With the stress of Christmas 2023 over and the prospect of good weather after new year I could hear Tikka 284 growling from the gun cabinet again. She wanted a walk, loves the tussock, and I had...
Liked On: 08-01-2024, 08:25 PM
Had a couple of remingtons and they loved the 165gr Sierra Game kings if still available, And devastating on big reds. cheers
Liked On: 07-01-2024, 06:12 PM
Hi Two overnighters into the Molesworth & an evening hunt behind Oxford earlier this week. Saw plenty of deer (and the odd Chamois), and was able to target the spiker and yearlings which taste...
Liked On: 06-01-2024, 08:04 PM
Or if you've got a few old LP records, and a lot of patience.....240960240962
Liked On: 06-01-2024, 04:40 PM
Not only that but a year ahead of us :)
Liked On: 04-01-2024, 10:13 AM
Except when you’re nine and starting out it’s more like “ If it’s brown - it’s down “. Just had two nights away. 20 plus deer seen. 3 shot. 2 missed. Cooking on fires and camping out. Doesn’t get any...
Liked On: 30-12-2023, 09:27 PM
Dogs are wonderful, eh. Dear old Tilly. I loved her and I thought about her a lot yesterday. 247 deer, her and me. In the pic of Bella on the quad with the pack you will see a hock. I biffed it...
Liked On: 30-12-2023, 05:54 AM
Bella the 10 month Lab has never been deerstalking. Ive held her back getting the basics right. She hadn't been on a quad or spent the night in a hut. Ive never dragged a skin and had her trail it....
Liked On: 30-12-2023, 05:54 AM
Took the young fella out last week. He was keen on a decent sized boar but in the end settled for a juicy wee Fallow, a Sow and some smaller pigs, and a dozen or so goats Looking forward to 2024 ...
Liked On: 26-12-2023, 05:49 PM
Couple of Kaweka Sika with the 75gr eldm. Was trying to get the young fulla his first Sika but bush hunting it is bloody difficult to find an adequate rest quickly enough so unfortunately he missed...
Liked On: 25-12-2023, 09:07 PM
I've got one. Built on a 1903 Springfield by a friend. It was his South Island tops rifle in the 60's -70's. He passed it on to me before he went off to the happy hunting grounds in the sky. Took a...
Liked On: 25-12-2023, 01:56 PM
Not in NZ that I've seen. You'd be better off buying some Hornady match with the 73gr eldm and see if they group in your rifle. If they do, you won't be disappointed.
Liked On: 25-12-2023, 10:11 AM
I don't have any actual data for you, only anecdotes. I have a .308 with a 14.5" barrel and it's so offensively loud that even at the range when testing it unsuppressed and with everyone wearing...
Liked On: 24-12-2023, 08:10 PM
I whistled a few times and James shouted ‘stand up you lazy bugger’, after a couple of minutes of various insults he stood to a whistle, the .284 cracked and it feel to the ground. 240115 On the...
Liked On: 24-12-2023, 05:24 PM
Thanks to craigc Charlie was stoked with his new secondhand Tatonka ( just like dad but smaller ). We took took off on Friday afternoon. The wx was unbelievably hot. Having the bright idea of taking...
Liked On: 24-12-2023, 01:57 PM