At Last. A comp that favors old age and those of a stout figure. Old age: Superior sledging skills Possessed of sufficient cunning to use most powerfull wind bucking rifle Letting young-uns go...
Liked On: 11-09-2024, 08:03 PM
I want to use a thermal because I'm a shit hunter who hasn't shot a deer in his last 5 outings. They are great for giving you a direction to point your binos and give you an idea if it is worth...
Liked On: 11-09-2024, 07:40 PM
I’m over the tyranny of the collective trying to control my recreation. They can but out. If something is legal then it falls to my individual choices on how I proceed. And I will worry about what...
Liked On: 11-09-2024, 07:39 PM
That seems like an unusually libertarian-esque opinion from you Mr Tahr You're learning! Sorry, just being cheeky
Liked On: 11-09-2024, 07:36 PM
Im not so lacking in independence and judgement that I will allow my hunting ethical decisions to be led by a collection of edicts from people I neither know or who's judgement I might not respect....
Liked On: 11-09-2024, 07:35 PM
How do you "do some shooting" with a hand held thermal????
Liked On: 11-09-2024, 07:31 PM
I don’t think there is a line. Ethical hunting belongs to the individual, not to the hunting community. But we should all obey the law.
Liked On: 11-09-2024, 07:29 PM
The ghosts,are one bonus with thermal...you SHOULD be able to find them before they spot you.
Liked On: 11-09-2024, 07:19 PM
We come across them quite regularly down around that area. Even saw 3 inside the camp jumping around earlier in the year.
Liked On: 09-09-2024, 04:20 PM
I saw a wallaby at the mouth in February, dog pointed it out to me which I thought was strange as he only finds/points deer but he had never seen a wallaby before, he went into the scrub on the way...
Liked On: 09-09-2024, 04:20 PM
I guess if social media was around when rifle scopes first arrived on the hunting scene there would have been a similar discussion about the ethical use of scopes?
Liked On: 09-09-2024, 04:16 PM
Thermals, just another tool that can be used to great effect or missued depending on the context and operator. From seeing videos captured from mates thermal scope used for culling it's pretty easy...
Liked On: 09-09-2024, 04:16 PM
NZAHAA is the NZ Antique and Historical Arms Association , ok then what the hell does a antique and historical arms outfit , need , want , anything to do with thermal scopes ? , or am I missing...
Liked On: 08-09-2024, 11:30 PM
Always been the same with spotlight shot deer...it's not really a trophy....sort of deal. The hard won small set of antlers means so much more than the one that you "cheated" to acquire. It's almost...
Liked On: 08-09-2024, 10:58 AM
Quick update from me, despite the 0830 start time shooting didn't start till around 1530 due to dangerous wind conditions and then torrential rain. Once we were given a saftey brief we spilt off...
Liked On: 08-09-2024, 09:39 AM