IMO The key is to have game animals, fish and birds legislated as managed assets. Then NZ FISH & GAME should be removed from the Conservation Act and the Wildlife Act which governs NZF&G should be...
Liked On: 10-01-2021, 03:17 PM
Well written piece. The resistance to change might be our biggest limiting factor though. We as shooters need to join an assosiation that will represent all shooters and hunters - its been done...
Liked On: 10-01-2021, 03:16 PM
To 90% of NZ's population a gun is a gun is a gun. The Pollies and the antis are playing the age old "divide and conquer" tactic. We have been warned.
Liked On: 10-01-2021, 03:16 PM
Many years ago in the Urewera I was climbing a spur out of the Waimana and all of a sudden a hind came flying down the spur, stopped 10m away and looked at me. After I shot her, I sat down on the...
Liked On: 10-01-2021, 03:12 PM
Understatement can be underappreciated. I'm picking that conversation was quite eloquent, possibly commenting on the other guys ancestry as well.
Liked On: 10-01-2021, 03:11 PM
Back in the not-so-long-ago days my nephews and mates had a bomb up of .223 and .308 rounds amounting to around 1800 unsuppressed bangs finishing about mid afternoon...later that day a couple of my...
Liked On: 10-01-2021, 03:09 PM
seen both,,......... depends if the deer sees human or not during the shots.... cos when big thunder goes off in the bush, Deer dont run to town ;) seen em look lost an totally unsure of...
Liked On: 10-01-2021, 03:08 PM
from my experience I would not expect any deer to hang around in the immediate area for at least a day . It I think depends on hunting pressure as mentioned by beanie also. but would not be surprised...
Liked On: 10-01-2021, 03:07 PM
Depending on bush cover and pressure of hunting/ Humans will depend on them hanging around a short or long distance. They will run and depends on Hinds with fawn at the mo as well
Liked On: 10-01-2021, 03:05 PM
Many years ago I had another hunter take a shot at me. The shot smacked into the papa bank just in front of me. We were in shitty manuka at the time. I immediately fired a shot into the air. A...
Liked On: 10-01-2021, 03:03 PM
I wonder if your shitty supplejack infested bush was the same shitty supplejack infested bush I was looking round in last week? Was it closeish to town? As for the do deer hang around question I'd...
Liked On: 10-01-2021, 03:02 PM
. Learning a new bush area 2nd time in yesterday. I have never met another hunter in the bush. I had come through some shitty supplejack infested bush and into some fairly open bush 50m visibility....
Liked On: 10-01-2021, 03:02 PM
hi mate- firstly you will need, an overwhelming desire to do and learn whatever it takes to be successful finding deer/Tahr/Cham or whatever. Reason I'm saying this is, often there are posts here and...
Liked On: 10-01-2021, 02:59 PM
Try not to walk 15ks into the hills and shoot a deer until you've carried one for 1or 2 ks and realise how heavy 30 to 40 kilos weighs on your back. Study the area you intend to hunt on a map and...
Liked On: 10-01-2021, 02:58 PM
"what you need" has pretty well been covered over the last couple of pages ....just to add you need an old codger to be camp mother ,cook big feeds for you , show you how to sharpen your knife keep...
Liked On: 10-01-2021, 02:57 PM