I just took up bow hunting no led in my deer unless it's from someone else and survived an old wound. But in all seriousness it's nothing to do with led I just like the challenge of bow hunting.
Liked On: 01-01-2025, 08:10 AM
The Tikka 284 was pretty jealous as the 22-250 was getting all the recent attention but an upcoming Wapiti hunt meant I needed to give it some love. I’d reloaded a few more 162ELDXs in preparation...
Liked On: 01-01-2025, 08:09 AM
I was looking back through my diary and I saw that I shot my first two deer this year in the Ruahines off Topgrass Road, so thought it would be a good idea to finish the year the same way. I...
Liked On: 29-12-2024, 12:30 PM
Quick trip weekend just been, into a creek in the kawekas walked in the Friday arvo went for a quick hunt that evening with nothing seen. The next morning we woke up around 4am quick coffee then off...
Liked On: 18-12-2024, 05:04 PM
Well since my last post I've shot 5 deer with the kayuga pilot cuts and can't complain really. A mixture of good and bad blood trails . But that's standard for bow shot deer . Good penatration and...
Liked On: 17-12-2024, 09:37 PM
My 10 year old was given a Tikka M55 in .243 for his birthday back in June. He lives and breathes deer stalking and has shot 6 to date . Fair play to him he doesn't want to shoot " easy farm deer" ....
Liked On: 16-12-2024, 04:15 PM
My son K and I got away late November to hunt on Molesworth and with fair weather we had a great time with good hunting. With K's job being demanding it's been quite some time since we hunted...
Liked On: 11-12-2024, 10:13 PM
With a free weekend and a good weather forecast I was able to arrange an overnight hunt for Myself and 4 yr son Beau along with a good mate Chris and his 6 year old son Findlay. I am very privileged...
Liked On: 09-12-2024, 06:15 PM
Our deerless hunting continued for a couple days…then the weather cooled off considerably. It was mid 20s F as I headed to the pop up blind in the dark…perfect morning. Lots of squirrels and...
Liked On: 07-12-2024, 12:11 PM
Our rifle season started on Nov 9th. I hunted Craig’s stand the first 2 mornings…saw 7 does day 1, 2 small bucks that weren’t legal the second day. The hunting conditions were tough..warm temps,...
Liked On: 07-12-2024, 08:59 AM
On the Model Seven I tighten the rear screw just a bit more than snug as it's a piddly little 8-36 size screw and especially the stainless ones are super easy to strip the heads on ...
Liked On: 06-12-2024, 10:15 AM
That didn’t take long :thumbsup: Cheers for that I’ll do a bit of research to see if they are still available.
Liked On: 05-12-2024, 07:46 PM
For many years - since reading about the Steel Safari back in about 2008 - I have been keen to shoot field-style or PRS matches and haven't prioritised doing so. After shooting the Sparrowhawk hunter...
Liked On: 04-12-2024, 11:02 AM
The 60gn Hornady or the 63gn Sierra have been my go to projectiles for the 222, 223 and 22-250 for years. 24gn's of 748 does the trick.
Liked On: 02-12-2024, 10:06 PM
Out of all the rifles Ive loaded for the 222 I had was the easiest one to develop a load for.
Liked On: 02-12-2024, 05:51 PM