Hey fellas, have found this forum via google from time to time but with more rifles in my life thought I should join up. Internet seems to have gotten dumber over the years with the loss of many...
Liked On: 26-05-2023, 08:25 PM
I had shot the occasional deer in the bush in the past, but I wouldn’t say that stalking had ever been particularly productive. Recently moving to using a pair of binoculars has changed how I feel...
Liked On: 25-05-2023, 11:28 AM
I am going to unlock one more new fish before I leave here. 224767 224768
Liked On: 24-05-2023, 10:08 PM
Ohiwa Harbour produced the goods again, With an evening low tide last night it was off to a spot on the channel edge to target the last of the outgoing tide and slack water tide into the cool of...
Liked On: 24-05-2023, 10:08 PM
Hi everyone. Based on a minor fall I had and the recent posts by 57jl & Rusky about their mishaps I've been thinking about the MINIMUN survival contents of my pack. What does everybody carry...
Liked On: 24-05-2023, 08:39 PM
I had two of those light howas in my hands over the weekend at serious shooter. The buttstocks resonates a bit , but otherwise they seems to be a good product. The action might need to be properly...
Liked On: 24-05-2023, 12:02 AM
I carry a monoclonal 10x25 faster than bins smaller and with my rifle slung on my right shoulder I can scan with one hand. Certainly helps identify the those deer sticks:) Nope they’re not as good...
Liked On: 23-05-2023, 09:34 PM
If there some open areas I use a 6x range finder as a monocular. Light weight and compact. Useless in low light tho.
Liked On: 23-05-2023, 11:58 AM
Upgraded the rod to an 8’ 6’’ Daiwa strikeforce with a Daiwa RE LT real with 10 pound braid. Feels alot more responsive and should work for egg rolling too. No luck on the float rigs today so...
Liked On: 22-05-2023, 08:42 PM
Weighted nymph dangling off a float bagged a brown first cast this arvo. 224453
Liked On: 21-05-2023, 09:03 PM
That's a fantastic looking fish. If you were planning to release fish in future there's a couple pointers that will give your fish a far greater chance of survival. Please don't take this as a...
Liked On: 21-05-2023, 11:19 AM
Ran some eggs down to a weighted nymph 6ish feet long off a float/bobber at the Hāwea outlet again before work and got another nice rainbow. Just using a cheap telescopic rod with 8 pound mono (6...
Liked On: 19-05-2023, 05:25 PM
Hoping to give egg rolling a go in the twizel canals over winter. Might try some artificial eggs dangling off a float at either the Wānaka or Hāwea outlets in the meantime. Saw a number of trout...
Liked On: 19-05-2023, 12:46 PM
What an egg. I wasn’t even thinking. Nice 10 point stag and 18hinds out just before dawn, we got in shooting range and they all headed towards the boundary so I thought they had winded us so I...
Liked On: 18-05-2023, 08:13 PM
Hāwea dam has very low flow at the moment so have been fishing the lake outlet. Just a couple lures to snags so put a nymph on a float and landed a little rainbow hen for breakfast. The Upper...
Liked On: 17-05-2023, 08:42 PM