Well done. Highlights the importance of following up your shot, thats an impressive blood spatter.....often there can be little or no blood at the site and the blood trail may not start for 30m or...
Liked On: 14-06-2021, 01:06 AM
Took up hunting after making the move to Gisborne a few years back. Since then have chased pigs, deer and goats around the forestry blocks, and more recently doc land. Have done a bit of reading...
Liked On: 14-06-2021, 01:05 AM
Well folks,life takes some interesting twists n turns. A couple of years ago I thought needed to scratch itch with black powder,so bought blank barrel off @ homebrew .357 and got another great...
Liked On: 13-06-2021, 08:27 PM
electric motors have amazing torque from standstill right up the rev range, but as with all things the heavier the load the more power consumed. and current battery technology and the ability to...
Liked On: 13-06-2021, 06:26 PM
Marked on the GPS no doubt:)
Liked On: 13-06-2021, 06:15 PM
I don’t know about thermals but once I got pointer dog it was amazing how many animals I’d walk past. Best day on opossums is about 60 and near two dozen deer.
Liked On: 13-06-2021, 06:04 PM
Sunday Gunday. That Teflon coated bolt really is incredible.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210613/ed27fef39b7026c69a6fdb8cfa05bb35.jpg Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk
Liked On: 13-06-2021, 06:02 PM
As fallow are primarily grazers they like to be near grass. If the country is gullys along streams with the grass above, they will often be just inside the top bush edge in the rain, depends on the...
Liked On: 13-06-2021, 05:57 PM
In winter they love shelted places with no wind,lots of grass n sun.
Liked On: 13-06-2021, 05:57 PM
they LOVE sunlight.....agree about hunting in rain,the deer dont have anywhere else to go,maybe have favourite leaning tree/log to stand under out of worst of it...but they will still be at home. a...
Liked On: 13-06-2021, 05:56 PM
Fallow can be easier to hunt in the rain than in the dry. What they don’t like is cold wind. If it is raining hard, then meh, not much fun for the hunter or the hunted. Fallow go into thick cover...
Liked On: 12-06-2021, 08:39 AM
Peaked cap and poncho for the eye glasses and scope....deer are where you find them, keep moving around until you find them...wet or fine they are still there somewhere, unlike us they don't go home...
Liked On: 12-06-2021, 08:38 AM
Get in there and hunt them all day. If its drizzling they will be moving. If its pissing down then will be bedded under cover but they will still be there. Much more fun looking for them then sitting...
Liked On: 12-06-2021, 08:38 AM
The only animal I saw today was this. Got within 5m. 169561
Liked On: 12-06-2021, 01:30 AM
So got a text from the sharemilker the other day asking if I was still hunting......yep definately I replied, always happy to put some meat in "our" freezers I said. Turns out the deer have been...
Liked On: 12-06-2021, 01:18 AM