Quite proud of this one - shot him in full flight with the .22mag as he sprinted across an open paddock heading for cover. He never made it :D 184335
Liked On: 11-12-2021, 09:10 PM
The 'shit' on the fore end is reinforced tape to protect the fore end from damage. On this property there are a lot of well weathered hardwood tree stumps (Maire I believe) that we used as shooting...
Liked On: 11-12-2021, 09:10 PM
185481 1st shot for today's walk, 165yrds. Sako .222 with 6X Khales 50grn. VMax
Liked On: 10-12-2021, 09:49 PM
Recently brought a .223 off Backsteaks and mounted up a tasco gold medal 3-9 scope on it. Took it out to the range for the first time yesterday and sighted it in. Used some cheap ppu ammo to get...
Liked On: 05-12-2021, 01:39 PM
I have .177, .22 and .25 barrels for it, it's currently set to 14fpe in .22 cal which is perfect for the bird work it mainly does for me, in .25 it can get up to about 30fpe from memory. It came...
Liked On: 05-12-2021, 01:32 PM
Bloody big Hare shot at lunch time today, saw the bugger a few days ago but he quickly moved to the customer's neighbors horse paddock so I couldn't do anything about it. Today the thermal scope...
Liked On: 05-12-2021, 01:32 PM
Phil_H Velvet is good herb medicine to treat people with chronic syndrome, and is also good supplements for health people. Sika deer `s is the best. Actually, a deer should have no wastes of any,...
Liked On: 05-12-2021, 01:28 PM
I didn't mean this to be a discussion of the merits of shooting velvet stags, just a photo record of antler stages on wild and farmed land across NZ. I'll be lucky if I contribute another one or two...
Liked On: 05-12-2021, 01:22 PM
And here's one I saw on 27 November last year, saw him run across the road in front of me in hard antler in the winter and he was an absolute beast! 185055
Liked On: 05-12-2021, 01:20 PM
Few more.. 185054
Liked On: 05-12-2021, 01:19 PM
185051 Here's one still running around for ya Micky Duck
Liked On: 05-12-2021, 01:19 PM
yeah...but it sure is nicer to see it still walking around.... I struggle to pull trigger on a velvety when antler looks like it may end up as half decent trophy...it may be someones first stag or...
Liked On: 05-12-2021, 01:19 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: 05-12-2021, 01:18 PM
I took the 17 Hornet out for an outing late Sat arvo. Visited a new vineyard property that was suppose to have a few rabbits around. We saw very few, and managed to shoot most of them. Including...
Liked On: 03-12-2021, 04:01 PM
Another Syntong adventure last night on a block up the road. The clip on certainly makes a difference. Once I spot them the light goes off, I Aquire them in the scope n goodnight nurse. They’ll just...
Liked On: 03-12-2021, 04:01 PM