For many years there has be an informal sighting-in area on DoC land near St Arnaud. Just recently there has been some work done on the range and with it changes in the conditions of its use. For...
Liked On: 01-07-2023, 01:09 PM
This is the photo that instantly came to Mind reading this thread…..227714
Liked On: 28-06-2023, 06:17 PM
Further to my previous post I’ll paste some basic correspondence to/from DOC. It’s not hard to ask the question aye. Hello We only issue permits to hunt with firearms. Any other firearm use...
Liked On: 28-06-2023, 06:15 PM
The clear eye in behind a southerly is an excellent time to be in there.
Liked On: 28-06-2023, 03:11 PM
My Dad showed me this on the weekend. His Grandfathers letter of employment as manager of Siberia station, 100 years and small change ago. Note the cowboy @ 30 shillings/week - a pound was 20...
Liked On: 28-06-2023, 01:47 PM
Always enjoy updates on this thread. Thank you for sharing your craft with us
Liked On: 28-06-2023, 12:18 PM
Lots of haters on Stuff already too. https://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/132424955/confirmed-toyota-to-bring-first-hybrid-ute-to-nz-next-year I really don't get the hate. The new tech can make...
Liked On: 27-06-2023, 10:15 PM
you are not wrong Mickey Duck -when I was a Ranger in Waioeka Gorge in 80,s most fine spring evenings 6-8 helicopters heading up and down gorge - two freezers at Wairata in middle of gorge and one...
Liked On: 27-06-2023, 08:34 PM
In some ways those days were a good time as it was a serious challenge to even see a deer let alone shoot it. Deer were highly valued and alot of effort was put in to get one by everyone that was...
Liked On: 27-06-2023, 08:34 PM
And I think they still shoot it centre fire as well. Hasting Deerstalkers had a Running Boar range from the mid 1970's until it broke down around 1990 and no one seemed interested or capable of...
Liked On: 27-06-2023, 07:43 PM
Some of the attitudes on here are frankly frustrating for those volunteers, like myself, who put an extraordinary amount of effort into the NZDA branches. I find it almost amusing that the...
Liked On: 27-06-2023, 06:59 PM
Of course bow hunters are welcome The licence thing has nothing to do with the NZDA it is now the LAW that all shooting clubs have to registered as such if they use a range, part of this is the...
Liked On: 27-06-2023, 10:46 AM
I don't know what the Wapiti licenses cost but I found one of my grandfather's Otago Acclimatisation Society licenses dated 1927 to shoot one Red stag in the Matukituki. The price was 5 Pounds which...
Liked On: 26-06-2023, 06:41 AM
When I was a young fella living in Afrikaans territory, I learned an old expression.... 'n boer maak 'n plan. "A farmer makes a plan." I'm no farmer but I like a good plan. I get the snobbery...
Liked On: 26-06-2023, 06:40 AM
Posted before. Mick Halberg (father of Tony, uncle of Murray) 1926 on R of pic. He'd shot both. He was well over 6 foot tall for scale. 227471
Liked On: 25-06-2023, 07:57 PM