The pudding came sooner than expected. Shot this hind three days later. 222166 Interestingly, it seemed a perfect heart/lung shot just behind the front shoulder at 100-125m, zip meat damage,...
Liked On: 25-04-2023, 03:22 PM
Now that I seem to have resolved my posting issues to some extent it’s time for the last update on my first reloading exercise. Stunning day last week on the Monday so cruised down to the range and...
Liked On: 25-04-2023, 03:21 PM
Arthur’s Pass hard hunt The tikka 284 was complaining in the gun safe and I needed a South Island mission. I’d always wanted to hunt the Savannah range after looking across too it many years...
Liked On: 22-04-2023, 05:32 PM
Was driving to the maimai for the annual spruce up today, spotted this bloke, apparently the work of a chainsaw artist 221435
Liked On: 16-04-2023, 08:13 PM
As a young dad with a 2 month old at home I had written off hunting for a few months. A good mate of mine was sick of talking about it as he has 2 kids himself. “You’ll book trips months and weeks...
Liked On: 11-04-2023, 09:35 PM
Although not strictly a hunting/fishing trip it was a great wilderness experience. A few photos from the trip. 219494 Dinner was provided free of charge. No feet got wet in the capture of these...
Liked On: 24-03-2023, 10:26 PM
After a quick sight in at mates farm(4shots as I only had 10 rounds)with federal blue box we were off to Clements mill rd on Saturday,arriving at 3.30 we set up camp and headed to a clearing for an...
Liked On: 13-03-2023, 08:28 PM
Just come back from a week down south with no real plan, first off had a go at a few wallaby’s with my brother up mt studholmes in the rain, it’s very entertaining plinking them off if you havnt done...
Liked On: 12-03-2023, 07:50 PM
+1. Once you get over about 3x you FOV diminishes to a point where it makes it difficult at close range. I own a 3-15 and a 3.5-10 on my centrefires as as a compromise between magnification and size...
Liked On: 06-03-2023, 09:49 PM
Picked up Micky Duck at 0530 and headed west to a block we've hunted a few times before. Today we were also accompanied by my eldest son Ryan. Arriving at the block a bit after daylight we...
Liked On: 04-03-2023, 08:41 PM
After a quick catch up with Pengy and veitnamcam yesterday, the talk of hunting got me all keen so I decided to go out for a quick overnighter. Early on in the trip (about half an hour after I left...
Liked On: 02-03-2023, 04:54 PM
I went out this morning at 6.30 for a goat hunt. It was cold but clear, promising a beautiful day once the fog had burned off. This is my second goat hunt. The previous one was unsuccessful but I...
Liked On: 18-02-2023, 06:43 PM
I post a bit about vintage and BP rifles but this morning I went through 6 pages on the forum to find a hunting/ magazine post So this is my plee for more hunting stories ( even basic boring ones...
Liked On: 18-02-2023, 11:45 AM
This. Has taken me years and years to realise that I have sprinted past hundreds of deer in search of the next valley or slip. So obsessed with seeing new ground that I forgot to ever endeavour at...
Liked On: 15-02-2023, 06:36 PM
So it pretty much looks like 42grs (ish) of 2209 with a 95-100 grain cup core is a pretty universal load
Liked On: 14-02-2023, 09:07 PM