35 mm is good,50mm is very good for longer range and id.Sytong service is great.
Liked On: 16-09-2024, 11:12 PM
Ive just tested a Sytong range finding one but not sure if it is the latest one you refer to. I will need to look. Used it on wallaby and some deer. It was very clear and a breeze to navigate around....
Liked On: 16-09-2024, 11:12 PM
Yes he did,shot a hind. That pack is perfect for him. Thanks Rod.259198
Liked On: 16-09-2024, 11:02 PM
I'm thinking of doing a similar trip this October, it'll be my first time in the Ruahines does anyone know if the farmer to go to purity hut is still letting people through? I'm thinking of staying a...
Liked On: 16-09-2024, 11:02 PM
That evening Roger "educated" us on most things. It was pleasant, but one way. Your diplomacy is legendary Tahr.... I have also shared a hut with Lentle & Saxton........ :X3:
Liked On: 16-09-2024, 11:01 PM
That rock pile track. Roger Lentle was at the Rangi hut. And Alex and me. That evening Roger "educated" us on most things. It was pleasant, but one way. The upshot was that when choosing our...
Liked On: 16-09-2024, 11:01 PM
Bit of a reminisce with some humour. The mate's I talked of, were a young couple on one of thier first big hunting trips. My brother and I had intended a roar trip which detailed climbing Te Hekegna...
Liked On: 16-09-2024, 11:00 PM
Its a hard case small world aye. I believe it was probably you who met two of my best hunting mates up there on one of the few trips where me and my brother weren't with them. You or whoever it was...
Liked On: 16-09-2024, 10:58 PM
I hope he filled that pack up Rangidan :thumbsup: It's not a bad place on a nice day with no wind 259131
Liked On: 16-09-2024, 10:57 PM
I've had some brilliant hunts up there in Oct-Nov. Ive also been challenged beyond belief and needed all my reserves in the young guy learning what his limits are and then finding new skills and...
Liked On: 16-09-2024, 10:56 PM
Did the Rangi dead man loop last 2 weekends, first one was nice weather and warm saw a few boy shot one, next one was more like the weather should be at this time of year and couldn't see a thing! So...
Liked On: 16-09-2024, 10:55 PM
yes as above go up deadmans hunt ya way along to Maungamahue area, camp sites along the way, plenty of area to make a few days worth.go bak down past rangi hut for a change on the way back?...
Liked On: 16-09-2024, 10:54 PM
Exactly. The Maungahuia end of the sub range is lower for early spring and I used to hunt it quite a bit late winter. Go up Deadman's track and hunt through the Maungahuia saddle and follow the scrub...
Liked On: 16-09-2024, 10:54 PM
Rem M7 in a KS McMillan, 16" 7mm08 with DPT and Leupold Mk4 m3 3.5-10x40 (has done everything from 20-300m). Best load for this is a Nosler BT 120 going about 2650fps. 259308259309
Liked On: 16-09-2024, 10:50 PM
Howa superlite 308, 14.5" barrel, Vixen 2-8, weighs 2.45kg all up, good wee shooter and still puts the factory 150gr superformance out at 2750fps so good for 350 easy. If they made a floorplate for...
Liked On: 16-09-2024, 10:49 PM