Our neighbour is 97 now I think. Still very sharp. 30-40 years of hunting trips into Fiordland amongst it all. I love it when I bump into him and he's in a chatty mood and I get a story out of him....
Liked On: 19-10-2021, 07:15 AM
100 percent NZ wool. :)
Liked On: 18-10-2021, 08:12 PM
I think you might need to see a doctor as your sounding delusional
Liked On: 18-10-2021, 04:20 PM
Tough season in the Wairarapa. The high country is still pretty bleak. The deer are starting to poke around on the lower country but some of them are still in winter condition.
Liked On: 18-10-2021, 01:15 PM
I think the correct answer is who gives a shit, how are you going to carry a deer out the bush then if the weight of a rifle is hurting your feelings.
Liked On: 18-10-2021, 08:08 AM
Wouldnt have a clue what any of my rifles weight. When it comes the time when my arms are going fall off carrying a rifle a few hours might be the time i deem them to be too heavy. Until that time...
Liked On: 18-10-2021, 08:08 AM
Bugger! TM price is double and then some. Should have chosen a different calibre [emoji15] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Liked On: 17-10-2021, 07:46 AM
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Liked On: 17-10-2021, 07:38 AM
The yanks like to call them “Goats”…….first time I ever hunted them ,I let a dozen go by ……felt pretty bloody stupid,I was looking for the “kiwi type” goats……
Liked On: 17-10-2021, 07:32 AM
No problem, barrel length has very little if any effect on stability Prime example is the ,38/.357 mag S&W barrels are 1:18 3/4" twist they will stabilise 195 grain bullets with barrels 2" to 8...
Liked On: 16-10-2021, 07:15 PM
Don't load for it but I'd buy what ever is available....?? 7RM boys will be along shortly
Liked On: 16-10-2021, 03:18 PM
Seems like a long time ago now (and it was really), but shootin pigs and deer ( an possums and goats) to supplement the meagre wages was just a natural thing to do. As a a young fella full of...
Liked On: 16-10-2021, 10:44 AM
A good title for your thread Micky Duck. This is one of the men that I will always remember as a “real good man” – Henry Irwin who lived in the bush behind Tokomaru just south of Palmerston North –...
Liked On: 15-10-2021, 06:51 PM
I shot deer for a good part of my income for a couple of years during the 70's. I left shepherding to do it and casual mustering & shearing, and the first deer I shot I got more than a week's...
Liked On: 15-10-2021, 05:03 PM
Well pictures, it wasn't what I expected. I wonder if I should redo the picture with another set of hands. I haven't taken a lot over the last 3years and out that as well as shaking trying to hold...
Liked On: 15-10-2021, 08:14 AM