Vixen 222 and red stag at Ruahine Corner, and we all took Sako 222s in for a week sika hunting this year and it nailed a small 8 and 2 hinds.249111
Liked On: 30-04-2024, 09:15 PM
Over the last 11 years I've shot and found 284 deer with a dog helping or a dog with me. For 10 years it was Tilly the wirehair pointer (258). Now it's Bella the Lab. She's 14 months old and we have...
Liked On: 29-04-2024, 02:10 PM
248650 My first roaring sika, pretty young animal but will make good salami. Next time will be looking for a better set of head gear. Awesome experience, stags going nuts round camp overnight.
Liked On: 26-04-2024, 03:29 PM
Some from the weekend. Not on DOC land, so they don't count in my mind- but I'm not a trophy hunter in any event so the meat is the point of the exercise. 248645 248646 248647
Liked On: 26-04-2024, 03:29 PM
you could have rung i have been in the workshop all day finishing this248105
Liked On: 24-04-2024, 05:49 PM
First walk in a while after hurting my back , negotiating the supplejack was tough with a back like ironing board hahaha. Nice to be out , but its baby steps , heard 1 roar and a brief flash of an...
Liked On: 23-04-2024, 06:58 PM
Final tally 563. Home tomorrow.
Liked On: 23-04-2024, 06:57 PM
Ripper sika! Young fulla will be stoked. The one thing I miss about the north island. 248418 248419 Shot probably my stag this roar. Ripper catlins stag couldn't believe it. Bloody...
Liked On: 21-04-2024, 09:16 AM
In March last year Don Yearbury a long time NZDA Whangarei member passed away peacefully at his home in Kamo. His Partner Dawn had the hard job of sorting through his arsenal and I was lucky enough...
Liked On: 20-04-2024, 09:35 AM
Had a great week with the boy chasing sika in our Clements road spot, he shot is first one in there last roar and was keen to go one better. He definitely did that!! It was a awesome hunt and stocked...
Liked On: 20-04-2024, 09:33 AM
248028248029 Couple of bucks from this morning
Liked On: 13-04-2024, 07:24 PM
My rut so far, a couple of public land animals. Tahr up next, with a week planned in a west coast ballot block. 247927 247928
Liked On: 13-04-2024, 07:23 PM
Shot this spiker on last day of seven day trip, right on the main divide in South Westland. Thought my stag from the same area in 2022 was going to be hard to beat. Think this is his brother or...
Liked On: 12-04-2024, 12:02 PM
Molesworth 10. The culmination of a great hour and a half stalk in the howling northwester. He broke his left trey off when he fell. 247843
Liked On: 12-04-2024, 12:01 PM
First Pureoras stag for me today on the eastern side. No monster trophy but always good fun stalking in when it is roaring well. Shot at 10m. Was a hard choice to chase reds or sika on a last minute...
Liked On: 11-04-2024, 09:51 AM