Some of you might be interested in this. I spend three days in the bush and install a forum brought fire in my big canvas tent. Night one I cook roast lamb, kumera, red onions, carrots, peas and...
Liked On: 08-04-2023, 07:48 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: 08-04-2023, 07:47 PM
Went for our first overnighter with my 4 year old son, along with a mate and his 4 year old daughter. Was a nice cruisey hunt - the focus being on making it an enjoyable time for the two youngsters,...
Liked On: 08-04-2023, 07:47 PM
A hind I shot first light Thursday morning. 70ydz. 69 tmk. Dropped like a stone 217001 Shot this spiker last night. 7:40pm. 240 yds. 69 tmk. 2 steps and feet in the air :) 217002
Liked On: 18-02-2023, 06:16 PM
Quite a few of the cullers run 12" to 14" barrels and they shoot a fair amount of animals so 16" be fine. Mine is 15" or so and have no trouble shooting deer with it. Even out at 300 plus yards seem...
Liked On: 13-02-2023, 10:11 PM
Another one for the Tikka with the 77gr Sierra. Dog indicated it was over a small rise, popped over and it was standing 40 meters away in some native...
Liked On: 12-02-2023, 06:07 PM
Easy to imagine happening to yourself. I wondercif they had an inreach or mobile coverage to explain so they brought the hydraulic equipment first trip. Maybe a couple of car jacks would have been...
Liked On: 01-02-2023, 07:13 AM
Not much of a hunting story really. Left home at 6:30pm last night. We walked half and hour from a road end on heavily hunted DOC land. The wind was perfect to stalk a clearing I go to from time to...
Liked On: 18-01-2023, 07:08 AM
Hi all, Been lurking on here a bit but never posted anything good so thought I'd start! If the formatting is bad I apologise. Spring had been a disappointment. I hadn’t spent nearly...
Liked On: 18-01-2023, 07:07 AM
Out and about. Some pics (and something for stug to look at to help with the boredom). This was a good omen. 214582 I shot this at 340 yards with the 6.5x55. It was trying to make good its...
Liked On: 18-01-2023, 07:06 AM
With some of the good weather of the holidays, managed to get out on the central plateau for a wander with the rifle, hoping to bump into a young sika for the BBQ. I left the car in a crowded car...
Liked On: 18-01-2023, 07:04 AM
I'm at my wife's aunt's place in the Coromandel for a visit with the family. I took the rifle because the aunty's told many stories about pigs ripping up her orchard. I've done a couple of...
Liked On: 18-01-2023, 07:04 AM
I ran one on my old 300blk AR They are good for thick stuff and spook and shoot, but you do lose quite a bit of versatility over an lpvo. Had a couple of times where I let animals walk that I...
Liked On: 11-01-2023, 06:46 PM
In what has become an annual tradition mopheadrob, uk_exile and I headed in on a 4-day hunt into the Puketeraki area. 3 years ago on this trip, I shot a deer using mopheadrob's rifle but could not...
Liked On: 06-01-2023, 11:23 AM
These are the first 2 deer that I shot and sold. I was 21 It was in the head waters of the Mangahao in the Tararuas. About 5 hour walk to where I shot them. The rifle is a Brno .222. I shoulder...
Liked On: 06-01-2023, 11:23 AM