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   Micky Duck liked post by time out On thread : When men were men

   A good title for your thread Micky Duck. This is one of the men that I will always remember as a “real good man” – Henry Irwin who lived in the bush behind Tokomaru just south of Palmerston North –...

   Liked On: 15-10-2021, 08:02 PM

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   Micky Duck liked post by Tahr On thread : When men were men

   My old meat hunting days gave me a great dislike for Swanndris. Nothing colder or miserable than the wind whipping into a wet Swanndri on the Ruahine tops while trudging back to camp. Brno .222 ...

   Liked On: 15-10-2021, 08:02 PM

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   Micky Duck liked post by Woody On thread : When men were men

   The books by Joff Thompson are classics, recounting culling and shooting for skins in the era before meat hunting. Anyway, here is a wee anecdote from yours truly. I was a new boy on a...

   Liked On: 15-10-2021, 08:01 PM

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   Micky Duck liked post by Tahr On thread : When men were men

   I shot deer for a good part of my income for a couple of years during the 70's. I left shepherding to do it and casual mustering & shearing, and the first deer I shot I got more than a week's...

   Liked On: 15-10-2021, 08:00 PM

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   Micky Duck liked post by doinit On thread : When men were men

   Bill Black was simply amazing what he did,who he rescued etc.A wizard in my book,,only ever met him twice and that was brief. I got to know his shooter Jimmy Kane at one stage through another ol...

   Liked On: 15-10-2021, 08:00 PM

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   Micky Duck liked post by RUMPY On thread : When men were men

   Recently read 'I did it my way' by Bill Black who passed away in July last year. Tells many stories of his young meat hunting days, learning to fly, dodgy shit, scary shit and the many SAR operations...

   Liked On: 15-10-2021, 07:59 PM

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   Micky Duck liked post by Kiwi Sapper On thread : When men were men

   First, I stress that I AM NOT suggesting anything. BUT your "little remote village" reminded me of a T shirt I saw back in Jaffasville some years ago, emblazoned . "Your Village called. They...

   Liked On: 15-10-2021, 07:59 PM

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   Micky Duck liked post by Tahr On thread : When men were men

   People used to say about the little remote village I come from "where men are men and women are wanted".

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   Micky Duck liked post by zimmer On thread : When men were men

   Back in the days "When men were men and wimmen were wimmen and thank god for that"

   Liked On: 15-10-2021, 07:59 PM

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    Micky Duck liked post by bumblefoot On thread : When men were men

    I first started hunting pigs with a guy who was 58. I was 17 at the time and he was 58 (my age now!) and he seemed ancient! We'd be up at 3.30am and have a big bacon and egg breaky at his place and...

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    Micky Duck liked post by gilly On thread : When men were men

    My contribution. I reckon Venison Hunters is the best book I’ve read on that era. But… About 40 years ago I was really lucky to spend a weekend with an ex West Coast culler, Selwyn Bucknell. He is...

    Liked On: 15-10-2021, 07:58 PM

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    Micky Duck liked post by Danny On thread : When men were men

    Yep yep all good stuff there. Rex wrote a few good chopper books and one guy well mentioned in those books would take me away into the hills for missions, scary being a whipper with him and his pilot...

    Liked On: 14-10-2021, 09:47 PM

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    Micky Duck liked post by thatguy On thread : Holiday Mish

    lol.. I am. Got a nice hind 30 mins after we spoke

    Liked On: 14-10-2021, 09:42 PM

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    Micky Duck liked post by erniec On thread : Holiday Mish

    Had a schoolteacher a bloke Colin Luff? that was into hunting. School trips to Waikarimoana, Waipakihi with hunting included. It was magic. Mind you i left school in 1976/7. The kids next door...

    Liked On: 14-10-2021, 09:42 PM

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    Micky Duck liked post by Chur Bay On thread : Holiday Mish

    We were supposed to go up North in the second week of the holidays but that couldnt happen, so Oliver and I went hunting instead. We picked it good. If we have left it any later we would have been...

    Liked On: 14-10-2021, 09:41 PM

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