Haven’t put up any posts etc for a while so thought I’d talk about the last few trips I’ve done this summer in the Ruahines. The first trip was an overnight volunteer trip into the Northern...
Liked On: 20-01-2022, 08:07 PM
I shoot most animals in the gloom of early dark. If they are gutted and off the ground they are perfect to leave one till morning as happens if you shoot two. Drape over a bush or a big rock if there...
Liked On: 20-01-2022, 07:01 PM
Took the chance to do a quick overnighter on Friday, with the intention of hopefully getting 2022 off to a positive start. I've had a few 'getting older' injuries of late, so expectations were fairly...
Liked On: 17-01-2022, 06:55 PM
No not really, just the first for this year so far. But on this resent trip the first time I’ve seen a falcon catch a bird in flight only 3m or 4m above us and the first time I’ve shot deer and a pig...
Liked On: 17-01-2022, 10:18 AM
by same token I have in my collection of recovered projectiles 1 50 grn and 1 52grn speer HP varmit projectiles that look almost identical,both failed to expand at all and appear to have tumbled...
Liked On: 16-01-2022, 06:24 PM
We’d planned to disappear into the Ruahines earlier this week before Christmas and as the week approached I hoped the weather would hold out. We’d had some very hot days and despite some drizzle and...
Liked On: 15-01-2022, 03:59 PM
Here’s to 2022 and to kick it off on the trophy front for everyone. Well my best head yet. He tried to give me the slip as the heard he was with went right. I dropped back into the woods to...
Liked On: 14-01-2022, 01:38 PM
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Liked On: 14-01-2022, 12:15 PM
So, managed to actually get a couple days off work this week despite my last post which has quelled the itch to get out. First time out in the Kaimanawas looking for Sika. Two places I was looking...
Liked On: 12-01-2022, 11:51 AM
I shot my last deer in Dec 2020, then decided to try and get one with the bow in 2021. I got close to a deer, missed one, got the bow drawn back on another. So with the freezer being empty I decided...
Liked On: 11-01-2022, 01:59 PM
Let's keep an eye on how the velvet is growing this season. This is a small bodied Red from the Kaimai plateau area, last weekend 27 Nov 2021. 185043
Liked On: 09-01-2022, 05:25 PM
Both these were hard under the velvet, fat as too. 186164
Liked On: 09-01-2022, 05:25 PM
This guy took one for the team. Will feed the farm owner and sharemilker for a while 186436 186438
Liked On: 09-01-2022, 05:25 PM
187355 Will velvet euro mount this one. Pretty hard to the tips
Liked On: 09-01-2022, 05:24 PM
A mate and I had a rough plan for a hunt early in the new year so after a bit back and forward on timing we agreed to head off Sunday night. Plan was to camp at the road end and hunt the next couple...
Liked On: 07-01-2022, 10:12 AM