Agreed, on evening walks my partner and I sometimes take a rangefinder and take competing guesses at different chosen landmarks then see who wins when the range finder confirms it. The rule is that...
Liked On: 07-01-2024, 09:56 AM
One day I might be rich enough to spend more than $300 on a scope 😭
Liked On: 06-01-2024, 08:15 PM
After doing some reading of another thread - https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.nz/f12/beginner-hunter-need-advice-100783/ I made the comment Id put up a gear list of what I take hunting. I did this...
Liked On: 06-01-2024, 07:56 PM
https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.nz/f22/overnight-hunting-kit-basic-list-101028/#post1534345
Liked On: 06-01-2024, 07:43 PM
great advice been given so far...agree 100% that at those sort of ranges you should be still point n shoot..dont over think it. you have a dog,when have shot something,use dog to help find...
Liked On: 06-01-2024, 06:13 PM
That's a good write up with some good reflections at the end. Focusing on low hanging fruit, my 2c on where to improve would be 1, get a rangefinder. you don't need to splash out big on these...
Liked On: 06-01-2024, 04:22 PM
Good write up and honest about the misses. You don't mention calibre but I'm picking 708, 308 or similar by the drop you mention. Zeroing at 2 and a half or 3 inches high at 100 should give you...
Liked On: 06-01-2024, 03:52 PM
Good story. Re. stinky billy. Skin it. It won’t stink n if it’s for dogs they won’t care. Hot day it pays to bleed n gut animals straight away n get to cool place. Meat can go off real quick...
Liked On: 06-01-2024, 03:51 PM
That will still have benefits for hunting ability and confidence. Just keep going out there and shooting stuff, you will probably already have noticed an an increased familiarity with the process. ...
Liked On: 06-01-2024, 11:13 AM
Yesterday’s observations. Was up Leatham yesterday. Hinds and yearlings still seem to be hanging out together, hinds were noticeably bigger and rounder, don’t seem to have dropped yet. We’re at lower...
Liked On: 06-01-2024, 11:12 AM
Thats the right approach in my book. Lay into the hinds and does april to late october. This time of the year they will stash the fawns for hrs at a time sometimes some distance away if there's no...
Liked On: 05-01-2024, 06:18 PM
This Spend enough time watching them, get to no what your hunting there plenty of clues theres a fawn about. Most of the hinds and fawns around here are grouped up at the moment, but you still...
Liked On: 03-01-2024, 05:17 PM
What Brad said, but….Watch a hind long enough they’ll give you a clue where their fawn might be, up to you what you do with this knowledge. From a culling perspective it’s often a case of ‘shoot...
Liked On: 03-01-2024, 05:17 PM
if you see hind with fawn at foot..you can always shoot fawn first and try to get hind before she reaches cover..... fawns are light to carry and taste great. lack of headgear is dead...
Liked On: 03-01-2024, 05:17 PM
1 bout of gardia is all it takes Boil it , chuck tablet in it Think of shitting through a Straw for 6 weeks is worth it Boil it, pill it , fk it , it's worth it
Liked On: 03-01-2024, 02:51 PM