Yeah, they end up in crazy places. Im mostly by myself so it can take some struggling to get them set up to butcher. Thats the same stag in the green pack (last pic) so I got most of the meat off him.
Liked On: 23-08-2023, 10:17 PM
Haha very good, seems as thought you're still living in the sixties n seventies. Still taking the ivories and sinews?
Liked On: 23-08-2023, 10:16 PM
There was a thread recently about keeping meat clean. Well Im flat on my back crook (just man flu) in Aus and time to waste, so here's a whole lot of random "meat" pics from recent years. Make...
Liked On: 23-08-2023, 10:15 PM
Took a couple of folks who are looking at getting into hunting out for an overnighter by inangahua, last time i was out there about three months ago there were decent numers of deer, pigs and a few...
Liked On: 23-08-2023, 10:09 PM
Physically the same as shearers ,builders ,fencers and many of the professions that require manual labour. Finacially It was the same as any job ,some pissed it up ,some bought houses ,some bought...
Liked On: 23-08-2023, 10:08 PM
A mate worked on a high country station and they used crops alot catching deer, they caught 24 one night and everyone of them lived, it was a huge amount of money many years ago.
Liked On: 23-08-2023, 10:07 PM
The best deer capture pen ever saw was/is on the Waiau block. The mechanism was smooth as silk. Very impressive.The gate swung like a spider web in the breeze and it clicked quieter than a Swiss...
Liked On: 23-08-2023, 10:07 PM
Deer traps had their perils too....... but sometimes they were not quite salvageable :oh noes: 231706
Liked On: 23-08-2023, 10:07 PM
The whole animal/lungs requirement killed it for me as a foot hunter. Most of my dockets went through under "non deplumes". I don't recall paying tax. Later when farming and catching deer I sent...
Liked On: 23-08-2023, 10:07 PM
I arrived a bit later on the scene, right at the tail of it when live recovery was really kicking off in the early "80s IIRC Velvet was $2.20 a Kilo and Venison with Heart Liver and lung in was $2 A...
Liked On: 23-08-2023, 10:05 PM
When I was meat hunting (1966/67) the venison rate was 1/4 per pound (13 cents) and it was still good money just by the sheer volume. By the early 1970's I was in business as a gunsmith and doing...
Liked On: 23-08-2023, 10:05 PM
I worked out I carried every 4th deer for the government (tax). That hurt when you actually had to carry 4 out of the bush and you knew that last one was for free. Then I got a tax exception...
Liked On: 23-08-2023, 10:04 PM
Hi mate, pm me if you’re keen to team up.. I only tops hunt. As for gear, a set of walking poles and a pack you can strap your rifle to, a spotting scope comes in handy, def binos, a rifle you can...
Liked On: 23-08-2023, 10:01 PM
Tops Hunting Tips, All of my hunting up until now has been North Island bush, river flats and slips hunting, recently relocated to the Top of the South Island and would like to get try my luck at...
Liked On: 23-08-2023, 10:00 PM
They're an interesting bird, when my son's dove got hammered I stepped off the verandah to where it was lying, the falcon had disappeared. Picking it up I was startled by a movement just a few feet...
Liked On: 17-08-2023, 05:03 PM