I went for a hunt in the rain yesterday. Started at 4pm in the drizzle and ended up being poured on from 7pm to 9pm. But it didn't dampen my spirits. After about an our of hunting a finally spied...
Liked On: 03-10-2022, 10:13 AM
Did 10 days in the Kawekas a few years back Makahu, Back Ridge, Rocks ahead, VT, side trip to Maugaturutu and Te Puke, back to VT, Ballards and back down to Makahu. Plenty of landing pads if people...
Liked On: 25-09-2022, 01:49 PM
Hi, Its been awhile since i have done any reports. Reason is i took most of the winter off hunting. Did the odd short look but no serious stuff bar one or two hunts. Bodies getting old, aches and...
Liked On: 19-09-2022, 12:30 PM
Number 2 son secured his first chamois this week. We were in the Marlborough high country for a few days and often spotted a chamois or two when out cleaning up a few goats. We made a basic plan and...
Liked On: 16-09-2022, 12:22 PM
Wasn't meant to happen until he was atleast 10 years old but he's been hunting with me since he could go in the back pack and been with me on hundreds of kills. A couple parries let the handful of...
Liked On: 14-09-2022, 04:50 PM
Funny you should say that, I feel the same way after every hunt. Funny how you forget the pain quickly and can't wait for your next trip. I have been known to go out and hope I don't get anything...
Liked On: 11-09-2022, 05:12 PM
Organised Friday just gone off work, planned a Friday / Saturday overnight hunt with a mate, but as Friday approached and forecast was checked, overnighter was down graded to a day hunt, left home...
Liked On: 11-09-2022, 05:10 PM
I went down to Pureora yesterday, raining when I got there, but set up the tent, put on the wet weathers and off to check out a couple of handy gullies the deer seem to like. Some very fresh sign but...
Liked On: 11-09-2022, 12:09 PM
Yeah couldn't agree more. Thing is even if you pay reasonably, put people through thousands of dollars worth of courses, CSL etc to be up to scratch to do the work it still takes a special type of...
Liked On: 07-09-2022, 12:24 PM
I've worked in the pest control industry ever since I can left school. I can honestly tell you finding staff and retaining them is dam near impossible. We have done some of the blocks via ground...
Liked On: 07-09-2022, 12:22 PM
You mean pets? Yes damnit.
Liked On: 06-09-2022, 02:29 PM
I established a training crew in our logging operations 40 years back and even then we lost about 30% of each intake and I think this is pretty normal and a cost that is simply another overhead. A...
Liked On: 06-09-2022, 02:04 PM
I've often wondered what the risk of TB in things like rats is - often seen them scavenging carcasses as well as the usual suspects like fruit, cereal, eggs, raw dairy products, water pipes etc etc. ...
Liked On: 05-09-2022, 11:06 PM
Yeah, venture over a few times a year - not often enough considering it is only about 10mins up the road. The trust and their vollies do a heap of work and it's seriously well resourced as well...
Liked On: 05-09-2022, 10:36 PM
A lot of the 1080 work is being done by OSPRI, not DOC. https://www.ospri.co.nz/tb-and-pest-control/pest-control-regions/aerial-operations/
Liked On: 04-09-2022, 06:03 PM