this might be useful - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsleDZLbJcY
Liked On: 29-12-2022, 11:25 PM
Last hour of light,sit down wind from a nice clearing,riddled with sign,and green spring grass.Deer will always return to the feed sometime.
Liked On: 29-12-2022, 01:25 PM
I will see if can find my post on this....never had luck following an already spooked deer,I do know of fellas who will just move off 50 yards downwind and sit and wait for deer to come back...Im far...
Liked On: 29-12-2022, 01:01 PM
After having a great week stalking recently it occurred to me that the method I used/use may be of interest to others and if I can convey it correctly a learning aid for new hunters...a big ask but...
Liked On: 29-12-2022, 01:01 PM
you can go as simple or complicated as you want...bottom line,as long as gun is clean and metalwork has SOME KIND of oil whiped on it when it goes away it will be fine. over the years Ive used...
Liked On: 28-12-2022, 05:36 PM
Little and often, don't let it build up. A little moly grease (a little is a slight amount on a cotton tip barely visible) on receiver and bolt contact patches like recoil lugs, and on the outside...
Liked On: 28-12-2022, 05:36 PM
Cigar is dead right you will not get a specific awnser - your nose is the best tester you have - if it smell's off it likely is - keeping time wildly differs between summer and winter - and moisture...
Liked On: 28-11-2022, 09:03 PM
haha no deer farm, all public land up makino/middle hut area, get off the track and go for it!
Liked On: 28-11-2022, 08:50 PM
We were walking to a small clearing when I looked up and 3 fallow (a doe and two yearlings) were standing about 20m away looking at us. They bolted before my nephew could get himself organised for a...
Liked On: 26-10-2022, 03:23 PM
Have shot Sika feeding early morning right next to their mate who's draped over a tussock to cool down from last night's foray. Got 6 that trip. All feeding on the same lush pasture hidden down in...
Liked On: 26-10-2022, 03:23 PM
yea there is no rule on this, i shot one a couple of weeks ago and hung it on a fence to cool over night, next morning there were a few cursing in the same area.had this happen a few times but...
Liked On: 26-10-2022, 10:50 AM
Doing patrols in Woodhill during the ballot for many years taught me a lot of things about deer and Fallow especially. After checking hunters into a block we would find a high point and sit and...
Liked On: 26-10-2022, 10:50 AM
Just a pass thru an area once does seem to have big effect even if you fire a shot as others on here have said - but prolonged pressure yes definitely - the deer become more nocturnal - but if I...
Liked On: 26-10-2022, 10:50 AM
Same. Missed a Hind and yearling late one morning on a river. ( about 10 am and I had my rifle on the pack as we had already done a walk through at sun rise then back to the hut for breakfast). Dog...
Liked On: 25-10-2022, 09:45 PM
nah..fire a shot in area and you wont see a deer for a week...oh hang on its not the late 70s anymore. the older I get,the less distance I travel and the slower I do it...and you know the kicker???...
Liked On: 25-10-2022, 09:45 PM