Thread: Stewart Island police

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

by same token..hunters should expect to run into sensitive souls tramping...... we NEED to be seen to be doing our bit to keep everyone safe...when we can normalise this by doing normal things without fuss or bother...eg remove all ammunition BEFORE getting to hut,leaving action open if possible when in or around hut and stay calm and if asked show calmly yip its empty but I STILL TREAT AS IF ITS LOADED..... we can be on a win win...heck we may even semi educate a Karen...or at least her friends.
I always empty chmber and magazine a few hundy yards from car or camp or hut..always have done.

you Micky Duck are truly onto it very sage advice indeed - remember two Auckland hunters arriving at Tewaitukapiti hut lower Waiau when culling there - both were wet as bloody shags - both had full wood army .303,s strapped to top of pack - yup fully cocked safety on - thats how ya carry them down a river with multiple crossings not

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

you Micky Duck are truly onto it very sage advice indeed - remember two Auckland hunters arriving at Tewaitukapiti hut lower Waiau when culling there - both were wet as bloody shags - both had full wood army .303,s strapped to top of pack - yup fully cocked safety on - thats how ya carry them down a river with multiple crossings not

Yep, all those making points about visible means of placating non firearm owners I 100% agree with. However, equally important I have found is using them amongst other shooters. I spend more of my declining years shooting on rifle ranges rather than hunting. On a rifle range there can be 20 people of whom you might know none of them and more so don't know their safety ethics.
I have seen some off practices on rifle ranges that I have had to talk to idividuals about. I have had some who would have happily knocked my block off but at the time I didn't care about their feelings. I always broached the issue in a polite manner and explained the why. Use of chamber flags gives me some assurance that the others present may be on the same page as me.
Having been shot at in the bush I have no wish to be shot at on a rifle range.

I got my first chamber flags many years ago after running into Mike Spry at the Sika show. He comes across as a no BS guy, certainly not woke.