tetawa I've only shot 5 deer with it. The fallow buck below was about 100m away. All have dropped on the spot. This buck was above me coming down a hill (NOT sky-lined...) The projectile entered the...
Liked On: 13-03-2021, 08:08 PM
I’m glad I’ve seen this post! I have only two rifles, both being BSA hunters. One is a .222 and the other now a 6x45. My mind has been wandering and I was getting close to moving the .222 on, but...
Liked On: 13-03-2021, 08:06 PM
I stared with a Anschutz 222 and then a vixen turned up in the local sport shop so i sold an under & over shotgun plus the Anschutz to buy it, it was a lot of money at the time but I’ve never...
Liked On: 13-03-2021, 08:04 PM
Love my sako 222 , pretty hard to find them nowadays, took me a while to find this L461 to replace my first vixen lost in a burglary. Hands down the best 222 you can get is the Sako vixen imo....
Liked On: 13-03-2021, 08:04 PM
Like many others I've read about exploits of hunters with the .222 and .223 but never really thought of it as a cartridge for deer hunting until i was in the Kaimanawas 12 years or so back and bumped...
Liked On: 13-03-2021, 08:03 PM
Greeting Mooseman, Moa Hunter, Viper, Mathias Mimms, and All, Thanks for your likes and comment on my unique .303. The rifle is one of three from my old soldiers cabinet that has connections to now...
Liked On: 11-03-2021, 06:35 PM
Tonight's episode takes us into a very remote and hard to get at part of South Westland to explore some new country and see how the tahr herd has come through the recent culling....
Liked On: 10-03-2021, 07:12 PM
About two weeks ago I travelled back up north to visit family and friends where I wanted to get back into the Kaimanawas for a hunt as I simply miss the sika. A quick 2.5 hr walk into the Oamaru...
Liked On: 10-03-2021, 06:56 PM
Greetings All, A future walk with my severely bubba modified No 4 needs to be included in planning. Perhaps I could take it up past Makino hut and give that rock I shot with my uncles P14 in 1963...
Liked On: 10-03-2021, 06:52 PM
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Liked On: 10-03-2021, 06:50 PM
Something a bit different, i took my old 1941 lee Enfield no4 mk1 T .303 Sniper rifle out for a hunt on Sunday on some public land, and i managed to shoot a big old hind with it at 275 yards away!...
Liked On: 10-03-2021, 06:49 PM
Ive always used a .222 or .223 and over the last 12 months have shot 18 deer with my .223's. I have 3 .223's - more by accident than design - but at least it means that I can have certain loads for...
Liked On: 08-03-2021, 08:07 PM
Had a blinder of a Tauranga 1 Base. We ended up with 3rd for Mahimahi, 2 tagged Stripeys, 1 dropped Stripery and we dropped a good Blue at the boat. Such a good trip, had one of the stripeys up at...
Liked On: 08-03-2021, 03:56 PM
Hi, Myself and good mate walked 8.5 hrs, for a look into new country last weekend, with the plan to hopefully get onto some stags. Setup camp in rain and clag as per expected, next few days...
Liked On: 08-03-2021, 03:12 PM
This is the dog staring resolutely into the far distance. He will not, repeat not, look at the rabbits. He’ll sit there, staring waaaayyy over there, trembling ever so slightly. Waiting.... waiting...
Liked On: 07-03-2021, 08:34 PM