Hey guys. Just thought I'd share a nice shot I got of a chamois on a hunt end of last winter. Was a pretty bloody awesome moment in the silent snowfall just both looking around. Didn't take a shot....
Liked On: 22-01-2024, 07:06 PM
Buy a .22lr and about 1000 rounds. Play around with it, shoot at range, shoot in wind, shoot prone and standing until they're all gone. Then buy a 6.5crd, .308, whatever takes your fancy. Get it...
Liked On: 21-01-2024, 08:53 AM
I am of the opinion that any of experience is a learning opportunity. My biggest life lessons have all come from doing something stupid and learning from it. I have been sporadically working on...
Liked On: 18-01-2024, 10:28 PM
Long time reader and one very excited gent with his first story to post. After a few paid farm hunts and getting reasonably comfortable with the rifle and a bit of hunting experience under the...
Liked On: 17-01-2024, 11:05 AM
Have been out hunting a grand total of one time since moving back to Oamaru last June so I decided bugger it I'm going for a nosey no matter what last Thursday. The weather was forecast to be bloody...
Liked On: 14-01-2024, 10:51 AM
Hey guys, Thought I'd do a little write up / may be something to look back on in the years to come. Hatched a plan with my brother to have a wee little mission into the Ruahines to try another...
Liked On: 14-01-2024, 10:49 AM
I'd like to introduce Carsten (the tall guy with grey hair :-) ) and myself with a few pictures. The joint hunting photo is actually a few years old, taken during a trip to Turkey. Here are some...
Liked On: 12-01-2024, 11:01 AM
Hi all, Recently tidied up my tikka m695 in 270 win. Sanded, filled and sealed the original wooden stock. Killed the ever worsening rust spots and put some emergency cold blue on it. I...
Liked On: 09-01-2024, 09:14 PM
I caught this stag in the open at dawn. I sneaked in to where I could get a good shot of him. Turns out I didnt have my camera! But I did have a bit of paper and a stub of pencil so I did a lightning...
Liked On: 08-01-2024, 01:46 PM
Fought this problem for a while - have worn glasses since about age 5 or 6 (bad astigmatism / short sighted). never knew otherwise. Went to progressive glasses around age 40 as vision deteriorated...
Liked On: 05-01-2024, 10:23 AM
Went to the range to try a cold clean bore shot from my Sako Creedmoor today. I fired 1 shot from a cold clean barrel then a second shot straight after it. The DPT is MOA so 3" at 300M pretty happy...
Liked On: 02-01-2024, 12:32 PM
Except when you’re nine and starting out it’s more like “ If it’s brown - it’s down “. Just had two nights away. 20 plus deer seen. 3 shot. 2 missed. Cooking on fires and camping out. Doesn’t get any...
Liked On: 31-12-2023, 08:47 AM
If you're prepared to drive a couple of hours north (Parua Bay, Whangarei), I could potentially take you out to the Hen & Chicks on Boxing Day. It would have to be a very early start though, as in...
Liked On: 27-12-2023, 09:41 AM
Determination drove me back to NZ, I just knew a bull was achievable, so the first thing I did after setting up camp was to start the process from the beginning. Put my felt blanked up, used a field...
Liked On: 27-12-2023, 05:55 AM
H239245nothing a bit of leather can't fix.
Liked On: 21-12-2023, 05:33 AM