Having a living off the land kind of day today. Slow cooked venison neckchops are on the old Lady Kitchener fire place outside. Bit hot for cooking inside at the moment. Some of Lake Taupo's finest...
Liked On: 03-01-2022, 10:46 AM
MB We are just using pretty basic rigs that are working very well. Main line is tied straight to a swivel. Thats attached to a 2.5m or so trace of 310lb Mono. Using a 10/0 -16/o circle hooks. Using...
Liked On: 30-12-2021, 11:10 PM
The issue with the CZ452 is there are multiple different actions screw layouts depending on the model, my 452 22lr and 452 17hmr are completely different and both are different to the CZ455. I...
Liked On: 30-12-2021, 05:36 PM
thye make (or did) a lss for the 452. I will check.
Liked On: 30-12-2021, 10:45 AM
Went down again to the local swimming beach tonight. Within 30mins we had 4 baits taken by big sharks. First 2 dropped the baits after big runs on my mates gear. Then i hooked up on the 13.6kilo...
Liked On: 30-12-2021, 10:23 AM
The day started with a drive to the beach with the Mrs, we headed south but hit rain so headed back to a beach where we often go to and we set up the deck chairs and had a cuppa and a couple of...
Liked On: 29-12-2021, 06:18 PM
I had my gear packed on Xmas day and as soon as the chores were done Boxing Day I was off. The wx was looking inclement so I took the tent as well as the fly. I hunted my way in fruitlessly in the...
Liked On: 29-12-2021, 02:37 PM
I have spoken to Ethan at Backlanzn and he couldn't have been more upfront or accomodating. He said that the all metal model has been discontinued because of the sorts of problems I had. I have a...
Liked On: 29-12-2021, 12:05 PM
Had a awesome night surfcasting for for big sharks of the beach last night. Set up with a Shadow X 13foot, Penn 9500ss spooled with 400m of 30lb line. Used a 310lb mono trace with a 16/0 cirlce...
Liked On: 28-12-2021, 12:10 PM
I've hunted for a long time. I took me a while to use a telescopic sight on a regular basis. I grew up with open sights, and I felt that scopes were complicated and more likely to fog up or fail. ...
Liked On: 25-12-2021, 08:28 AM
Roasting is an application of dry heat. Traditionally a technique used with open fires it is generally done in an oven these days. As venison is usually a very lean meat and there is little fat to...
Liked On: 22-12-2021, 04:36 PM
Sheep and Beef farmer here. The Freezing works use an electrical current through the carcasses to get the muscles to relax, its a bit of a cheat but works ok. I prefer the hanging method if I'm...
Liked On: 21-12-2021, 01:41 PM
Also why I use a filter straw to drink from creeks/rivers . Have found goat's dumped in to many creeks/rivers including right in the hut creeks to not use a filter of some sort. There's...
Liked On: 21-12-2021, 06:39 AM
If I had the luxury of carrying out whole animals without cutting them up I would. For rabbits, gotta gut them asap or the meat ends up smelling like chemical weapons of mass destruction. Good...
Liked On: 21-12-2021, 06:39 AM
I almost ran out of time for my annual hunt with my kids at the farm due to a busy period at work but just squeezed it in before Christmas. Silly season and lush grass made the hunting easy work and...
Liked On: 20-12-2021, 08:49 PM