I don't begrudge anyone shooting anything. I try not to shoot hinds Nov-Feb but if the freezer is empty(never is) or taking someone else for a hunt go for it. I don't consider myself a trophy...
Liked On: 24-01-2014, 10:42 PM
Guys I would not angst too much about taking a hind with a fawn after mid to late February as the fawn would very likely survive without mum as by then the have learned to graze and know what water...
Liked On: 24-01-2014, 10:41 PM
the key to any herd management is taking hinds as they're always in higher proportions than males. Really you should be taking old hinds that are past their most reproductive stage but I won't shoot...
Liked On: 24-01-2014, 10:40 PM
It's pretty cheap for what it is. I'd rather throw the tent up next to the truck or crawl under the truck in a bivvy bag (heaps of room). Just have to remember not to sit up in a hurry if I hear a...
Liked On: 24-01-2014, 10:15 PM
May as well just throw a tarp over the canopy. Cheaper, and probably fit better than that. I used to just shut a tarp in the 2 side doors and the canopy tailgate then pull the tarp out and peg it...
Liked On: 24-01-2014, 10:15 PM
Mum got another one and my brother got 2 today, above the main road bridge.
Liked On: 24-01-2014, 10:09 PM
What can I say, 2 of my uncles and my grandad had batches at the mouth of the Rangi on the north side. Sadly Grandad passed away and so did one of my uncles and batches sold. I lived there as well...
Liked On: 24-01-2014, 10:04 PM
Took my lab X hunterway with me to the river tonight and we both saw a hare in the long grass just as it ducked down. It was blowin a friggen gale and couldn't keep the xhairs off the scope on it...
Liked On: 24-01-2014, 05:42 PM
Were they litter mates? ie the same looking pigs or different colours , generally pigs together would be feeding on the same diet If it is strong but still edible bone it out and try making...
Liked On: 24-01-2014, 05:39 PM
That analogy is pure gold Bill999.
Liked On: 24-01-2014, 05:39 PM
Err very true :D in some cases
Liked On: 24-01-2014, 05:34 PM
Woke up next to a heap of pigs in my time. The adrenaline and shame gets less and less the more you do it. If I was sensible and intelligent I would not have had any fun:D
Liked On: 24-01-2014, 05:18 PM
welcome good to see a young fella trying to do things the right way give us a yell when you graduate to the mysteries of shot gunning you have so much to look forward to and most of its pretty...
Liked On: 24-01-2014, 04:36 PM
Dont wanna talk about it :oh noes: dived Hori bay on sunday, vis started off great then the weather came in and the vis went out. One of those dives!! ended up with tow line and catch sack tangled on...
Liked On: 24-01-2014, 12:48 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daNMdlNZnH4 My kid (6) having a go at the 200yrd plate with his 223!
Liked On: 24-01-2014, 09:10 AM