Haven’t put up any posts etc for a while so thought I’d talk about the last few trips I’ve done this summer in the Ruahines. The first trip was an overnight volunteer trip into the Northern...
Liked On: 21-01-2022, 12:51 AM
So today was the last day for my Lill Bro at the Bach & he heads back to reality in the morning ,so l gave him the option ,as he is a keen & pretty good Diver, we could take my Dive boat out wide &...
Liked On: 21-01-2022, 12:44 AM
Well as follows is how my month of a lifetime hunting sika in taupo worked out. Original post: https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.nz/f12/month-lifetime-taupo-roar-hunting-68234/ First off a huge...
Liked On: 12-06-2021, 12:17 PM
For a while now my son has his heart set on getting him a Black fallow for a skin. A hunt on a mates farm that holds few fallow planned start of this year was put on hold due to me having a accident....
Liked On: 11-06-2021, 02:27 AM
I made a small naval cannon (1/4" bore) at high school and shot a hole completely through 3 walls and a door in our outside toilet and wash house. The olds thought it was a great lark until they saw...
Liked On: 24-02-2021, 12:31 AM
July saw us packing up home in Dunedin and making the the move to Rotorua. The prospect of getting my head round some new hunting opportunities both excited me and filled me with trepidation. I...
Liked On: 06-09-2020, 12:23 AM
Having a few computer issues but ill carry on regardless. That rifle in my earlier post is my ole Ruger m77 243 that i bought when i was about 20yrs old so that is 43 yrs ago, it has been largely...
Liked On: 30-07-2020, 09:20 PM
About 25yrs ago up the Macauly river, had an uphill shot at a mob of Tahr crossing the scree 400yds above me, punched clean through the shoulders of the nanny I aimed at, and punched into the chest...
Liked On: 30-07-2020, 09:17 PM
A mate dropped a whitetail but had to finish it off with his knife. Couldn’t find any bullet hole but on skinning it we found a piece of lead the size of a slug gun pellet had gone downwards...
Liked On: 30-07-2020, 09:16 PM
An enjoyable read. I did a 2-for-1 last time out on the farm. I was despatched by the farmer to go and hunt some fallow for use as sweeteners in some grazing scheme he was cooking up. “Three or...
Liked On: 30-07-2020, 09:15 PM
I went for an overnighter on Sunday into the Haurangis. Long story short I saw a few animals, and shot a couple of deer. I had an early start on the Monday morning and headed up a creek in the...
Liked On: 30-07-2020, 09:15 PM
Ah, yes, but it's more FUN to burn it.... (
Liked On: 30-07-2020, 09:06 PM
Greetings All, No need to burn it. Rifle powder is high in nitrogen so it is excellent fertilizer. Just spread it thin and water it in. I believe that the Aussie powder is made out of gum trees so...
Liked On: 30-07-2020, 09:06 PM
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Liked On: 01-05-2020, 10:41 AM
I took my boy out on his bike yesterday. We stopped for a rest and a pair of turkeys came trundling along. They came towards us, getting closer and closer. The male took an interest in my boy. I told...
Liked On: 28-04-2020, 01:43 AM