That's so cool, you are right there a plenty of good people here on the forum. I too devoured that book back in the early 70,s but was my second book, Gary Joll,s book Hunting in NZ was my first one....
Liked On: 26-10-2021, 11:40 PM
Look what turned up in the post today! Thank you Andrew, aka paremata There was a post on here about the old days of deer culling in NZ etc, back in the 40s etc. Talking about hunting icons...
Liked On: 26-10-2021, 11:36 PM
An easy way to make it is to cook it overnight or 24-hours in a big crockpot. I use the 6.5 litre Zip (on special today for $68 at Briscoes!). Saves the worry of having the stove ring going for a...
Liked On: 26-10-2021, 11:24 PM
As I was butchering a deer a few days ago I started thinking about 'bone broth' and 'stock'. So I put the leg and shoulder bones into a big pot along with some sinewy offcuts (and a splash of...
Liked On: 26-10-2021, 11:23 PM
I save all the cut onion ends, carrot tops and bottoms, clean leek greens etc and just keep putting them in a bag in the freezer. Then when I make stock I empty the bag of frozen vege offcuts into...
Liked On: 26-10-2021, 11:21 PM
181623 Just finished for a forum member, Mamba in 1084. Purple snake skin Juma and G10 handles. Jimping and full grind. Paid in chocolate biscuits and venison sausages .... :thumbsup:
Liked On: 25-10-2021, 12:32 AM
320 grit sanding and 5 coats of Danish oil later..... 181272
Liked On: 25-10-2021, 12:31 AM
Scouser’s Bushcraft Knife Project Phase 7 Done team, im absolutely rapt with it....finished doing the final sanding by hand and counter sunk the lanyard hole.....just the oiling to do ive...
Liked On: 25-10-2021, 12:31 AM
Been testing out the new SS pizza oven, as the old one is a old school brick one & a new batch of home made Game Salami,Chorizo ,Ham & Pastrami. 181648 181649
Liked On: 22-10-2021, 08:42 AM
Not sure what I was thinking, doing a whole venison rump while on level 3 and only 4 or us at home ........ 6 hours in the pellet grill, an hour or so with the lid off to get a bit of smoke ring,...
Liked On: 16-10-2021, 01:40 PM
From this 180395 Coated with melted butter, salt, and chilli. Then basted with the same for a couple of hours, while it rotated in the heat. Turned out like this 180397 Very nice. Served...
Liked On: 16-10-2021, 01:40 PM
Had a go at venison wellington today. Came out great :) 180795
Liked On: 16-10-2021, 01:39 PM
Thanks for the advice, I ended up going down Clements and dropped an animal about 20 mins from the car. First deer in very very long time due to being a bit shit at hunting but I don't let that stop...
Liked On: 15-10-2021, 10:44 PM
So a plan was hatched to go try and get my Son and a workmate their first kings. It might have been too early but if we didn't try we wouldn't know. We arrived at okiwi bay to see a boat sitting...
Liked On: 15-10-2021, 09:45 PM
We are quite blessed here in the nelson /tasman region for bush stalking because theres a huge area of country to look for a deer. One of the key things you need if you taking up bush stalking is...
Liked On: 08-10-2021, 08:25 AM