No not really, just the first for this year so far. But on this resent trip the first time I’ve seen a falcon catch a bird in flight only 3m or 4m above us and the first time I’ve shot deer and a pig...
Liked On: 17-01-2022, 07:15 AM
Here’s to 2022 and to kick it off on the trophy front for everyone. Well my best head yet. He tried to give me the slip as the heard he was with went right. I dropped back into the woods to...
Liked On: 14-01-2022, 10:56 AM
Part 2….. After loading up quad I headed back up to where I’d parked previously. I still had a bit of light before it was going to be dark enough to spotlight my way back to car. I plonked myself...
Liked On: 12-01-2022, 12:03 PM
This story could of been a couple of pics in the .223 thread. Decide nah the forum needs another story. I headed up to my brothers for what seems like a annual pilgrimage( be meaning to go more...
Liked On: 12-01-2022, 12:03 PM
So, managed to actually get a couple days off work this week despite my last post which has quelled the itch to get out. First time out in the Kaimanawas looking for Sika. Two places I was looking...
Liked On: 12-01-2022, 11:52 AM
Quick update to this. Been slowly working on the finish, almost ready to start checkering hopefully next week. Pores of the wood 95% filled, just a little more finish required, then a cut back to...
Liked On: 09-01-2022, 04:23 PM
A mate and I had a rough plan for a hunt early in the new year so after a bit back and forward on timing we agreed to head off Sunday night. Plan was to camp at the road end and hunt the next couple...
Liked On: 08-01-2022, 10:47 AM
A mate from the mainland came up on new years eve for a week. A couple of months ago while carrying out a big trophy fallow buck he slipped in a creek and smashed his relatively new scope. The...
Liked On: 06-01-2022, 06:47 AM
Last Sunday evening i spotted this stag about 9.45pm,80 yards way coming out to feed.Could still see him thru my day scope quiet easilly,so he had to come home with me.187137
Liked On: 04-01-2022, 10:48 AM
Took the family up for an overnighter as mr 7 1/2 was chomping at the bit. Chose a spot an easy 45 mins from the car. We arrived about 6pm set up a camp and had a bite to eat. By the time I was ready...
Liked On: 03-01-2022, 05:31 PM
The day started with a drive to the beach with the Mrs, we headed south but hit rain so headed back to a beach where we often go to and we set up the deck chairs and had a cuppa and a couple of...
Liked On: 30-12-2021, 08:23 PM
When I first saw this Model 7 in the shop, with a carbon fibre stock, I thought I'd better grab it before someone else does! I like Model 7s but I really like carbon stocks and I thought this one...
Liked On: 30-12-2021, 08:20 PM
Mai demands a walk most weekends now, There's a couple of spots I can go to that have a few animals. When we went to the usual spot the grass was that long and wet we got soaked to the waist. Bugger...
Liked On: 26-12-2021, 07:02 AM
Yeah ok not a stag but my best buck to date. 186513
Liked On: 26-12-2021, 07:01 AM
I've hunted for a long time. I took me a while to use a telescopic sight on a regular basis. I grew up with open sights, and I felt that scopes were complicated and more likely to fog up or fail. ...
Liked On: 24-12-2021, 03:52 PM