Had an itch to scratch with newly set up Kimber so I set out nice and early on a frosty Queenstown morning. Climbing was slow going as the hill was more suitable for ice skating, the schist was...
Liked On: 21-05-2023, 08:55 PM
yes they are great if properly treated from new - and ones knows how to look after them - but sadly many dont - been to a lot of huts and there is a cast iron camp oven been left there but sadly...
Liked On: 20-05-2023, 10:31 PM
I recall reading an article many years ago by a very intelligent historian/archeologist. He described that the ability to make/use 'fire' was the second thing that differentiated man from other...
Liked On: 20-05-2023, 07:49 PM
its our land,its our wood,its our heritage if I want to light a plurry fire and its safe to do so I plurry well will.
Liked On: 20-05-2023, 07:28 PM
Yeah I’ve got a cast iron camp oven too. It lives out of the rain well under the tarps in the wood pile. Great thing to have
Liked On: 20-05-2023, 11:07 AM
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Liked On: 19-05-2023, 08:53 PM
A camps only as good as its fireplace a wise man once said. As for Animals spooked maybe . Last time I was at camp i shot a roaring stag less than 150m from the fireplace with variable wind and smoke...
Liked On: 19-05-2023, 03:29 PM
Quite like a campfire, they dion't have to be smokey though. If you're worried about the smoke alerting nearby animals then they've probably already smelt you and fucked off anyway, think about it.
Liked On: 19-05-2023, 03:28 PM
Shooting off a bipod on the ground, poked the barrel under the wire but wire had downward tension on the barrel. Last two shots I repositioned to the top of the wire as the animal had moved heaps
Liked On: 19-05-2023, 01:59 PM
View from the ridge looking down onto Tamaki Stream. 224079 224080
Liked On: 18-05-2023, 09:54 PM
Bit of a blast and cast down at the river tonight.No fish but a nice fat parry drake. 223991 223993 223996 223998
Liked On: 17-05-2023, 01:05 PM
Trappers have a very thin "social licence" [ I hate that term] to trap in a few peoples eyes and we have to do what is correct as far as animal welfare. To ignore that we do so at our peril. It is...
Liked On: 16-05-2023, 09:30 PM
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Liked On: 16-05-2023, 08:05 PM
In relation to finding the OP's gear I went to the horses mouth. Had a yarn with the chief pilot, know him reasonably well. He was flying HS's machine when searching. To give everyone a rough idea of...
Liked On: 16-05-2023, 08:01 PM
Link to full artical. https://predatorfreenz.org/stories/who-invented-doc-traps/ Excerpt of artical Although Phill gifted his claim to intellectual property rights for the DOC series, he has...
Liked On: 16-05-2023, 02:43 PM