Agreed. I have a Mapac 35L alpine pack which is more than big enough for an overnighter. Have done a couple of 3 night winter missions in the alps even, although not alone, we shared tent cooking...
Liked On: 22-11-2022, 09:44 PM
Just read this trip report again. Classic and I laughed out loud when he realised how shit that campsite was... Great read second time around - thanks for sharing! I just wish I had a trip report...
Liked On: 22-11-2022, 09:43 PM
35-40 litre packs might be well and good for an over nighter...but leaves stuff all room to put meat in if you do drop an animal... you can take a 80-90 litre pack with next to nothing in it....have...
Liked On: 22-11-2022, 09:43 PM
A few photos from a recent trip to Doubtful Sound and beyond. 210746 210747 210748 210749 210750
Liked On: 20-11-2022, 06:41 PM
Good report well done
Liked On: 20-11-2022, 04:21 PM
Looks like a primo spot, I'd be going back there with a bit more time. As the spring turns to summer the deer will be pushing up the faces following the growth. Camp up higher next time and hunt down...
Liked On: 19-11-2022, 11:23 PM
Good read, thanks. Edit: Nice to read a trip report that doesn't necessarily end with blood and glory. Makes me feel a little better about all my "failed" attempts!
Liked On: 19-11-2022, 11:23 PM
Well done mate - nothing like investigating a new piece of country. Plenty of deer everywhere these days and typical Sth Canterbury hill country. Bound to be Reds and a few Fallow there somewhere so...
Liked On: 19-11-2022, 11:23 PM
My new do it all carry it everywhere. 243, Swaro 3-10 habicht, under 2.8kg. 210499
Liked On: 19-11-2022, 09:02 AM
I had been fizzing for the Canterbury Show Day long weekend with a multi-day trip planned to the Lewis Pass. A week out with increasing dismay I watched the forecast get worse by the day until a...
Liked On: 18-11-2022, 05:49 PM
so update- its been 9 months since i posted- my back is fine- no pain- its as tho nothing happened. I injured me shoulder in March back on the tools for 1 day- gosh darn it. Shoulders been frozen...
Liked On: 16-11-2022, 10:00 PM
Have been struggling to fit much hunting in to a hectic work schedule so with 4 days off over the last weekend getting into the Bush was pretty high on the priority list. The forcast was average but...
Liked On: 15-11-2022, 10:15 PM
no good for me as 90% of my hunting is on public land.... the 223 fills the bill nicely.
Liked On: 14-11-2022, 10:27 PM
209786Favourite rifle for sure!
Liked On: 14-11-2022, 10:26 PM
Well it took a couple of weeks, between shiftwork and norwesters (the area we were going does not hunt well when it's a nor wester), but a couple of weeks back Moa Hunter and I finally managed to go...
Liked On: 10-11-2022, 09:12 PM