I suspect the scenario as described was a youngster being taught to hunt
Liked On: 17-08-2023, 05:02 PM
Mate an me were hunting the Rangitikei river faces some years ago. Could hear a couple of falcon hunting in a gut below. They then came up to our height and parked up on some rocks about 20m away....
Liked On: 17-08-2023, 05:02 PM
They are not so cool when they attack you from behind and try to lift your scalp off! I was above Karamea gold panning about 1K from a marked nesting area. A totally silent attack. I have a photo...
Liked On: 17-08-2023, 05:01 PM
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Liked On: 17-08-2023, 05:00 PM
Watched this one chase a sparrow around my dog kennels one day. Sparrow dived into a pile of old branches. Falcon landed and proceeded to ripp chunks of wood off trying to reach him. This went on for...
Liked On: 17-08-2023, 05:00 PM
We had one turn up and smoke all the pigeons at one of our calf sheds a few years back, one pigeon escaped and flew into the workshop, falcon went screaming in there after it, through the open roller...
Liked On: 17-08-2023, 05:00 PM
A few years back i was at a wedding in a winery in queenstown, they had two doves in a cage, that were released right on the "you may now kiss your bride". Both got smoked by falcons about 3 seconds...
Liked On: 17-08-2023, 04:59 PM
he (i think was small) came and checked us out 1st .
Liked On: 17-08-2023, 04:58 PM
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Been giving the press some love, stiffening things up, with some 6 by 2. Got to say it's performing beautifully 231311
Liked On: 17-08-2023, 04:39 PM
Known as Jim’s burn after the guy who set it off with his white spirit stove. For us hunters it made getting through the Mangoira saddle a lot easier. There is still dead leatherwood there. Jim was...
Liked On: 15-08-2023, 10:23 PM
Big.... Fire in the hills One for the tussock plant botanists on here... :) Looking into my 35mm photo box the other day, found this image so thought I would post it up here. 231183 ...
Liked On: 15-08-2023, 10:22 PM
I once went out and after a very long drive and hike in, realised that I had the bolt from my 223 in the 7mm I was carrying. I store my rifles in the safe with the bolts in now. I also once went...
Liked On: 15-08-2023, 10:20 PM
had an amazingly accurate 10/22 built by gundoc, shot like a bloody laser beam. one day it was pray and spray. wasnt until i missed 20 plus bunnies i notices the top of the scope ring had fractured...
Liked On: 15-08-2023, 10:20 PM