Last night .gathered a gang ...normal get a few drop offs ...this time every bugger arrived ...yarns aplenty..got a few flats , had beer and a bloody blast 218395 218396 218397 218398 218399...
Liked On: 10-03-2023, 01:24 PM
Shhh there's no deer on the island... Expect the doe with twins that hangs out on the end of the drive!!
Liked On: 10-03-2023, 09:21 AM
Same here. i have a 300wsm i use for tops hunting & even with the supressor its still a thumper. Id say 75% of the deer i have shot over the years were with a .223 . Sold it a while back intending to...
Liked On: 10-03-2023, 09:18 AM
100%. By no means take what we have done here as the be all and end all. Im hoping to shortly repeat the same process again, but have the whole carcass xrayd. The vet also suggested they could do...
Liked On: 10-03-2023, 07:22 AM
kotuku, I’m curious how many of these patients were off the older generation where they grew up in an environment in which they were exposed to lead on a regular basis. For example lead/copper water...
Liked On: 10-03-2023, 07:21 AM
This evening. 80 grn Targex. 150 & 200 yds. Lung shots. Neither went further than 10 yards. 218409 218410
Liked On: 10-03-2023, 07:18 AM
77 grn Tipped Sierra. 2930 fps from Standard Tikka. Just under surface on off side shoulder. 188 yds (big Red hind in pic above). Impressive. 217798
Liked On: 10-03-2023, 07:17 AM
veitnamcam Thanks. Just punched off, that's all :)
Liked On: 10-03-2023, 07:15 AM
This has been covered in another thread on here previously. I can remember stating that I’ve been regularly eating game meat recovered from animals shot with lead pellets or conventional cup and core...
Liked On: 09-03-2023, 07:52 PM
Made it to my mid 50's after eating rabbit/pheasant/partridge shot with lead probably twice a week from wo to 17 on the farm. That is without walking round for hours with half a dozen .22 air rifle...
Liked On: 09-03-2023, 07:51 PM
I'd like someone to provide quality data that clearly shows that hunters are dieing of lead poisoning. Bet I have a very long wait. .
Liked On: 09-03-2023, 07:50 PM
I would imagine a sst projectile would have a much higher chance of spreading parts of projectile further throughout the body of the animal compared to the likes of an eldm/x or interloc/corelokt etc...
Liked On: 09-03-2023, 07:49 PM
Noticed on one of the latest South Island rifle walkers videos on YouTube they missed a Chamois while resting the barrel on something and missed. I did wonder about that at the time of watching.
Liked On: 09-03-2023, 07:46 PM
As pictured 3.55kg ish
Liked On: 09-03-2023, 07:41 PM
or just leave it as a .303 brit and reload it up down n sideways to do what you want.... 123grn 7.62x39mm projectiles right up to 220grn cast give a hell of a lot of variety. you need to decide...
Liked On: 09-03-2023, 07:37 PM