I only managed to get out for one trip this roar, with Wildman. Here's a film. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTJAI1aPqvU
Liked On: 25-04-2016, 09:40 PM
Roaring activity has nothing to do with temperature - its all to do with hinds in oestrus (cycling) this is triggered by the photoperiod - shorter days and in particular shorter evenings ...
Liked On: 24-04-2016, 09:26 AM
Old dog has finally worked out that not only is he allowed inside now he is allowed on the new dog beds too. Its taken a couple of weeks to get him on them. ...
Liked On: 23-04-2016, 10:24 PM
As the red deer roar season for this year heads into its wind down stage over the next few days, most hunters like myself will have done their 'serious' roar trip and life as we know it will begin to...
Liked On: 18-04-2016, 06:17 PM
Went for a walk last week in a spot that I had scouted and sussed out a stag was present. Got there late in the day and let out a couple of feeble sounding moans to which there was no reply. I then...
Liked On: 17-04-2016, 10:57 AM
One I learnt a long time ago was when you here a stag roaring cut the distance to him quickly.
Liked On: 16-04-2016, 06:42 PM
If you don't go hunting you won't get anything.
Liked On: 16-04-2016, 06:41 PM
I think about him a lot. It's amazing where life's teachers can come from
Liked On: 15-04-2016, 04:13 PM
seems to be how a lot of buissnesses work these days once youve given them your money you can fuk off as far as they are concerened
Liked On: 11-04-2016, 03:37 PM
So last Sunday I had a date with Korihi Biv for my first fly in trip to chase these sneaky little Sika I had been told about. After picking up Alonzo early morning and heading down to Taupo to...
Liked On: 09-04-2016, 10:38 PM
As previously mentioned me and the other one had an 11 o'clock date with the scales at Helisika on Saturday morning. They had the big machine ready for us, to lift the heart / lung machine,...
Liked On: 08-04-2016, 11:23 PM
Hunt the warm gully heads where they merge into the tops. You will often see deer feeding up high in the broken tussock/leatherwood in these areas. Also glass the margin just under the leather wood....
Liked On: 08-04-2016, 08:55 PM
The iphone doesn't take too bad a panorama 47916
Liked On: 07-04-2016, 02:11 PM
Finally been out hunting again. Included a tape measure and "more hands" to show the size of these deer. The Grendel was surprisingly effective, but I still think it's a stupid cartridge. Unless...
Liked On: 06-04-2016, 09:37 PM
Blaser R93 Offroad in 7mm-08Rem. Had it for around 15 years now as Germans were not as discriminatory as the Finns to us lefties. Shoots pretty much anything, nice balance (especially now its been...
Liked On: 05-04-2016, 06:07 PM