I had a cool encounter with a hind just before dark last night. She knew something was up but approached to about 20m of me and then walked off straight past our tent. 264684 264685 264686
Liked On: 08-12-2024, 07:48 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KU8z9f-o2c&t=14s
Liked On: 08-12-2024, 07:46 PM
88gr ELD-M from my 22 creedmoor this morning. Impact velocity of around 2750fps. Went in on right side, blew three ribs apart and took out the heart. Quick dash and dead. .223 would have been the...
Liked On: 08-12-2024, 05:37 PM
Happy hunter with a Sky Guide 7900 on a 10 day wilderness hunt, we needed the space 264634
Liked On: 08-12-2024, 04:19 PM
Yes those TA trampers are costing the taxpayer - quite common for yearly rescues due to a number of mishaps with their lightweight style of tramping in NZ. Lending them your cooker for a meal - how...
Liked On: 08-12-2024, 06:54 AM
22's are notorious for ricochets and more so over summer when the ground gets harder. That's another reason why I like the 17 HMR... BUT... never assume anything and always think about where your...
Liked On: 07-12-2024, 09:10 PM
264590 Very hot and dry today out for a bush hunt someone had the same idea as me to head for a nice cool gully...
Liked On: 07-12-2024, 06:32 PM
Took the rifle out to the NZDA range this morning, the return to zero is originally set to about 4" above 100m by my BIL, I've now reset it to 1.5" above 100m. Pretty happy with where it's at...
Liked On: 07-12-2024, 06:31 PM
Please don't suggest sika hunting in the Russell Forest, a sure path to disillusionment for a new hunter,. Yes, there are fallow on South Head, but there is no public land hunting. There is the...
Liked On: 07-12-2024, 06:43 AM
Having "operated" (basically Ive been the only person brave or stupid enough to put out a schedule of events) the old NRA range here for nearly 10 years now after having been a hunter for 50 plus...
Liked On: 06-12-2024, 09:53 PM
Well done men. If you can cross the river safely theres a power of country to hunt. Plenty of animals but not to many big bulls. Now and again there are a few deer floating around the river flats as...
Liked On: 06-12-2024, 11:04 AM
Yes the Aussie girls had a gps and PLB, where we were was part of the Te Aroroa trail, interesting enough they asked us had we seen any helicopters in the area as supposedly there had been 7 rescues...
Liked On: 06-12-2024, 11:04 AM
After probably close to 20 years of talking about going for a Tahr hunt ,an old hunting mate and I both turned 65 this year, so we need to stop talking and get our ass into gear. So after asking for...
Liked On: 06-12-2024, 11:02 AM
Test264509 I guess that works ok…
Liked On: 06-12-2024, 07:19 AM
I mean a real place 🤣
Liked On: 06-12-2024, 07:18 AM