I like my 200yd zero,I use to just shoot the sholders out,308 splat,not much left to save.But with a nice neck shot i get 2 whole sholders to cook up.Just gota get deer to keep his neck still for 2...
Liked On: 15-12-2023, 10:14 PM
Finished work early and arranged temporary leave pass with the mrs so boosted the 2 hr drive to pureora to cut my way into a old track which was badly overgrown,took suppressed .308 with the aimpoint...
Liked On: 15-12-2023, 10:13 PM
Myself and forum member Nick-D hatched a plan to do a fly camp in the Kaimanawas for a few nights in December to help fill a void of venison before the blowies turn up in force and the ground becomes...
Liked On: 14-12-2023, 12:50 PM
I’d been hankering to get out for a walk. With a young son under 1, time is precious these days. I hadn’t been to the Ruahines since before the cyclone and every time I thought I might have a chance...
Liked On: 14-12-2023, 04:17 AM
Been a while since I went for a hunt. Had a busy winter, kids played football all winter and I decided I should join them. Between coaching, assistant coaching and playing my first season since I was...
Liked On: 13-12-2023, 09:29 PM
which begs the question - " why have so many deer been wearing your crocs" ?????
Liked On: 13-12-2023, 11:45 AM
Nice write up, I did similar a week ago, but set my alarm for early with big plans of a mission, woke up thought to myself nah and went back to sleep, got up at a leisurely time, slowly had...
Liked On: 13-12-2023, 07:07 AM
the 1080 is a double edged sword with pigs....it lowers compitition for food and folks with dogs will avoid area for up to two years to protect dogs from poison...its a horrid death for a dog. ...
Liked On: 11-12-2023, 08:21 AM
Plenty of pig sign around Sayers Hut when I was in there last. Also saw a couple a further north last week. I’ll head into the Tararuas this week and see if I can reduce the population a bit! 😀
Liked On: 11-12-2023, 08:21 AM
Managing deer populations long term is something the DoC does not seem too interested in, and often do not follow their own printed litterature. They will budget for a few professional hunters, and...
Liked On: 11-12-2023, 06:47 AM
We need a system that protects farmers too. You know my old farm was bounded by road and doc land access on one side. It was a maximum 2 hour walk to get from the road right into the back of the...
Liked On: 11-12-2023, 06:45 AM
Seems a North island wide issue issue at the moment. Everyone is quick to blame farmers who won't let hunters onto land. Seems everyone wants easy deer and no one wants to walk, I suspect most can't...
Liked On: 11-12-2023, 06:45 AM
I suspect the easy deer expectation comes about from TV shows. Watch a half hour show and you usually get to see a number of animals thanks to editing. Walk the for same amount of time and the...
Liked On: 11-12-2023, 06:43 AM
I also think a culture change in hunting may factor in too. A lot of my generation aren’t into bush hunting. Not bothered on learning how to do it. Sika in the Kawekas are mostly bush deer and it can...
Liked On: 11-12-2023, 06:42 AM
Thats a reasonable justification story and Im not bagging Heli Sika. It's about affordability. Chris had a small machine close to the trees. I could afford to use him. Even at a 50% hike in his fees...
Liked On: 11-12-2023, 06:42 AM