After many months of planning with my father-in-law, John, we made our way down to Taumaranui late on a Friday night in August where our friend, Ewen, kindly put us up for the weekend and agreed to...
Liked On: 10-10-2024, 02:08 PM
Couple of weeks ago our local LandSAR group did marshaling for Race Tekapo, a large trail running race. My son Ryan helped on the day and we had decided to tack a hunt onto the trip while we were...
Liked On: 06-10-2024, 01:23 PM
So this morning I finally accomplished a goal I set 4 years ago, to get a deer with the bow. I got back into bowhunting in late 2020, and managed to get a pig in Dec 2020. A nice big boar. In March...
Liked On: 26-09-2024, 06:31 AM
.243 would be great. Then he can down scale or up scale later depending on his taste. Although I'm a fan, .223 is not something you just pick up with a box of any old ammo and go hunting with. Takes...
Liked On: 24-09-2024, 09:50 AM
decided to take Mazy the dog out for one last hunt, she now has bad arthritis in both front wrist joints and a dodgy hip as well. loaded the truck up Thursday night and headed up the Awatere...
Liked On: 01-09-2024, 11:47 AM
Continuing on from the June Adventures. https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.nz/f17/june-adventures-photo-heavy-106381/ July ticked around and Spence was well keen on getting his first pig, so...
Liked On: 31-08-2024, 09:51 AM
I average about 8-10 a week, if not the numbers get out of control quite quickly 95g NBT@3100fps 257385
Liked On: 19-08-2024, 06:52 AM
Is it a terrible thing for me to confess that I enjoy shooting goats? I haven’t done it in a couple of years but have many memories of what were in reality slaughter sessions.
Liked On: 19-08-2024, 06:50 AM
Last weekend I headed up to a spot near my place. The goats in the area (with their mates the pigs) are turning a section of regenerating bush into a desert, so I thought I'd smash a few over. I'd...
Liked On: 18-08-2024, 07:52 AM
Iv shot a lot of pigs over the years but Im yet to shoot one that's had a stick stuck in its mouth, though everyone on the internet seems to be able to find them. I must be looking n the wrong...
Liked On: 15-08-2024, 12:26 PM
Head south to Cromwell -Queenstown for couple of days.Theres plenty down there,you might run out of ammo tho.
Liked On: 10-08-2024, 09:09 AM
Bugger all goats in Canterbury, Kaikoura or West Coast will be your best bet.
Liked On: 10-08-2024, 09:08 AM
After crawling around in a ceiling cavity putting in batts and finishing earlier than expected I took the opportunity to duck out for a quick hunt. Left home at 12.30 at the road end a bit after 1...
Liked On: 03-08-2024, 06:47 AM
33 rounds of 7mm-08 Nosler 140gr BT's with various charges of ADI 2208 in some virgin Norma brass with CCI 250's 256148 as I'd done bolt stop mod to the tikka t3 I've seated them 20thou off the...
Liked On: 31-07-2024, 10:29 PM
Without wanting to dredge up my last post I thought I would just thank everyone for the positive feedback after getting my first DOC land deer over the summer. Tahr was right, the game bags are...
Liked On: 30-07-2024, 09:59 AM