Ben Waimata
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   Ben Waimata liked post by gimp On thread : Arms Bill - lead up to new Arms Act

   I'd suggest that's a clear point to make a submission on

   Liked On: 10-12-2025, 08:12 PM

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   Ben Waimata liked post by inglishill On thread : Arms Bill - lead up to new Arms Act

   After reading the Bill, several important gaps stand out. These silences tell us more about the design of the law than the words themselves. Each absence points toward an underlying intent that is...

   Liked On: 10-12-2025, 08:00 PM

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   Ben Waimata liked post by XR500 On thread : Yet another Central North Island Get-together

   287015

   Liked On: 06-11-2025, 07:54 PM

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   Ben Waimata liked post by Backcountry Bob On thread : Ideas for a salt lick?

   Interesting comments. I tried them at Pureora and they didn't work at all. I wonder whether the success or not depends on the mineralisation of the particular area. In some locations animals might...

   Liked On: 26-10-2025, 07:01 PM

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   Ben Waimata liked post by John Duxbury On thread : Texas Gun Shop

   It was the pawnshops that got me. Every pawnshop has a glass counter with thirty unwanted old pistols and revolvers. They cost bugger all. If I lived in the states I would probably have more pistols...

   Liked On: 13-10-2025, 07:43 PM

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   Ben Waimata liked post by Oldbloke On thread : Keep an eye on the neighbours...

   I call them Neglected Parks. :thumbsup: Couple of years ago we were holidaying in NSW near Coonabarabran NSW. Personally saw about 20 goats and another piggy diggings to plant 10 acres of wheat....

   Liked On: 20-09-2025, 05:58 PM

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   Ben Waimata liked post by Fat belly Dog On thread : Keep an eye on the neighbours...

   WA just completed an aerial survey and Feral deer cull, 1500 odd animals identified with thermal imagining in targeted areas and 500 odd taken out. There is no access to public land for hunting and...

   Liked On: 20-09-2025, 09:01 AM

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   Ben Waimata liked post by Oldbloke On thread : Keep an eye on the neighbours...

   Correct. In addition, they actively discourage firearm ownership. From January bow hunting was banned also. Even worse, in a few years W.A. will be awash with ferals and the firearms industry...

   Liked On: 20-09-2025, 08:59 AM

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   Ben Waimata liked post by Barry the hunter On thread : Pest Control

   Yeah use what you like really- just saying we saw no need to change from bolt action - besides what one could get when I was doing large goat control jobs somewhat limited- the Ruger mini matics...

   Liked On: 14-09-2025, 07:15 PM

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    Ben Waimata liked post by Husky1600#2 On thread : 223 vs 7.62x39

    Why make the choice, just buy both and go have some fun.

    Liked On: 12-09-2025, 11:45 AM

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    Ben Waimata liked post by fawkes On thread : First rifle - .22 Bolt vs Semi questions

    I dont own any expensive scopes , because I dont need that kind of money sat on a 80 meter rabbit rifle. I do own a lot of lower end scopes - not the Gun City type of entry level stuff but...

    Liked On: 24-08-2025, 05:37 PM

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    Ben Waimata liked post by longshot On thread : First rifle - .22 Bolt vs Semi questions

    I tend to think more and more these days, that the 'spend more on optics' rule of thumb is becoming less and less relevant. I have seen several repetitions of the statement in the last 12 months but...

    Liked On: 24-08-2025, 05:37 PM

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    Ben Waimata liked post by TeRei On thread : Big deer numbers being taken out of the Ruapehu/Wanganui?

    Went up country this week and a popular road has so much converted farmland to forestry. My mate told me a local farmer he knows whose farm backs onto a river has seen a mob of 30 deer on his farm....

    Liked On: 24-08-2025, 01:03 PM

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    Ben Waimata liked post by gimp On thread : Cartridge popularity survey. Gibo, this one aint for you.

    Have you considered 223

    Liked On: 20-08-2025, 11:37 AM

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    Ben Waimata liked post by Rushy On thread : Cartridge popularity survey. Gibo, this one aint for you.

    In the 26,390 days of my life thus far I have not ever heard of that word until reading it in your post just now.

    Liked On: 20-08-2025, 11:08 AM

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