Round head screw is def the go, failing that a piece of plastic rod and round the end off with sandpaper in the drill prior to applying paste. An earplug down the muzzle flush with the crown, and...
Liked On: 14-09-2024, 08:14 PM
It's not the crown. Bore scope the barrel. Make sure it's bare metal clean.
Liked On: 14-09-2024, 08:13 PM
The free floating is probably the biggest cause of your accuracy issues. I have heard of people cleaning up the crown with a countersunk head screw on a drill with a little bit of grinding paste on...
Liked On: 14-09-2024, 03:00 PM
Put up some peanut butter drilled with some holes and put your camera up. Time his arrival.
Liked On: 22-04-2024, 10:03 PM
he may live up to km or so away...the hinds live there all the time,he comes courting, does the deed,then goes back to his Batchlor pad.....there is school of thought that stags occupy the more risky...
Liked On: 22-04-2024, 10:03 PM
Hmm girl friend or stag? Girl friend or stag? Younger days it would be girlfriend, now days without question stag. :beer:
Liked On: 22-04-2024, 10:03 PM
get her a pair of 10 x binos and get out there extra pair of eyes
Liked On: 22-04-2024, 10:03 PM
There's the problem :D
Liked On: 22-04-2024, 10:03 PM
your GF will still be there next week(Probably)the stag won't.
Liked On: 22-04-2024, 10:03 PM
Find his mark and track him. Sounds like you will hunt this block for years to come. It’s much like trout fishing, the best lie holds the best fish. Same with mature stags. Find this one’s home and...
Liked On: 21-04-2024, 09:29 PM
Block of salt, but it depends how much you want to “artificialize” your hunting
Liked On: 21-04-2024, 09:24 PM
Sun, and up a bit higher on a spur or terrace so he has a good vantage point to detect smell and noise, somewhere close to a patch of good feed during the mornings/evenings.
Liked On: 21-04-2024, 09:24 PM
Sunny spot with grass.
Liked On: 21-04-2024, 09:24 PM
Grass paddock, probably after dark
Liked On: 21-04-2024, 09:24 PM
I always cook mine in an oven bag with apples, onion, kumara, prunes and a bottle of cider. Cook on about 150C for 3hrs (depending on size) then cut open the bag and brown under the grill until done...
Liked On: 05-09-2023, 07:16 PM