272215 First stag for young Spence this roar. We managed to get another young fulla his first stag the previous evening too which was choice.
Liked On: 12-04-2025, 09:52 PM
272171 Partner shot this yesterday. Public land north Canterbury. 1000 metres vertical climbing. Measured 34 inches, extremely even. A fantastic first public land deer.
Liked On: 12-04-2025, 09:52 PM
A mate and I decided to go for a sika mission into some new country for us the, famed Clement’s mill Rd! Put a big shift in on Tuesday avo in appalling weather walking about 4 hours into an area I...
Liked On: 11-04-2025, 10:17 PM
The other night. 230 yd 80 grn Targex exit from an angled lung shot. Ran about 15 yards. Effective. 9th April. He had that musty rutty smell about him. Meat for charity. They casserole or mince it...
Liked On: 11-04-2025, 01:25 PM
Couple of bush deer. 80 ELDM. Good effective kills on shoulder shots, hind ran 20m, spiker stumbled over on the spot. Exited hind with a good blood trail, bullet under the skin on the off side of...
Liked On: 11-04-2025, 12:58 PM
First deer to the rifle. 335 yards. 1.5 Moa of elevation off the 200 yd zero. Dropped on spot. High shoulder shot. Will look at the damage tomorrow. 80 ELDX, circa 3200 fps. 272337 272338
Liked On: 10-04-2025, 01:19 PM
Stags dont do to much for me nowadays, so i was guide rangi and took mumsy out for a nosey in native, she's been waiting a long time to get a nice stag as kids and work take up most of her time ...
Liked On: 06-04-2025, 04:09 PM
Took a 50cal cap lock to the Tops for a few days. Homemade powder, ball and patch. Figured he was a good one to take out of the Gean pool. 271788
Liked On: 01-04-2025, 08:52 PM
The 130 grain BP load has brought the bullets together at 50m Shooting really well and I'm properly ready for some hunting now 270968
Liked On: 20-03-2025, 06:55 PM
* Got lucky and fast, landed a block [emoji106] * Big country, climbed some hills. * Did some looking.... https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250317/dd7712c537d8154656cea29b5d3a5801.jpg *...
Liked On: 18-03-2025, 09:30 AM
We decided on a different approach to the roar hunt this year , #1 go in early before too much hunter activity in the hills & #2 look for area that should hold chamois as well as reds. Having shot...
Liked On: 17-03-2025, 03:51 PM
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Liked On: 16-03-2025, 10:51 AM
After purchasing my first magnum - 300 win mag 18 months ago, agonising over load dev to get an accurate load to meet expectation and a lot of practice at the range at distance, took the rifle up...
Liked On: 15-03-2025, 10:33 PM
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Liked On: 15-03-2025, 08:04 PM
Shot this stunning pre-roar stag last Friday. After 17.5km and 1500 vertical meters in the tops the day before, I came back to the hut down in the valley. I woke up early and went for a walk to a...
Liked On: 15-03-2025, 04:56 PM