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