3 hours ago and 170m with my 1885 30-40 U.S. Govt
Liked On: 19-12-2023, 03:28 PM
Myself and forum member Nick-D hatched a plan to do a fly camp in the Kaimanawas for a few nights in December to help fill a void of venison before the blowies turn up in force and the ground becomes...
Liked On: 15-12-2023, 08:04 PM
I’d been hankering to get out for a walk. With a young son under 1, time is precious these days. I hadn’t been to the Ruahines since before the cyclone and every time I thought I might have a chance...
Liked On: 15-12-2023, 08:01 PM
I like my 200yd zero,I use to just shoot the sholders out,308 splat,not much left to save.But with a nice neck shot i get 2 whole sholders to cook up.Just gota get deer to keep his neck still for 2...
Liked On: 15-12-2023, 07:54 PM
@moahunter - favourite topic. Pole upstream, crossing angled downward across the current. Use ropes if with a mate and it’s borderline. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Liked On: 15-12-2023, 09:18 AM
mate..the last wee stream I crossed with LURCH......was rather..shall we say "interesting" because the option was to cross or climb back up steep shitty hill..I decided I (read stubborn old...
Liked On: 15-12-2023, 09:18 AM
a pole upstream is being pushed DOWN with the force of water,if your leaning on it hard it will want to stay down no matter how hard the flow,if bottom is on bottom the top will want to push...
Liked On: 14-12-2023, 08:21 PM
Should never need to put chisels or plane irons on a grinder, mine have never been near one in 30+ years of owning or using, I don't even own a grinder apart from cutting ones.
Liked On: 13-12-2023, 06:44 PM
two choices.....dead in the crease if angle is right..or head/neck...if those arent on offer,let it walk..... not a heck of a lot different from using same family of projectiles in any cartridge. ...
Liked On: 12-12-2023, 07:53 AM
Greetings, I have spoken to more than one hunter that favoured the 85 grain projectiles over anything heavier in the .243. GPM.
Liked On: 10-12-2023, 10:36 AM
Finding a pair of old thick socks in the hut and wearing them on the outside of your sandals is one method I have seen used to effect. Having a good stick or pole is hugely beneficial. You can...
Liked On: 09-12-2023, 01:57 PM
Greetings Micky Duck and all, The normal sequence of events when a cartridge is fired in any rifle is for the case to be driven as far forward in the chamber as it will go by the firing pin strike...
Liked On: 07-12-2023, 12:17 AM
third road past the wonky gum tree....
Liked On: 03-12-2023, 06:02 PM
The wind over the weekend was just plain unsociable. A staunch southerly, with occasional gusts that snapped boughs and clean bowled an Old Man Pine down by the river. In order to maintain hunting...
Liked On: 29-11-2023, 12:56 PM
Went to the Arawhata for the second period. One of our group got both the biggest trout and the oldest stag I ever saw. Rabbits for Africa. Nasty sandflies. Two days of enforced rest in a small tent...
Liked On: 29-11-2023, 10:21 AM