About scottrods

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About scottrods
Biography:
Born in Northern Ireland. Moved to NZ in 2005. Been hunting since I was big enough to follow my Dad. Shot mostly gamebirds, foxes and bunnies in UK. Mad keen fly angler which brought me to NZ. Got back into hunting here after a boys weekend in 2010
Married with 2 kids, both grown up. My wife's pretty good at letting me out but usually other stuff takes up the weekends.
Work at Hamilton Jet
Location:
West of Christchurch
Interests:
Flyfishing, flytying, bunny bashing.

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    scottrods liked post by Happy Jack On thread : how many of you bought a new rifle to avoid the registration from tomorrow?
    Didn't buy anything as the funds are not available till later in the year maybe.
    Liked On: 27-06-2023, 06:00 PM
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    scottrods liked post by Kiwi Greg On thread : NZDA requires FAL number
    And you shoot on the range under direct supervision of a member who is a FAL holder
    Liked On: 27-06-2023, 05:51 PM
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    scottrods liked post by stuart On thread : NZDA requires FAL number
    from my understanding its to do with the new rules and that we care classed with a shooting club, if you dont get a response message me and ill call someone who will know the answers to your questions
    Liked On: 27-06-2023, 05:50 PM
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    scottrods liked post by Boner On thread : Hunter down
    Too soon fella. For those of us who know what happened, it would be good to leave it a while.
    Liked On: 07-06-2023, 08:28 PM
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    scottrods liked post by flock On thread : River to Ranges to sight in rifle?
    The Biggest problem for a lot of shooters is no where to shoot decent distances, to calulate the ballistics properly. That's what this is about. NZHLA ChCh has a 200 yard setup. James has his...
    Liked On: 07-06-2023, 08:21 PM
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    scottrods liked post by Remutaka On thread : River to Ranges to sight in rifle?
    Having a properly sighted in rifle is essential for successful hunting and if long range shooting, you need an accurately setup ballistic app or drop chart but this not something a lot of hunters can...
    Liked On: 07-06-2023, 08:21 PM
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    scottrods liked post by 6.5 CRD On thread : River to Ranges to sight in rifle?
    As mentioned above, I have no doubt James does a great job & for a novice having trouble getting a rifle shooting well its probably $100 well spent, but no rifle will shoot the same POI between 2...
    Liked On: 01-06-2023, 05:43 PM
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    scottrods liked post by hamish9701 On thread : River to Ranges to sight in rifle?
    James and the team at R-R are great, I had them sight in and do chronographing on my rifle. Super good blokes and always looked after me, had them adjust the eye relief to my preference before they...
    Liked On: 01-06-2023, 05:27 PM
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    scottrods liked post by grandpamac On thread : 30 30 reloads
    Greetings, My old No9 Speer manual lists a light load of IMR4895, 31 grains for 2,170 fps with the 110 grain Speer Varminter. The same load with AR2206H would be close. Hodgdon/ ADI list a start of...
    Liked On: 25-05-2023, 11:01 AM
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    scottrods liked post by Norway On thread : Massive sika in Ireland
    Lovely to see all the rut stories, here's my contribution from a sika hunt. I got lucky! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAoxtOn4Fn8
    Liked On: 25-04-2023, 04:53 PM
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    scottrods liked post by Puddleduk On thread : Arthur’s Pass hard hunting
    Very low numbers more likely because of regular 1080 operations.
    Liked On: 25-04-2023, 04:50 PM
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    scottrods liked post by Forestry On thread : Arthur’s Pass hard hunting
    Arthur’s Pass hard hunt The tikka 284 was complaining in the gun safe and I needed a South Island mission. I’d always wanted to hunt the Savannah range after looking across too it many years...
    Liked On: 25-04-2023, 04:49 PM
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    scottrods liked post by chainsaw On thread : aqua shoes for river crossings
    Solid toe sandles like this but a full toe like 2nd photo 221200 221201
    Liked On: 19-04-2023, 10:31 AM
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    scottrods liked post by Seventy Six On thread : Should i swap mw Swaro z3 for vx5
    The obvious answer is to buy another rifle for the Z5.
    Liked On: 07-03-2023, 05:11 PM
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    scottrods liked post by caberslash On thread : why using so big guns??
    Suspect there is a 'brush gun' element to it as well. No mention of Asian Water Buffalo or is it the wrong part of Oz?
    Liked On: 08-11-2022, 11:18 AM
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