It's an interesting problem alright, and comes from some funny places. The experiences of those of us who grew up hunting in the "lean years" from the late 1970s to 2000 or so have given us some...
Liked On: 10-12-2025, 11:10 AM
I strongly agree with that last point Tahr . I've grown up hunting, regularly get out but whenever I hunt with my good mate who is a professional culler I'm blown away by how efficient he is. Not...
Liked On: 07-12-2025, 11:41 PM
Some gunsmiths do a perfectly good job of threading but fail to check the concentricity of the suppressor. Sadly, not all suppressors are created equally! Equally sadly, not all threading jobs are...
Liked On: 07-12-2025, 06:31 PM
It's not fun for most people. We really like our deer. But if those in a position to shoot lots, dont, then ultimately we and our deer are in big trouble. Dont look at it as hunting, Look it as a...
Liked On: 07-12-2025, 06:17 PM
The bit we do wrong....and watching the main tv shows and utubers..they do it so makes it worse,is the shooting of stags for meat animal when there are also hinds available...yes for next two months...
Liked On: 07-12-2025, 06:16 PM
When I took over my property in the Taranaki, I guess the previous owner had seen the goats as sellable and an extra cash income. Which I felt was a foolish perspective as they were for most of the...
Liked On: 07-12-2025, 06:14 PM
Nothing has changed, used to be picking up hay Western Bays Taupo hundreds of rabbits, pigs in the paddock as we drove around loading trucks. Unloading at a barn on the side of the road, rabbit...
Liked On: 07-12-2025, 06:08 PM
Nowadays I don't enjoy it. I like the animals to go to a good cause. Two properties we shoot wallabies on want us to cull deer as we go. Every time we both start off with a hiss and a roar but after...
Liked On: 07-12-2025, 06:05 PM
And so theres a theme emerging that guys can't bring themselves to shoot too waste. Which is I think the biggest thing holding back recreational hunters. It's admirable and not to be criticised....
Liked On: 07-12-2025, 06:05 PM
Part of my point, I should explain better, as This subject gets me irritated and I start to miss conclusions. Two of the players which control over half the land wild animals inhabit, and whose...
Liked On: 05-12-2025, 11:36 PM
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Liked On: 04-12-2025, 11:16 PM
The haste was a feature not a bug. They wanted to make most use of the emotion.
Liked On: 04-12-2025, 02:35 PM
'Why?' is my standard answer to 90% 0f queries about 'new' wildcats.
Liked On: 04-12-2025, 10:34 AM
I think Ryan is on to something here, I recently had an issue with a set of rings that were miss matched (brand new in packaging) which created same issue. Worth checking/measuring your rings to see...
Liked On: 04-12-2025, 08:06 AM
Rushed legislation is rarely high quality legislation.
Liked On: 04-12-2025, 07:58 AM