Couple of Kaweka Sika with the 75gr eldm. Was trying to get the young fulla his first Sika but bush hunting it is bloody difficult to find an adequate rest quickly enough so unfortunately he missed...
Liked On: 25-12-2023, 10:25 PM
I whistled a few times and James shouted ‘stand up you lazy bugger’, after a couple of minutes of various insults he stood to a whistle, the .284 cracked and it feel to the ground. 240115 On the...
Liked On: 25-12-2023, 03:19 PM
Thanks to craigc Charlie was stoked with his new secondhand Tatonka ( just like dad but smaller ). We took took off on Friday afternoon. The wx was unbelievably hot. Having the bright idea of taking...
Liked On: 25-12-2023, 03:14 PM
240060 Young red stag. 40 m. First light 5:40 am. 69 gn tmk. Sacked it. Made pulp of the liver broke the spine and was embedded in the skin on the far side. 240061 240062
Liked On: 25-12-2023, 03:08 PM
Boned everything out on Sunday. 51 kg of boned out meat delivered for the charity. That's about $1,500 worth of meat retail. It costs the charity about $75 to have it diced and/or minced by the...
Liked On: 22-12-2023, 01:07 AM
A week of suffering and scoffing anti-virals. 3kg lighter. Ive avoided it up to now so have done ok. 5 days after the clear test its time to test the body. Something easy - still coughing and not...
Liked On: 16-12-2023, 11:13 PM
An evening out with the .223 All 52 grn Targex. I will write a report. 239510
Liked On: 16-12-2023, 11:07 PM
The goal for summer was simple - go old school. Shoot a deer on public land, in the bush, wearing a black singlet and stubbies. No need to cover up every bright white-boy pre-Christmas tee shirt...
Liked On: 15-12-2023, 03:49 PM
Pity they gave up on the Clifford Bay terminal. Shorter trip, any size ship, no sounds speed limit and an hours less driving to Chritschurch.
Liked On: 14-12-2023, 10:01 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: 14-12-2023, 03:18 PM
Been a while since I've added to this thread. Few new additions to the 223, a carbon Fibre stock and Jefferson bottom metal. Latest 3 animals, shot with 75gr ELDM's. Currently working up new loads...
Liked On: 13-12-2023, 11:40 PM
Been a while since I went for a hunt. Had a busy winter, kids played football all winter and I decided I should join them. Between coaching, assistant coaching and playing my first season since I was...
Liked On: 13-12-2023, 01:22 PM
Maxx Sean Husheer is one of the people quoted in the article "To get regeneration in places like Kaweka Forest Park, deer numbers need to be lowered really, really low in the vicinity of one deer...
Liked On: 11-12-2023, 11:54 AM
Thats a reasonable justification story and Im not bagging Heli Sika. It's about affordability. Chris had a small machine close to the trees. I could afford to use him. Even at a 50% hike in his fees...
Liked On: 10-12-2023, 08:56 PM
Fact..... a good straight up and down friend of mine, who shall be nameless, ( but he owned an R44 ) kept some facts and figures of how many deer his clients shot in the Kaweka's each year, mainly to...
Liked On: 09-12-2023, 11:49 PM