If you dont fight the bush and instead let 'The force guide you' and as above follow animal trails and the line of least resistance suddenly it becomes easy to move through the bush. It is when I...
Liked On: 24-01-2023, 04:44 PM
My only bush experience is central NI hunting and this is what I find. Even in thick bush the spurs / ridges are usually open enough to get through without too much trouble. The thickest stuff...
Liked On: 24-01-2023, 12:48 PM
Fantastic area. I have some great memories from there too. In fact some old photos from around there just popped up on the computer tonight. Love that place. 215200 215201
Liked On: 22-01-2023, 10:44 PM
That was a evening/night to remember, 8 deer seen and fantastic weather. Company was pretty good too. One of my favorite evenings up that spot was the night of crystal clear skies and the meteor...
Liked On: 22-01-2023, 10:42 PM
My wife bought one for the family for Christmas (she really hates flies). super fun. always a race to grab it when a fly comes in. Will incapacitate a big blow fly from about 1m, but will need a...
Liked On: 21-01-2023, 08:47 AM
Managed to get away for an over nighter,had to be back home by 10.30am the next morning.Got to the riverbed by 9pm.Watched a nice area till after dark.Bugger nothing around,windy rainy night.Next...
Liked On: 20-01-2023, 07:38 PM
Just 50kg all up mate, had the rifle strapped to the pack. Done heavier packs before in my Army days but was a pretty technical route out so I was pushing it safety wise. I'll stick to one deer in...
Liked On: 20-01-2023, 09:15 AM
Took the boy (grandson) out to our hut yesterday for the night. Turned out that we hunted a block that had only been mustered the day before which is never a good idea. Any rate, seen nothin to shoot...
Liked On: 19-01-2023, 06:55 PM
In September I shot a red spiker front on from about 15-20m, it turned and ran. No blood that I could see, though it was raining at the time, which also made it hard to see which tracks were fresh....
Liked On: 19-01-2023, 04:18 PM
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Liked On: 19-01-2023, 08:31 AM
So went for my first walkabout for 2023 yesterday. Goal for the day was to try and find a clearing I had been told about. Up I was at zero dark thirty like most trips and quick stop at the local...
Liked On: 19-01-2023, 06:52 AM
Had to take a drive to national park on Thursday to look at a caravan so decided on doing a round trip and take a quick look at Clements mill rd considering how much rain there had been and the fact...
Liked On: 15-01-2023, 09:08 AM
214558 Worked fine for me on Thursday ..not tops hunting though but this shot was 60m in tight pepperwood.
Liked On: 15-01-2023, 09:00 AM
With some of the good weather of the holidays, managed to get out on the central plateau for a wander with the rifle, hoping to bump into a young sika for the BBQ. I left the car in a crowded car...
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 10:27 PM
I got my first deer yesterday. A nice red stag. After two luckless day trips in the Southern Tararuas and one in the Aorangis, I went for another optimistic armed walk into the Tararuas. I had...
Liked On: 11-01-2023, 10:46 PM