, so left them. Of course they kept on going!
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Certainly looks a picturesqe set up.:cool:
ellys a beauty all right even on a birdless windless day:yaeh am not durnkQuote:
Originally Posted by stug
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not a startling specimen but csi legal and part of its scruffy condition is due to the nightmare shite the dog had to get it out of.
plus canning of some young trees oon the way down didnt help:yaeh am not durnk:
Good stuff with the pheasant, I haven't chased them since moving down from the NI, use to love hunting Rotoehu forest.
Hey a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush as they say! South Island gold that bird, treasure it :cool: Well done GSP FollowerQuote:
Originally Posted by gsp follower
well done red, id have not had a shit show in hell of finding it without him let alone retrieving it .:wtfsmilie:am happy it was a one shot dead in the air scenario tho. christ knows how long a job or shittier one for that matter,it would have been for him if id winged it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pointer
I could hazard a guess where you found him too...................... :DQuote:
Originally Posted by gsp follower
no he was legal :D a one acre ,if your lucky, csi spot that produces a pheasant every year :D
usually a bigger bird than this tho:ouch...it hurts:
I have some breasting to do tomorrow (Parries are the only bird I wont pluck)
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Used the SxS for the first time. and last ;)
First shot cough shots! blew me back a bit. Figured it out in the end the front trigger lets both barrels go but if I pull the back trigger then front trigger its fine.
Good haul Tobes :thumbsup:
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Blonde demon?
Blonde bitch the same age as @Toby bitchQuote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
Good work PT.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
You didn't make the fatal mistake of putting two fingers on the triggers while using a double triggered gun did you? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Toby
Take it to a gunsmith, it might be doubling. My fathers old sxs did this. Pull one trigger and both barrels go. I had this happen to me when I was about 8, the possum wasn't happy either!Quote:
Originally Posted by Toby
Nope, but a guy in the group did haha.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pointer
I'm not too worried about it stug, it gives me something to tinker with :D
Went out for my weekly walk this morning, left home at 8am, had a bird by half eight, home by nine!
Wasn't exactly plain sailing, some terrible shooting on my behalf meant the rooster that Betty found for me was hit a bit far back. It dropped a leg as it sailed away, nearly over the crest of a hill 100 metres away. I thought at this point it was all but lost, when at the top of the hill, it spiralled out of the sky like a burning helicopter and bit the dust! Needless to say it was one very much alive and annoyed rooster that was retrieved to hand by Betty. This is her first retrieve on a pricked bird and runner, so I'm happy with how she took it all in stride:
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Betty :thumbsup:
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Nice effort and well done Betty!
What were you doing to break your winch rope?
Ask Gibo :oh noes:
Rrainstorm turned our spot to sloppy custard, sheared the front pin on the PTO shaft (never again, now carry spares) and stripped the cable from the hook. Rolled a tire of the rim, spent the night sliding down a clay slope... Luckily snatched out by a mate of a mate the next morning (in a Nissan thankfully)
Those shear-pins are a real pain to get at too! Thought of getting rid of the steel cable and using synthetic rope?
Yep, welded the rear one together, and drilled the front one out and put a 8mm high tensile one through it. so if it breaks, it breaks the front one only.
I thought about synthetic yeah, but am worried about its life span, hear its no good left in sun, it perishes? I wouldn't mind because then I can get rid of the massive Nissan fairlead and bring the front back about 75mm.
I have a china winch new in the box here, might pull the cable off that but I'm suspicious of its quality?
Good times! :D Series of descisions from us that could have done with a bit more thought ha ha
Dead right there! All good fun though, nobody was hurt :D
Your thoughts on synthetic Hoon?
That's the way to do it!
Talk to Tony Delany at Ultra Ropes Pacific in Tga. He's the agent for Amsteel Blue, which is used in the marine industry, tug tow-lines, moorings etc, so fine with UV. You'll only need 10mm rope, of which you'll fit 30m on your standard drum.
Ahh I forgot to say about it jammed up that's when we left anyway but to open I ended going with the post ramming treatment figuring if it smashes to bits it's no skin of my nose as it's pretty shitty anyway.
It opened but could get the bullets out as the extractor wouldn't pop out.
Pulled it too bits and one firing pin was bent the other was burred out which stopped them retracting. Not sure if this was the sole reason for it jamming up and not working but when I get around to putting it back together I'll soon find out. I bent the other back straight and clean up the sides. I'm not too sure it's good that its bent once as it's likely to keep bending but I guess there's only to find out
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On the plus side I remember how it goes together :)
On the down side I'm not too sure how to get it back together :( Those springs are bloody hard.
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GO BETTY!!!!!!!
Go the mighty "proper" pointer. Great stuffQuote:
Originally Posted by Pointer
There is a knack to getting the springs in Toby
Please share!! :D I haven't had a go yet but about to go in as I need to see if a new fore end I made for a U/O fits and might have a fiddle with it thenQuote:
Originally Posted by Chop3r
fiddling with guns must be a gunsmiths 3 favourite words except when the fiddling has gone to far and even they cant put humpty back together again:yaeh am not durnk:Quote:
Originally Posted by Toby
Went for a wander this arvo ,blowing a gale but sick of sitting on couch .Working some rough area's near track & along creek,been going a few minutes when Shadow spun round & locked into point.The pheasant sprang from under his nose almost immediately ,my 2nd shot tipped it over & dog went across the creek for a pretty simple retrieve .Nice bird , me & dog are pretty smug tonight .
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Good skills Chris :thumbsup:
Kai on Gibo
Good shit Chris. I was just over the hill from you for the last couple of days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris
You didn't stop in for tea n scones ,thats a bit rude .
Nope, I went over the Kopu Hikuai. Thought about giving you a bell but then got on the Waikato with my brothers and that was the end of all other ideas.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris
