Get a good vantage point a couple of hours before sunset or just before sunrise with the wind right and use your binos. The deer can be sitting in the tussock all day and not be seen until they stand...
Liked On: 23-08-2023, 06:01 PM
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Liked On: 20-08-2023, 08:13 PM
GKP. Pretty cool alright. Just watching game up close without shooting is the real buzz I enjoy now.
Liked On: 20-08-2023, 08:11 PM
I have used a fleece top before...arms of top go over the pack straps and the body over the main pack... vip up neck and it stays up,the body of top hangs down and covers pack completely..stops it...
Liked On: 17-08-2023, 07:24 PM
Biggest thing, and Micky Duck already said it, is the rifle is not going to hurt you. Don't let the noise scare you, Don't let the recoil scare you, honestly it's a little 243. One thing that that...
Liked On: 17-08-2023, 07:21 PM
Your second paragraph is exactly what you do. Just relax and focus on a smooth trigger pull. A .243 doesn't need anything else don't try and fight anything, you'll end up tensing up just before the...
Liked On: 17-08-2023, 07:19 PM
Re Ixe axe crampons etc. My view is that unless you are using them alot and are comfortable with their use, dont take them. They will only get you in trouble if you are not completely proficient in...
Liked On: 16-08-2023, 07:53 PM
Hasn't been used much but have had no issues with it. Definitely notice the low mesh inner if there's a cold wind. 231224
Liked On: 16-08-2023, 05:22 PM
Still using my mongar granted haven't done many overnight trips this year other than the roar, where I pretty much lived in it for a week
Liked On: 15-08-2023, 07:16 PM
Mate an me were hunting the Rangitikei river faces some years ago. Could hear a couple of falcon hunting in a gut below. They then came up to our height and parked up on some rocks about 20m away....
Liked On: 15-08-2023, 06:21 PM
They are not so cool when they attack you from behind and try to lift your scalp off! I was above Karamea gold panning about 1K from a marked nesting area. A totally silent attack. I have a photo...
Liked On: 15-08-2023, 06:21 PM
Tried to "zoom in" on a photo in a magazine the other day with my fingers.....:D Getting too used to this digital stuff I think.
Liked On: 14-08-2023, 05:11 PM
That's cool, three years ago one appeared out of nowhere and killed my son's pet dove 8 feet in front of us. Then just a few weeks back I plucked a young female off the budgie cage wires and put...
Liked On: 14-08-2023, 04:39 PM
We had one turn up and smoke all the pigeons at one of our calf sheds a few years back, one pigeon escaped and flew into the workshop, falcon went screaming in there after it, through the open roller...
Liked On: 14-08-2023, 04:39 PM
A few years back i was at a wedding in a winery in queenstown, they had two doves in a cage, that were released right on the "you may now kiss your bride". Both got smoked by falcons about 3 seconds...
Liked On: 14-08-2023, 04:38 PM