mine arrived today... only took just over 7 months. I was sent from Auz where they make them, then sent to NZ Asia and then to Truflite. It took so long I started making my own custom wraps, I'll be...
Liked On: 19-01-2023, 02:58 PM
In direct answer to your question, neither animal will make a future trophy so you can have a clean conscience for taking them. The spiker is late and will always be small even as a mature animal....
Liked On: 18-01-2023, 01:46 PM
Second year hunting; shoot anything you can carry. Worry about being a grumpy old man once you’ve shoot 100! Honestly you did the right thing. There’s miles to many deer around, they’re better in...
Liked On: 18-01-2023, 01:45 PM
Its a deer,shoot it and fill your freezer.
Liked On: 18-01-2023, 01:44 PM
Exactly what others have said. I would rather drive for 2 hours to avoid that shit and hunt less often. Even driving up the Whariti Rd and hitting the track for 30 mins and then turning down a...
Liked On: 18-01-2023, 01:35 PM
23rd of January will be something like this here…:) 214523
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 09:00 PM
I will send you the lure I caught the flounder on down south:) 214383
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 09:00 PM
Moved down to Otago yesterday and decided I would give freshwater fishing a crack for the first time in a decade and a half. Watched a few YouTube clips and went for a walk yesterday afternoon to...
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 05:58 PM
213952 Got to the canals yesterday and had a long but productive time. 12lb Salmon was my best fish of the day. An epic scrap on the softbait rod, 8lb leader made for a long and patient fight. Guy...
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 05:57 PM
Hammocks I have been using a hammock on and off for the last few years, I get the best sleeps in the bush using a hammock, way better than an inflatable mattress on the ground. However the hammock...
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 05:56 PM
My good mood came back, got my 1st fishing trip in 2023 on an ice lake (an reservoir, size like lake Taupo) for Japanese anchovy which was introduced. This fish is more active in winter, not like...
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 05:21 PM
I got my first deer yesterday. A nice red stag. After two luckless day trips in the Southern Tararuas and one in the Aorangis, I went for another optimistic armed walk into the Tararuas. I had...
Liked On: 11-01-2023, 11:41 PM
More old pics from the meat days... Puketois 214148 Tararua head 214149
Liked On: 10-01-2023, 01:41 PM
We did 6 tier high normally on an S Bedford. Clatter clatter of the ground drive as the bales came up. We once did 13 tier high on a Farmers Transport truck at the back of the Awatoto fert works in...
Liked On: 10-01-2023, 01:37 PM
I looked after a lot of those dudes - some so old their tattoos had faded and melted and couldn't be see for what they were any more. Many were war vets and they were there because they couldn't look...
Liked On: 10-01-2023, 01:37 PM