Managed a couple of crossed lines but over all reasonably happy for first attempt. Pretty steep learning curve but sure the next one will come out better (I have 4 more to do) A couple of pics of...
Liked On: 18-01-2024, 08:03 PM
Every year my wife and I take our little girl into the bush. As we started doing it young it's always a chopper trip and mostly Kaimanawas. Last year she got to experience Mangamingi and Otupua, the...
Liked On: 18-01-2024, 05:24 PM
Last summer/autumn was a blank for me for one reason or another. Two trips to my usual spot turned up nothing. Then another into the Tararuas with a good mate end of March and still nothing. The...
Liked On: 15-01-2024, 04:55 PM
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Liked On: 14-01-2024, 07:49 PM
4 Oberndorf Mauser Commercial Sporters 7x57 (S), 30-06 (M), 9x57 (S), 8x57(S) All 1920s ...
Liked On: 14-01-2024, 08:00 AM
I am of the opinion that any of experience is a learning opportunity. My biggest life lessons have all come from doing something stupid and learning from it. I have been sporadically working on...
Liked On: 13-01-2024, 07:46 PM
Here are today's results from "experiments". 241353 The CZ 6.8 SPC is wearing one of the el-cheapo surplus slings (I think American, about $5), because it's 32mm wide I had to splash out and...
Liked On: 11-01-2024, 07:39 PM
Day 1 Upper Whirinaki Hut. 241156 Walked in from Plateau Road end. Just an easy start to the mission. Next day on to Upper Te Hoe. With heavy packs it took us 7 hours. 241157 But there was...
Liked On: 09-01-2024, 09:07 AM
After too many years of creamy farm hunting, I thought it was time to get back into some public land stuff and challenge myself more. It’d been years since my dad and I used to spend our weekends up...
Liked On: 08-01-2024, 02:46 PM
I caught this stag in the open at dawn. I sneaked in to where I could get a good shot of him. Turns out I didnt have my camera! But I did have a bit of paper and a stub of pencil so I did a lightning...
Liked On: 07-01-2024, 09:44 AM
Good write up and honest about the misses. You don't mention calibre but I'm picking 708, 308 or similar by the drop you mention. Zeroing at 2 and a half or 3 inches high at 100 should give you...
Liked On: 06-01-2024, 05:17 PM
We went away for a short family farm trip the other day. We had permission to camp on a farm and shoot whatever pesties we encountered. This was an experiment to see whether a longer trip in the...
Liked On: 06-01-2024, 05:16 PM
Things move on Mickey you couldn't type this on forum 40 years ago is an example, or drive to the bush at the speed you can now . I don't even own a rangefinder now so understand what your saying...
Liked On: 04-01-2024, 09:09 PM
jb weld
Liked On: 02-01-2024, 09:10 PM
Just joined the site looking forward to talking to you boys
Liked On: 02-01-2024, 03:53 PM