Well done. One bit of advice I would give, go and secure your animals, make sure they are dead, then have your lunch/rest. They can drop spectacularly, but if given time can sometimes recover...
Liked On: 16-01-2024, 04:33 PM
Here's one me and Bunji shot a while back down there, took a herculean effort to drag it back to his jetboat, lucky we had his dog's to help with the carry. Can't remember which gun he brought but...
Liked On: 16-01-2024, 12:22 PM
Yesterday a client phoned to say, "There are 8 - 10 goats in the QE11 Covenant. Can you come?" I'm supposed to be on holiday and am building a kennel and cage for our new puppy, but my wife said,...
Liked On: 15-01-2024, 05:48 PM
Last summer/autumn was a blank for me for one reason or another. Two trips to my usual spot turned up nothing. Then another into the Tararuas with a good mate end of March and still nothing. The...
Liked On: 15-01-2024, 05:47 PM
Damn! My Mum warned me not to make friends with strangers! 241564
Liked On: 14-01-2024, 10:23 PM
Driving thru Waioeka gorge on day at work -came around corner and bugger me a 3 year old friesan bull lying on side of road with a broken leg - went down to MOW camp around corner borrowed a 303 and...
Liked On: 14-01-2024, 12:06 PM
Have been out hunting a grand total of one time since moving back to Oamaru last June so I decided bugger it I'm going for a nosey no matter what last Thursday. The weather was forecast to be bloody...
Liked On: 13-01-2024, 11:54 PM
I am of the opinion that any of experience is a learning opportunity. My biggest life lessons have all come from doing something stupid and learning from it. I have been sporadically working on...
Liked On: 13-01-2024, 04:42 PM
Speer 400gr, recovered from sika stags shot at 70m. Fired from 45-70, mv 1840fps. 241459
Liked On: 13-01-2024, 01:07 PM
You can play what if until the cows come home, but having used a 22.250 for years I'd shoot a "tough" animal in the neck, or through the ribs and into the lungs. Just like the not tough ones, both...
Liked On: 11-01-2024, 09:05 AM
It isn't new but it's a cool photo. Chammy don't like it 241277 241278
Liked On: 10-01-2024, 04:45 PM
Guns out… Chasing fallow soon, so needed to verify. Plate circled, 565 yds. 7 RemMag 241209 0.357 MOA 241210 Rewards
Liked On: 09-01-2024, 11:09 PM
Hi all, Recently tidied up my tikka m695 in 270 win. Sanded, filled and sealed the original wooden stock. Killed the ever worsening rust spots and put some emergency cold blue on it. I...
Liked On: 09-01-2024, 10:11 PM
I recently had a crack at fixing up an old head for a friend, not sure where it got shot or who shot it. It's has a lot of points and palms across a small amount of spread. The skull was quite...
Liked On: 09-01-2024, 10:02 PM
80 more bunnies yesterday evening. (83 if you include the 3 with the truck on the way home) Only missed five shots all night, which I’m particularly happy about. Two of those were due to trying to...
Liked On: 09-01-2024, 09:03 AM