In general as light as possible. Light gear will catch you more fish. I use a 1-3kg rod, 6lb braid mainline, 6lb leader. That said, I don't know that area, so if there's lots of snags, heavy river...
Liked On: 24-12-2023, 10:37 PM
I whistled a few times and James shouted ‘stand up you lazy bugger’, after a couple of minutes of various insults he stood to a whistle, the .284 cracked and it feel to the ground. 240115 On the...
Liked On: 24-12-2023, 06:53 PM
Last evening my boys shot a blue hare. I’ve never seen anything like it. Has anyone seen one before?
Liked On: 24-12-2023, 06:22 PM
Thanks to craigc Charlie was stoked with his new secondhand Tatonka ( just like dad but smaller ). We took took off on Friday afternoon. The wx was unbelievably hot. Having the bright idea of taking...
Liked On: 24-12-2023, 02:16 PM
It is the measure of a person to take criticism on board and move on. Plenty on here probably regret what they have posted at times. It is everybody's responsibility to consider what they post and...
Liked On: 23-12-2023, 03:34 PM
I use the 6mm 69 Absolute Hammer's @ 3850 fps in my custom Kimber Hunter 6mm Creedmoor thermal rifle, is point & shoot out to around 375 yards As a proof of the fast & flat concept I initially...
Liked On: 21-12-2023, 10:14 PM
Ooh I can kick that off Driving home from work through a forestryblock with a empty trailer behind the truck. Red hind and yearling run across the vehicle track and up the bank into trees above...
Liked On: 21-12-2023, 10:57 AM
My experience with meindl's is that if they are not used often, the soles do seperate. At least mine did.
Liked On: 20-12-2023, 05:44 PM
Boned everything out on Sunday. 51 kg of boned out meat delivered for the charity. That's about $1,500 worth of meat retail. It costs the charity about $75 to have it diced and/or minced by the...
Liked On: 20-12-2023, 05:43 PM
I remember about 20 years ago a guy coming through the door of the hut on the ruahine tops. This was when I probably only had about 5 years hunting experience under my belt and most of that was bush...
Liked On: 20-12-2023, 12:40 PM
Some years back a mate and I both had .270s, I used to swear by a centre of shoulder shot that broke bone and put animals straight down. He hated that shot and aimed o put a bullet in behind the...
Liked On: 20-12-2023, 06:51 AM
dannyb I'm truly thankful that MDs ban is said to be a temporary thing. He is a guy who gets passionate about certain subjects and finds it hard to walk away from a discussion that he believes he is...
Liked On: 20-12-2023, 06:49 AM
I’ve read this thread and the other poll thread he started and crikey, if the content/comments in them is what got him banned then we had all better watch out lol. Seen far worse on here
Liked On: 19-12-2023, 07:54 PM
Tikka 590 in 243 I’ve owned for 30 years with a new Tikka T3 barrel, new cerakote finish and new scope, thanks to team at Hamills Tauranga https://i.postimg.cc/gJ8Gzwhw/IMG-2815.jpg...
Liked On: 18-12-2023, 04:00 PM
The goal for summer was simple - go old school. Shoot a deer on public land, in the bush, wearing a black singlet and stubbies. No need to cover up every bright white-boy pre-Christmas tee shirt...
Liked On: 18-12-2023, 07:39 AM