The .244 Rem was Remington's 6mm released in 1955 before Winchester came out with the .243. Skipping over the historical bits, hunters favoured the .243 as it could be bought with 100gr bullets, and...
Liked On: 26-07-2023, 08:35 AM
You need to be aware of their favourite food sources in your local areas. Peaks of activity I have noticed in the Waikato: Willow bud break - every possum in the district is in willows. Kahikatea...
Liked On: 24-07-2023, 06:52 PM
or 6.5 06. One take I have on reloading is dont get hung up on the numbers its what happens on the target what counts..
Liked On: 23-07-2023, 05:07 PM
229529i 229531 229532 Goats with all my current centrefires from the last few months 223,303,308 I reckon there's more goats in marlborough than king country, every time I go out I'm tripping...
Liked On: 23-07-2023, 04:51 PM
Greetings All, It is a cold wet day here in HB so I thought I would tap out a few thoughts over handloading that have been running around in my head. In The Beginning, well fifty years ago. In...
Liked On: 21-07-2023, 04:06 PM
This is a positive story. https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/300917420/the-project-using-ai-to-protect-kiwi-in-the-back-blocks-of-taranaki
Liked On: 21-07-2023, 03:53 PM
Had a couple of weeks with fine weather so took the chance to take the grandies 1 week each and set some traps. First week with 8 year old Finn we set 30 traps over 2 nights and got 23 possums. He...
Liked On: 21-07-2023, 03:43 PM
I have found with subs that they generally dont frighten after the first shot. The noise they hear to is usually the impact of the bullet into the ground (whther it passes through a rabbit first or...
Liked On: 17-07-2023, 06:53 PM
holy smoke...a winchester!!!!! always wanted to fondle one of them. good going,and good on you for looking after that rifle.
Liked On: 17-07-2023, 06:35 PM
Short action, woopy-fking-do. People get on this short action crusade to save weight and/or get questionably faster reloading time. Out in the real world you hardly notice either. When it comes to...
Liked On: 16-07-2023, 06:13 PM
Thanks. Yep, I've shot farmland Fallow like that from high populations on scant feed. Usually need to shoot two to get enough venison. I've found backsteaks are very thin on these underfed animals...
Liked On: 16-07-2023, 08:55 AM
I got no problem with farm hunting, actually am all for it when it’s controlling numbers and/or for meat. Just saying i don’t view a 12 point farm stag the same as a 12 point public land stag.
Liked On: 16-07-2023, 08:46 AM
To you guys knocking it. Wait until your sorry arses are too old to drag around your "public land" and see what you think about "farm hunting" then. Its all contextual. Its quite likely that many...
Liked On: 16-07-2023, 08:43 AM
Having seen how these animals end up at the end of their van ride I'd do them a favor and just shoot them to waste.
Liked On: 13-07-2023, 03:08 PM
Do the animals a favor and use at the very least a 222/223. Yes thousands of goats have been shot with the humble 22lr but you don't leave yourself much room for error especially as a new shooter and...
Liked On: 13-07-2023, 09:02 AM