Any reports? I'm guessing be pretty quiet maybe just starting to get noisy there now? I had organized to take some forum members to their block but they went radio silence so don't know what happened...
Liked On: 01-04-2023, 11:03 AM
Would have been keen (again), but at least this time I've got an excuse other than work travel - will be in Fiordland for the second period of the Wap ballot.
Liked On: 30-03-2023, 08:53 PM
Another night mish in very windy conditions, the lake had quite a bit of chop but the fishing was still good:cool: Hooked 9, landed 7 and kept these 2 beauties, 5.5lb hen n 6lb jack in great...
Liked On: 30-03-2023, 08:57 AM
Old 8 pointer from last week, roaring and chasing hinds went 39 long219834
Liked On: 29-03-2023, 02:19 PM
Hard work in the wind this morning, cold and loud. Tracked him down the old battler holding a heap of hinds in the native. 219843
Liked On: 29-03-2023, 02:18 PM
Greetings All, Sixty years ago on this very day and in the evening my father, uncle and I departed on my first ever overnight trip into the Kawekas. I have previously posted about this trip and my...
Liked On: 29-03-2023, 12:42 PM
Ive contacted Nth Canterbury about this. None of my business really except Ive been a member for 55 years and the org has made such great improvements the last few years I would hate there to be...
Liked On: 29-03-2023, 10:22 AM
Greetings All, I am afraid that overall Deerstalkers are not that flash at greeting new members and making them welcome. This may have softened over recent years but it is just the type of loner...
Liked On: 29-03-2023, 10:22 AM
I had one like that recently on a red spiker. 223/maybe hornet etc cupncore embeded in back steak with no apparent meat damage, Looked like it was surgically implanted. Only discovered when slicing...
Liked On: 28-03-2023, 09:20 PM
There you go.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230327/c01abcf0a7d1c9070a5a4b316c1d12ac.jpg Sent from my SM-G525F using Tapatalk
Liked On: 28-03-2023, 09:19 PM
Looks like 7mm or 308. couldn't be 270 unless it had taken another animal prior.
Liked On: 28-03-2023, 09:19 PM
Shot a hind a few years back. When butchering it, recovered a bonus bullet that had broken its femur previously. It was resting up against the bone encased in scar and connective tissue. The bone was...
Liked On: 28-03-2023, 09:19 PM
The Stags have started roaring so I took the young fella out to try and get a stag. We spotted a nice one and managed to close the distance and make a great one shot kill. Smiles all round. . As I'm...
Liked On: 28-03-2023, 09:18 PM
219774 Lewis pass old boy, 13 points if you count the nubs. Coronets hard down on the skull and teeth were falling out in lower jaw, very average condition for early roar
Liked On: 28-03-2023, 03:05 PM
Deer on the hoof weight percentage make up (approx): Blood - 5% Hide - 9% Bone - 13% Organs - 23% Meat - 50% I personally don't eat anything from the deer except the meat, so why carry...
Liked On: 27-03-2023, 10:31 AM