A chap just picked this up complete with the ultra rare rod…I gave it a strip down and gentle tidy up…came out great I think and still good enough to shoot. I need to work out how to copy the rod...
Liked On: 08-05-2022, 07:56 PM
Sanding completed, and first coat of sealer applied. Can now see the contrast and true colour of this piece. There are a few highlights lurking in the wood, which will show up nicely once all the...
Liked On: 07-05-2022, 08:52 PM
3 of us have just spent 5 days chasing wallaby in the Mackenzie Basin area. The weather was blue bird everyday except for one that was a bit overcast. Our hunting was during the afternoons and...
Liked On: 06-05-2022, 09:47 PM
Gave out some duck dinner this morning and set my decoys. Gonna use falcon #4 bismuth this opening. 196240 Hungry parries landing amongst them as I drifted away :)
Liked On: 05-05-2022, 08:01 PM
196175 G'day folks, new member here. Being a trailcam enthusiast I gravitated to this thread and was not disappointed. I hunt mostly Axis and Fallow deer over here in Oz, and am thoroughly jealous...
Liked On: 04-05-2022, 09:44 PM
I did end up going for a quick cheeky Catlins hunt and look at this wall hanger! Wow big trophy boy! Sarcasm aside, I did take the head home, going to hang him on the wall and mark him as my first...
Liked On: 03-05-2022, 09:11 PM
Tradition here was a "young farmers" pre season clay bird shoot and also 3 or 4 clay shoots on a farm for wildfowlers assn along with bbq. These are good social events with youngsters included under...
Liked On: 01-05-2022, 09:53 PM
195060 Solid 11 the other week. Chased a spiker off 10m in front and pretty much ran into me. A shoulder shot sent him running, while I was waiting for him to die he gets up again so I put another...
Liked On: 19-04-2022, 08:16 PM
"Trophy" means different things to different people. Its contextual. I took this chap out yesterday and he was thrilled to shoot this prime meat animal in stunning surroundings. Just look at that...
Liked On: 17-04-2022, 02:38 PM
Second half of my roar, went down to Southland for a few days in some old spots of mine.. and secured the stag of my lifetime thus far. 194654
Liked On: 15-04-2022, 05:44 PM
194467 Got out for a couple nights last weekend in northern southland. Managed to by far get my biggest stag to date, couldn't believe it. Dropped him off at the taxidermist yesterday. Stags were...
Liked On: 11-04-2022, 09:07 PM
Another one finished. Built on a 1908 Enfield No1 mk3*. This one got a lovely oiled short (12.5") walnut stock I have been saving and a few brass accents. Metalwork finished in midnight blue...
Liked On: 10-04-2022, 06:48 AM
194321 grow bigger and breed young fella....
Liked On: 09-04-2022, 08:34 PM
Just been in the Whirinaki for a few nights. The plan was to get him his first roar stag. We heard a couple roaring on the way in so thii were looking promising. We had a bit of a sleep in the next...
Liked On: 04-04-2022, 07:00 AM
Today was the day i offered a forum member a day hunt for a stag in my spot x and show them some pointers. A worthy good fellow was picked, 19 and still was waiting to shoot his first red deer. ...
Liked On: 27-03-2022, 08:37 AM