To surive they need to breed. If they're breeding then the population would increase. Since no one is shooting them and they have no natural predators, other than perhaps inbreeding from a small gene...
Liked On: 17-01-2024, 09:34 AM
Here's one me and Bunji shot a while back down there, took a herculean effort to drag it back to his jetboat, lucky we had his dog's to help with the carry. Can't remember which gun he brought but...
Liked On: 17-01-2024, 09:31 AM
Long time reader and one very excited gent with his first story to post. After a few paid farm hunts and getting reasonably comfortable with the rifle and a bit of hunting experience under the...
Liked On: 16-01-2024, 02:36 PM
We went away for a short family farm trip the other day. We had permission to camp on a farm and shoot whatever pesties we encountered. This was an experiment to see whether a longer trip in the...
Liked On: 15-01-2024, 07:11 AM
Have been out hunting a grand total of one time since moving back to Oamaru last June so I decided bugger it I'm going for a nosey no matter what last Thursday. The weather was forecast to be bloody...
Liked On: 15-01-2024, 06:50 AM
Hey guys, Thought I'd do a little write up / may be something to look back on in the years to come. Hatched a plan with my brother to have a wee little mission into the Ruahines to try another...
Liked On: 13-01-2024, 03:52 PM
Later than reds so I would wait until into March. My experience with the big one I shot was that he didn't rut too far away from where he grew his velvet.
Liked On: 11-01-2024, 08:51 PM
Gidday fellas, An odd thing happened last night.. out hunting on some private land, plenty of deer about and always good for the freezer. I’ve never seen any decent bucks about on the place across...
Liked On: 11-01-2024, 08:51 PM
Happy new year to everyone on here. First post for 2024 as i’ve been too busy doing summer holiday things with the family. Hopefully everyone else has hooked into their own form of the same. ...
Liked On: 11-01-2024, 09:25 AM
If your'e a skin flint like me toasting up to $12 notes for a branded 1 litre bottle of white spirits/ Shellite/Pegasol/Coleman fuel etc,then save yourself a bob and buy in bulk.I get 20l drums of...
Liked On: 11-01-2024, 09:12 AM
Working on the charter boat for the last 17 years off Muriwai and Baileys Beach, we have rescued about 15 torpedo's and approx 10 Kite lines...... Found 2 torpedo's on consecutive days.....both...
Liked On: 11-01-2024, 08:36 AM
I would think these delinquent sorts probably do live a crappy life and are society underdogs. How they came to be there is another discussion. But, personally, I don't wish that upon them. All of...
Liked On: 10-01-2024, 06:52 PM
Interesting story about an unfortunate bugger who put a Seahorse on layby with a local store in Hastings in January as a Christmas present for his kids. Picked it up just before Christmas and...
Liked On: 10-01-2024, 10:26 AM
At what stage of successfully killing the deer would you consider that the bullet failed?
Liked On: 10-01-2024, 10:23 AM
great write up..awesome to see how the young fella is progressing... fawn tastes great done like KFC.... sorry to read about the ute.... but as Tahr has said..your still on plus side of the ledger.
Liked On: 10-01-2024, 10:19 AM