OSPRI are not far off (still a few years though) from having 'possum populations at the level where TB will not be able to be sustained in the remaining population. That will lead to NZ actually...
Liked On: 04-09-2022, 10:19 PM
I grew up on a farm in the middle of the King Country, surrounded by bush, it would be nothing to shoot 100 possums in a night spot lighting driving down the road. And every farm was TB positive. A...
Liked On: 04-09-2022, 10:16 PM
After five years of using factory ammo in my 7rm , i started reloading for it a few months ago and with the limited choice of components i ended up with a load of 71.5 gr of IMR 8133 behind a 175gr...
Liked On: 04-09-2022, 09:36 PM
>>For a good number of years now various people/agencies have talked about using a contraceptive approach to the NZ possum problem. Yet nothing seems to have happened. Still we see millions of...
Liked On: 03-09-2022, 03:47 PM
3.5k!!!!!!!!!!!!! 3.5k!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! $3500!!!!!!!!!!!!! carbon fibre or solid gold?????????? $3500 is one hell of a lot of coin to "gamble" with...and gamble you will be doing...will it...
Liked On: 29-08-2022, 10:39 PM
The freezer was empty of venison, so it was time for a hunt. I took advantage of a fine day and went for an afternoon/evening hunt. I haven't been out for a while so my fitness wasn't the best....
Liked On: 29-08-2022, 08:59 PM
What is it with TradeMe and people paying over the odds? Is it the convenience aspect of not having to hunt out supplies from hole in the wall gunshops/suppliers (half the fun!) or is it a bit...
Liked On: 29-08-2022, 08:44 PM
He just needs socializing, simple as that. I struggled with Bo also because I don't go out much and spend a shit tonne of time alone with just him and myself. He's a real one person dog, loyal to a...
Liked On: 28-08-2022, 09:24 PM
I think bushbuck gaiters are great ! They forced me to learn a new life skill …. Sewing . I get to practice every time I get home from a hunt. This and also having to chase up a warranty on a...
Liked On: 27-08-2022, 08:39 PM
Hi everyone, what "tahr" said is right, I am out of the jackets I need to make the 80gr.224 bullets now & it is a waiting game till more jackets are available. That could happen in a couple of...
Liked On: 27-08-2022, 05:02 PM
EDIT: No it isn't, don't buy it :D
Liked On: 22-08-2022, 10:42 PM
Just a wee thing I took for granted,untill the other evening when I whipped out knife and had deer into 3 managable lumps to carry..and the two chaps I was with,both older than me and both...
Liked On: 22-08-2022, 10:40 PM
well had a twilight hunt turn into an after dark search for wounded deer,which I found and finished off in torchlight,I found it where the guy with modcon thermal couldnt....then out with new knife...
Liked On: 21-08-2022, 10:20 PM
100% man. If a dog has gone toilet inside, it’s your fault, nothing to do with them. You need to scold yourself, not the dog. Dogs don’t associate the telling off with what they’ve done 8 hours ago....
Liked On: 20-08-2022, 08:27 PM
I don't have any hunting stories yet, in fact yet to fire the .270 at a moving target. I've only just started on firearms, but as a kid was mad keen on hunting and trapping. I had a 30lb fibreglass...
Liked On: 17-08-2022, 08:16 PM