We got to the other side of the Valley as the sun was really starting to heat up, we dropped down the face and pushed into the scub about where we thought we should be on top of my stag but we over...
Liked On: 12-03-2020, 06:33 AM
Today was a day that shows just how careful you have to be in the bush and while you out hunting. Decided i go for a bush stalk in a good doc block for a meat animal before i look for a stag for the...
Liked On: 09-03-2020, 06:40 AM
I was looking for a buck. Thought I would at least shoot a yearling for meat - which turned out to be a fawn. Slight thread hi-jack here. Back to stags... 132410
Liked On: 08-03-2020, 06:34 PM
My first sika stag. Shultz and Larsen 25.06 with Swaro Z5. 132435
Liked On: 08-03-2020, 06:33 PM
shikes....did you hit it with an axe or something????
Liked On: 08-03-2020, 06:33 PM
As requested bigbear Shot my first proper hard antler red stag yesterday morning an unorthodox 10 but a pretty nice head. Bloody stoked, story will be posted but I'm still in the mountains for...
Liked On: 08-03-2020, 01:04 PM
i had a family member down for the weekend who was keen to experience Central Otago rabbit shooting so got him out. Let him us my 10 /22 while I went old school cool, 146 shot in 2.5 hrs. He...
Liked On: 08-03-2020, 08:45 AM
Found an unexpected package in the letterbox this morning.. turns out my 2 or 3 (can’t remember exactly) ferret tails were still worth the effort of collecting and entering. Couple of possum leg-hold...
Liked On: 06-03-2020, 02:15 PM
No not the itch in your pants. Its a feeling I get around this time every year. As a farmer I'm done with summer and am looking forward to some rain and grass growth. And then there is the hunting...
Liked On: 05-03-2020, 04:59 PM
Good work Sparrow :thumbs::thumbs: I read somewhere the other day that one species of rat prefers protein and the other carbohydrate.. found it , it was the Farmlands magazine but it doesnt say...
Liked On: 05-03-2020, 07:33 AM
Well done time out. Further to my above post, i went for a bike ride this evening to check a few traps. I caught another rat and again it was in a 150 with an egg bait and not 10m away was a...
Liked On: 05-03-2020, 07:17 AM
My ‘around the house’ cage traps are baited with peanut butter smeared sultanas, normally works good and get one every third night or so but caught nothing for six+ months and likewise the mouse...
Liked On: 05-03-2020, 06:45 AM
Well done the Sparrow team - just love the look on the young fella’s face! I wish I could find something with proper fur on its back - mostly just getting rats with prickles Checked about 60...
Liked On: 05-03-2020, 06:45 AM
There were 2 hares sitting on my rifle range this morning around the 50m mark. I snuck in and pulled out the rifle at the front of the safe and shot one off hand with a clean middle chest shot. ...
Liked On: 02-03-2020, 04:55 PM
Double in the DOC 150 trap. Normally when one side goes off the other does too, so this is not too common. 131433 131434
Liked On: 28-02-2020, 03:36 PM