Hi guys, some of you may remember my post about my plans to restore my grandads rifle I inherited last year. Thanks to some inspiration from forum member Williamfga restoring his own model 70 I...
Liked On: 08-02-2024, 06:06 AM
She should. At one point I had several to shoot at from an offhand position, I thought I had 2 for her to retrieve in the open with maybe 1 other at a burrow entrance. Sent her for 1 which she...
Liked On: 07-02-2024, 10:17 AM
Hey. I've been following this guy for a few weeks now. He (no confidence it is actually he or she but I've named him Murray) lives on my mandarin tree in the garden. I first found him moulting under...
Liked On: 03-02-2024, 08:46 PM
Sayes the man who rides a horse Lives in a tent Cooks over a fire Wipes his arse with leaves Has never visited a Dentist. Live in the past or dont bother.
Liked On: 31-01-2024, 11:25 AM
My light rifle for bush hunting purchased 1977 has 850 kills here and Australia. Empty 2.62 kg, 44 mag. 242628
Liked On: 31-01-2024, 11:06 AM
242709 When starting out it always pays to consider how much you can do with as little as possible. More often than not, there are financial constraints on young beginners but also pressure to buy...
Liked On: 29-01-2024, 04:20 PM
There's been a bit of internal debate as to whether or not to write up this rambling through the jungle. Things didn’t exactly go to plan, or in a way that ethically I was happy with. This...
Liked On: 28-01-2024, 04:44 PM
Well it's taken longer than I planned, but the camper is getting close now. One of the Queenstown Go Orange buses built back around 2019, that got laid up coz of Covid. I picked it up in '21 with...
Liked On: 27-01-2024, 05:15 PM
This one of Moa Hunter came out okay. I had to adjust it to pick up his dog Skye in the gloom though 242400
Liked On: 25-01-2024, 12:22 PM
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