funny Ive just packed my pack for overnighter in what will be VERY cold conditions... I have some small tents but nothing really light... so Ive gone bivy bag and fly with single pole....cannot see...
Liked On: 09-06-2023, 06:05 PM
I would like to take the opportunity to formally extend an apology to the general forum community. I have at times been a little pointed and abrupt about issues that could have been dealt with a...
Liked On: 29-05-2023, 09:47 PM
When I was a NZ Mountain Safety Council bushcraft instructor, a weekend course was organised for instructors. It was in May, and during a wet weekend. The course was based in a residential camp....
Liked On: 25-05-2023, 01:47 PM
Inspired by 57jL post about his near death experience, I too had a close call in March this year with a hunting accident (call it a navigational slip-up if you like) that I thought I should share. ...
Liked On: 24-05-2023, 01:58 PM
Well, thanks to the great kindness of a fellow forum member who I had not met previously, I now have the loan of a grunty 8kva job that runs the washing machine etc etc without blinking an eye. ...
Liked On: 21-05-2023, 09:27 PM
V8’s are very green. They run on recycled dinosaurs.
Liked On: 19-05-2023, 07:18 PM
Interesting concept. Limited towing rating is going to limit how many people end up going the hybrid/EV way for future utes and SUV's vs sticking with combustion engines. I can see the fun people...
Liked On: 19-05-2023, 07:17 PM
man that made me flinch just reading that.....your a tough bugger to pull through that one OK... good on you for writing up about it,sure makes a fella think about the risks we take....I made vow to...
Liked On: 14-05-2023, 10:31 PM
no,Rushy it is still out there with my cell phone PLB GPS sika caller survival blankets string that I could have used to make a support to brace my leg up with 2 more cigarette lighters and my...
Liked On: 14-05-2023, 10:29 PM
Flew into the bush with my old mate to one of those Heliseka private hut blocks for a week's holiday down the Mohaka to chase Sika around in circles and catch a trout or 2. We landed unpacked our...
Liked On: 14-05-2023, 10:24 PM
Arthur’s Pass hard hunt The tikka 284 was complaining in the gun safe and I needed a South Island mission. I’d always wanted to hunt the Savannah range after looking across too it many years...
Liked On: 24-04-2023, 02:09 PM
Vacuum bags for back steaks from the freezing works work quite well, they are long enough to bunch the tops in your hand around groin level, after you have crossed the stream you put a stone in them...
Liked On: 19-04-2023, 01:17 PM
Thanks again for the advice team. Four days in the Lewis Tops got me what I was after. This was the oldest stag of many seen, and the only metric I was concerned about. Holding a large group of...
Liked On: 11-04-2023, 01:59 PM
I reckon NZ needs to step up the penalties for illegal hunting, fishing, diving etc my understanding is its very hard to prosecture / police have little resources to spare for dealing with this kind...
Liked On: 31-03-2023, 12:44 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: 23-03-2023, 08:15 AM