Bit gory but yes a bit of damage on the shoulder. 290321
Liked On: 14-01-2026, 05:32 PM
We picked up this hind in fading light about 9:45pm last night. Boy pulled off a great shot. 365yds across a gully. Bang flop. Don’t take a step. 289957
Liked On: 03-01-2026, 05:10 PM
Here's my grandson with a deer in the Pohangina saddle (Ruahines) a couple of days ago. 289930 And here's me. 40 years ago. Deer in same spot, shot from the same place. (Ignore the extra pic on...
Liked On: 03-01-2026, 05:06 PM
Riverrun, Sib river and Solar are inflatables all designed and made in Russia, though some manufacturing may now be occuring in China. The war in Ukraine has seen embargos on the Russians, and...
Liked On: 02-01-2026, 05:24 PM
Norman Gunston. Wow, that popped a forgotten memory back into my head.
Liked On: 02-01-2026, 05:24 PM
@ThreeO'Three try this. The square hole you see in the centre of the bottm rail is where the "leg" goes through for the stock rest. The washer on the threaded rod on the right side of the bottom...
Liked On: 02-01-2026, 05:15 PM
All started when I took the .222 out to have a look at some new reloads and see how they grouped. I set up on our shooting bench with the bipod on the front and the trusty daypack under the stock....
Liked On: 02-01-2026, 05:13 PM
Humans are the only vertical "animal" running around in the bush. Very easy to ID for a deer compared to horizontal things like goats, pigs and other deer. Therefore go slow with small steps, avoid...
Liked On: 02-01-2026, 10:34 AM
6.5 AD wildcat home build. Tools needed - an angle grinder and some old dies lol. Hi guys, been a busy year but I’ve had time to do a few projects, one was developing a replacement for a 6.5...
Liked On: 26-12-2025, 04:44 PM
Good tuition, a good Vixen and a yearn to listen and learn...... I'd call that a perfect start :)
Liked On: 24-12-2025, 05:06 PM
Wee Vixen .222
Liked On: 24-12-2025, 05:06 PM
Decided it was time to teach the boy some old school tricks. None of this quartering, deboning, and lightening the load stuff. Time to get real and feel the pain me thinks 289291 289294
Liked On: 24-12-2025, 05:05 PM
https://youtu.be/LdbswwoSHq8?si=QYTZcsQL7LF4z_4d Axel is a friend of ours. My girls have guided with him for a number of seasons up there. I got to wrangler and pack on a Caribou hunt with him and...
Liked On: 23-12-2025, 05:55 PM
I had one last trip out for the year this week before silly season starts in earnest. So loading up the ute I headed and hour and a half south, pulling into my first choice the carpark already had 4...
Liked On: 20-12-2025, 05:02 PM
In my last post my mate Shaun and I ticked through a lot of country around Aranga a bit early for spring. However we both like the Northern Ruahines so… A month or so later I was a guest on his...
Liked On: 18-12-2025, 05:26 PM