About davetapson

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About davetapson
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    davetapson liked post by Tahr On thread : Tick...tick...tick
    Brian and my body clocks ticked over another year each a few days ago so a try out last night to see if they are still working was in order... Brian shot a nice boar with his 6.5-06 and had a big...
    Liked On: 27-10-2020, 09:35 PM
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    davetapson liked post by vulcannz On thread : Spooking Deer
    Was hunting fallow on Saturday, had one of those dry throat moments where I started coughing and damn near choking. Bunch of fallow walked around the corner of a hill to see wtf was going on. They...
    Liked On: 13-10-2020, 03:53 PM
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    davetapson liked post by Shadowsol On thread : How often are you successful?
    I agree - love the fact that my wife gets up at 4am when she'd rather sleep in late and comes out with me. Slowly working on getting her to stay in the bush - will start with a hut over summer and go...
    Liked On: 12-10-2020, 01:26 PM
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    davetapson liked post by A-Bolt On thread : Rifles you wish you never sold
    A bit of a story for me on this one. in 1980 when I was 15 my father bought a 1949 BRNO 22 Hornet at a farm clearing sale for me. A beautiful rifle with the hair trigger function and in pretty good...
    Liked On: 14-04-2020, 09:30 PM
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    davetapson liked post by winaa On thread : Shimming scope...
    I find it strange you can't dial out to 100m I do it all the time from a 40m zero and it's only 8.4moa using CCI STD's which most scopes should be able to do. I'm only using a vortex diamond back....
    Liked On: 02-03-2020, 09:11 PM
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    davetapson liked post by xtightg On thread : Engineering shop to mill Stock extensions
    I used MDF shaped and sanded then spray painted it black to raise the cheek piece mind you it was only a Sako TRG 22
    Liked On: 23-02-2020, 06:22 PM
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    davetapson liked post by Bill999 On thread : Engineering shop to mill Stock extensions
    4cm is a lot, are you very tall? The cheep option is thick plastic cut with a jigsaw then sanded You can use anything from a chopping board or 20l containers or anything that's accessible to you
    Liked On: 20-02-2020, 10:30 AM
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    davetapson liked post by winaa On thread : Engineering shop to mill Stock extensions
    Workshop innovation has spacers on this page (https://www.workshopinnovation.co.nz/products.asp?cat=178)
    Liked On: 20-02-2020, 10:30 AM
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    davetapson liked post by ChristianKuun On thread : Venison Carpaccio
    Hahaha, picture was taken in SA. Thinking back, beer is a bloody bargain in SA and I should have had more Sent from my SM-A505GN using Tapatalk
    Liked On: 03-02-2020, 02:18 PM
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    davetapson liked post by ElDax On thread : Noob...
    1. The NZDA runs the H.U.N.T.S course which goes over most if not all of the essential skills you need to safely hunt in NZ, you also go for a goat hunt towards the end of the course. It would be a...
    Liked On: 24-01-2020, 01:19 PM
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    davetapson liked post by Chilli_Dog On thread : .22lR Norinco JW15
    Just need a JW15 set up clinic and shoot now
    Liked On: 22-01-2020, 09:44 PM
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    davetapson liked post by Max Headroom On thread : Noob...
    Oh and if you havent done it already, get a .22 and a small mountain of ammo and practice. A lot.
    Liked On: 22-01-2020, 12:37 PM
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    davetapson liked post by 300CALMAN On thread : Where are all the deer
    If you can do the HUNTS course at the NZDA. https://www.deerstalkers.org.nz/hunts highly recommended
    Liked On: 22-01-2020, 09:41 AM
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    davetapson liked post by deer243 On thread : Noob...
    Join a club (NZDA) and meet some people. Getting someone to take you out and show you some pointers is a very good start. Maybe do a HUNTS course, A 243, 308, 7m 08 is a good start in Cal. Dont...
    Liked On: 14-01-2020, 10:15 PM
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    davetapson liked post by scotty On thread : Noob...
    keen to hear a review on the b14 , pros and cons etc
    Liked On: 14-01-2020, 10:13 PM

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