Rifle: .303 SMLE sporterised Range: 100m (ish. Paced out with long strides.) Optic: Not really an optic. A round hole in a bit of metal soldered onto the receiver. Probably from a washer of some...
Liked On: 25-01-2025, 02:43 PM
Yeah I can understand that. I will have a thermal coming as soon as Ken has the one I want back in stock. But I won't use it on public land or for my recreational hunting. For me, I like that the...
Liked On: 23-01-2025, 08:48 PM
Someone mentioned sticky-ing a guide for how new hunters and visitors can hunt in New Zealand, so I figured I’d make a start on one. I see this as useful mainly to new hunters who don’t have...
Liked On: 12-01-2025, 08:35 PM
Surely no one thinks that we don't have an illicit gun problem? And a gun crime problem? Don't get distracted by the numbers. They are just numbers. 17K? 10K? 5K? Whatever. There are too many guns in...
Liked On: 04-01-2025, 08:48 PM
My father was a blade shearer so I started doing the odd one since 12 years old. Blade shearing is actually easier to learn than machines as there's less foot work too worry about. Won the world...
Liked On: 30-11-2024, 09:35 PM
you Mararoa are on to it google it guys you will get photos etc - as an old hunter I would sooner see you learn your native plants and recognize them - in North Island mahoe five finger Pate...
Liked On: 30-11-2024, 09:31 PM
As a young fella I was told deer shit has a little point on one end and a little dent in the other end. The turds sort of fit together snugly. Sheep goats and chamois don’t do that
Liked On: 30-11-2024, 09:31 PM
Shifting some stags around this morning handful of hinds in the block tripped over this wee fulla farm deer tho263722
Liked On: 22-11-2024, 09:04 PM
I am unconvinced that lead is either dangerous or problematic for any of us. Lead pipes, lead soldered copper pipes, lead paint (even on houses and kids toys) and leaded petrol were everywhere in my...
Liked On: 23-10-2024, 09:04 PM
I contributed minced deer and goat meat to one of these studies some time ago. Rib and shoulder meat mostly and the results supposedly showed low Pb levels, similar to control/background levels. I’m...
Liked On: 23-10-2024, 09:03 PM
Grandfather died this week top man, proper kiwi bloke Shepard light house keeper ranger prison officer then retired . I owe him a lot because the outdoors skipped a generation but he made sure he...
Liked On: 20-10-2024, 10:01 AM
Entered the registry circus due to this 118 year old I Hollis with the London address, she's got mint, bores ejectors and all!
Liked On: 14-10-2024, 08:59 PM
Been meaning to make a bender for a while. Lo, the MkI version. Based on a youtube video. 260689 260690 260691 Each pin is 16mm rod with M12 thread cut for mounting.
Liked On: 07-10-2024, 12:55 PM
So this morning I finally accomplished a goal I set 4 years ago, to get a deer with the bow. I got back into bowhunting in late 2020, and managed to get a pig in Dec 2020. A nice big boar. In March...
Liked On: 26-09-2024, 09:23 AM
About to head south for a 4 month roadie two thirds of which should be Otago and Catlin's. Like it down there but don't do cold very well.
Liked On: 23-09-2024, 02:17 PM