These are the last 3 mounts I've done, also these are the first mounts I've done for friends. Last photo the mount hasn't had its finishing touches. 214464 214465 214466
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 06:56 PM
After I figured it out I went for a hunt. 3 hours patient slow walk and glass where we saw 4 earlier in the day. Shot nothing, spooked nothing saw nothing. Get back to bivy camp tired after long...
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 06:47 PM
So went for my first walkabout for 2023 yesterday. Goal for the day was to try and find a clearing I had been told about. Up I was at zero dark thirty like most trips and quick stop at the local...
Liked On: 14-01-2023, 04:47 PM
My 6.5x57 214277
Liked On: 12-01-2023, 09:48 AM
I got my first deer yesterday. A nice red stag. After two luckless day trips in the Southern Tararuas and one in the Aorangis, I went for another optimistic armed walk into the Tararuas. I had...
Liked On: 11-01-2023, 10:45 PM
That dog just looks like he knows how to use that bow. Lies down and shoots it horizontal is my guess :D
Liked On: 11-01-2023, 04:36 PM
After a long (very short) wait I finally had the Tikka 6.5prc and a bit of time to get it sighted in. 213773 The weather was questionable but managed to get a close enough zero. 213770 ...
Liked On: 06-01-2023, 01:44 PM
I get a few jibes on here about hunting private land mainly now. I can understand why 'cos its what they hear and see of me - but I really busted my arse on public land for longer than the nay-sayers...
Liked On: 05-01-2023, 09:43 PM
These are the first 2 deer that I shot and sold. I was 21 It was in the head waters of the Mangahao in the Tararuas. About 5 hour walk to where I shot them. The rifle is a Brno .222. I shoulder...
Liked On: 05-01-2023, 09:42 PM
In what has become an annual tradition mopheadrob, uk_exile and I headed in on a 4-day hunt into the Puketeraki area. 3 years ago on this trip, I shot a deer using mopheadrob's rifle but could not...
Liked On: 05-01-2023, 06:12 PM
Jeez it’s been a while since I updated this thread! That’s the nature of stock work, especially at this end of the year… I’ve finally finished the stock for my special .358, ready to head to Allen...
Liked On: 04-01-2023, 03:39 PM
Piglet Dog.... 213624 Not Really Keen on the gun and shut down a bit after the shot, I have put here through gun proofing the BGID way twice and she is more scared of the gun been raised than...
Liked On: 04-01-2023, 03:37 PM
To revive this thread. Uberti 1873 in 44-40. Decided to go with style this afternoon for a little wander through a local DOC block. Who needs a scope when it's three shots resulting in three head...
Liked On: 04-01-2023, 08:07 AM
"We do not learn from experience... we learn from reflecting on experiences" Thanks all for reading of our journey this far, no more animals seen or shot just a post to reflect on the experience. ...
Liked On: 02-01-2023, 07:34 PM
"An optimist is a man who plants two trees and buys a hammock" Day 3 - Slow day up a side creek Always the optimist I had high hopes for the the next morning the topo maps looked good with lots...
Liked On: 02-01-2023, 07:34 PM