I was in the Tararuas by Waitawaewae hut just before lockdown and I saw a deers arse running off to my left disappear into some scrub and then run up a bank to my right c , I was thinking “damn she...
Liked On: 10-10-2021, 10:53 PM
Day 1 of lockdown purchased a Triumph Daytona 675. Crashed and deregistered but pretty minimal damage! Has been about 10 years since I've had a road bike so really looking forward to getting back...
Liked On: 10-10-2021, 06:57 PM
First time in a new area, gullies a plenty and razor back ridges. shit loads of fern fronds and Rewarewa leaves. some gullies deep others waist deep. This is steep country no flats just gully after...
Liked On: 10-10-2021, 06:56 PM
Mate and I had been wandering across a hillside down south looking for a big juicy red or two. We'd already spotted a small group of fallow well below us but decided to see if the reds that were...
Liked On: 10-10-2021, 06:55 PM
Shooting on a farm in north canterbury - popping bunnies but also carrying centrefires for pigs on the property. But...not many bunnies on the night, no pigs, starts raining, so we head back towards...
Liked On: 10-10-2021, 02:18 PM
Few years back, my first time in Kaimanawas. I stopped for a bush poo. Rifle leaning against a tree about 2 mtrs away. Half way through the deed when a stunning Sika stag in full summer coat...
Liked On: 10-10-2021, 11:11 AM
Parked up on a terrace at evening glassing a big slip and bush edge and several gullies, with a back drop behind us of a big patch of gorse, matagouri and manuka. After an hour or so with not much...
Liked On: 10-10-2021, 11:08 AM
Sat up half the night on a farm waiting for a pig to come out the bush. No show. Next day, went to do some target shooting with wife and son, and came face-to-face with a big sow. Rifle in hand, but...
Liked On: 10-10-2021, 11:08 AM
I think I need to extend this rule to my tramping trips. I tramp more than hunt, when in a group in remote areas we will often see animals, deer or chamois usually. If I return a few weeks later...
Liked On: 10-10-2021, 11:08 AM
Another story,HC and i got to a little hut after about a 3hr walk.Put rifles down at one end of the deck and about 3 mtrs at the other end of the deck we were sitting down having a coffee.Well bugger...
Liked On: 10-10-2021, 11:07 AM
Last roar was sitting down on a tree stump having a coffee about a hour after sun rise.The 300wm was about 2 mtrs away.Two stags came out of the bush chasing each other around on the river bed and...
Liked On: 10-10-2021, 11:07 AM
I see deer on the farm probably 3 times per month, always without a rifle. Then I can spend many hours every month looking for them with a rifle and see nothing. Not a hunting story as such, does...
Liked On: 10-10-2021, 11:07 AM
Thought id share a bit of a yarn regarding hunting local/ perseverance / Te Puke fallow. Like many (I suspect!) my hunting trips normally start with a long drive or jumping on a plane…and then a...
Liked On: 09-10-2021, 05:41 PM
180761 And here she is
Liked On: 09-10-2021, 05:34 PM
180679 I’d forgotten about this thread 😀 Rossi in 44/40
Liked On: 09-10-2021, 11:07 AM