I got my first deer yesterday. A nice red stag. After two luckless day trips in the Southern Tararuas and one in the Aorangis, I went for another optimistic armed walk into the Tararuas. I had...
Liked On: 12-01-2023, 11:50 PM
Very interesting Bruce, I meat hunted the Whirinaki area for a while in the mid 70s after culling for the NZFS. Have to say those were some of the best years of my life. We didn’t make heaps but...
Liked On: 10-01-2023, 10:12 PM
More old pics from the meat days... Puketois 214148 Tararua head 214149
Liked On: 10-01-2023, 10:12 PM
These are the first 2 deer that I shot and sold. I was 21 It was in the head waters of the Mangahao in the Tararuas. About 5 hour walk to where I shot them. The rifle is a Brno .222. I shoulder...
Liked On: 07-01-2023, 10:13 PM
"We do not learn from experience... we learn from reflecting on experiences" Thanks all for reading of our journey this far, no more animals seen or shot just a post to reflect on the experience. ...
Liked On: 03-01-2023, 11:06 PM
"A River cuts through rock, not because of its power but because of its persistence" Day Two - Fly camp to Tawa Hut to Side creek bliss Woke early to the sounds of birds, The Eastern Whio link...
Liked On: 03-01-2023, 11:01 PM
Been a while posting something up, too busy training up the new GWP pup for the last 4 months because it’s time to retire the old Vizsla. He got all the basic hand signals sorted so don’t need to...
Liked On: 01-01-2023, 11:04 PM
So I post plenty about vintage rifles and particularly single shots Not so much about my hunting, but I do hunt a lot This is about hunting and gunsmithing so worth sharing My Primary Big...
Liked On: 01-01-2023, 11:01 PM
sight your rifle in PROPERLY ..inch high at hundred is pretty good for bush ranges.....says useless hua who MISSED AGAIN today...one good thing,will be the last deer I miss this year.
Liked On: 01-01-2023, 01:18 PM
A round up of 2022 year’s haul good luck for 23 213409
Liked On: 01-01-2023, 01:16 PM
Ive been watching some. The Fallow bucks have been very shy. Haven't seen a good one yet but I know they are around. Plenty of yearlings around. 213116 213117
Liked On: 01-01-2023, 01:15 PM
I put a photo of this up a few pages ago in raw form Ie incomplete Was still running the millsurp stock and the barrel wasn’t blued Left it with a mate a couple of months ago he makes stocks...
Liked On: 22-12-2022, 12:00 PM
A couple around 100 yards. No problem for the 80 Targex. 212714 212715
Liked On: 19-12-2022, 11:56 PM
Day 1 – Thursday 1st December Left Hamilton just before 9am and travelled down to Taupo. A quick lunch at the bypass service centre then out to the helicopter base. Flew in about 1pm. A fairly...
Liked On: 16-12-2022, 02:37 PM
Sam's mum was a colleague of mine in a previous life (for the both of us), she went off to bring up Sam, and for 13 years has been doing a damm fine job of it - he's a great kid. But there's only...
Liked On: 13-12-2022, 08:01 AM