On the topic off Helisika - all the private blocks are about money. Whether that is the iwi or DOC or helisika I don't know but if you look at the landing fee, plus the fee per night per person on...
Liked On: 22-12-2023, 08:03 PM
Myself and forum member Nick-D hatched a plan to do a fly camp in the Kaimanawas for a few nights in December to help fill a void of venison before the blowies turn up in force and the ground becomes...
Liked On: 15-12-2023, 10:00 PM
How can you argue with this: ‘New research says recreational hunting doesn't keep sika deer numbers down low enough to let native bush thrive in a forest park in Hawke's Bay. The study says...
Liked On: 09-12-2023, 07:42 PM
I have been shooting rabbits on my parents' property for a few years, but when Uncle Puffin heard me express interest in deer hunting he was quick to take me under his wing and help get me set up. ...
Liked On: 05-12-2023, 12:09 AM
Time was passing by far too quickly without enough selfish me time, so a plan was called for. The one boy had finished his Yr 12 exams, the calves were weaned and gone, homekill done, haylage cut &...
Liked On: 25-11-2023, 09:15 PM
I've had a couple lucky weekends hunting in November. Heavy on the luck, and light on the hunting. --- Saturday 11th Nov I headed out into the Lewis Pass region to try secure a deer for a our...
Liked On: 22-11-2023, 09:01 PM
I had been doing a regular amount of Goat shooting on a friend's farm over a few years. Knocked the numbers back noticeably we both thought. The farm has good numbers of Red and Fallow deer and...
Liked On: 11-11-2023, 06:30 PM
After a write up by Kelton he got me aspired to take the 308 for a walk. A quick 25minute drive and seeing a couple of road side deer keeps one’s hopes high at first light. Chuck a bit of gear on...
Liked On: 11-11-2023, 06:25 PM
I dial so I zero bang on at 100. When I walk around with the rifle though I have my dial wound up 1 - 2 moa which replicates a 200m zero and gives me a better max point blank range for rushed shots...
Liked On: 05-11-2023, 04:38 PM
Yip this. Done exactly that in the same area. Some of them get big and it's a chore to drag them above high tide mark.
Liked On: 01-11-2023, 01:03 PM
Likely bycatch from someone dragging a flounder net and catching those slimy bastards and leaving them high and dry
Liked On: 01-11-2023, 01:03 PM
Vixen fits into that price range
Liked On: 25-10-2023, 09:06 PM
Second week of the school holidays I took my son for an adventure up the Rangitata river chasing tahr . We caught the ferry then drove,and stayed the night in the old mesopotamia schoolhouse, then...
Liked On: 24-10-2023, 08:08 AM
Righto So did a ladder with the new shillen barrel a few weeks ago. Did 54.5 up to 56.5gr of Superformance running the 162gr eld m. Then did another 2 at 56.8 and 57.1gr. Found pressure at...
Liked On: 30-09-2023, 07:55 PM
Haven’t done an awful lot of hunting this year as i’ve been getting back into a bit more dirt bike riding and racing for fun. As a result I haven’t done bugger all youtube videos. I did however go on...
Liked On: 11-09-2023, 10:45 PM