New to 223 myself and after some deliberation I bought a Howa 1500. Proving a good choice. Sound engineering, adjustable trigger, excellent accuracy. In our team there are four 223s - Savage,...
Liked On: 14-11-2021, 08:08 PM
Yep this sums it up very well. 3 stations I have hunted on have resorted to shooting to waste, just as a control measure. One owner said that this was the first time in 5 generations they have had...
Liked On: 08-11-2021, 08:34 PM
why can't our hunting and shooting forum be more like this, instead of politics and doomsdayers.... Well done, that man.
Liked On: 01-11-2021, 08:00 PM
When lambing is over and some grass is growing 2 things happen - I'm allowed back into my farm spots and the cockies start complaining about the number of deer they are seeing. So last Thursday I...
Liked On: 25-10-2021, 12:43 PM
I think the best book about the chopper era is Mike Bennett’s “The Venison Hunters” (a widely held opinion to be fair). But another good one that seems to fly under the radar is Dave Ratcliffe’s “An...
Liked On: 14-10-2021, 10:06 PM
Good result. I'm pleased your like me and use a 2 litre container to catch 4 litres :thumbsup:
Liked On: 13-10-2021, 09:04 PM
Better than sitting on the couch though and wishing to be young again.. I hunt 99% of the time on my own not counting dog's. Have carried a locator beacon for last 5 years. 5 odd years carrying a pig...
Liked On: 16-09-2021, 08:17 PM
Greetings Micky and All, It is not the O2 in the lungs that keeps the deer going but the O2 in the blood. A fast bleeding shot to the lungs runs the blood pressure down quickly. A slow bleeding shot...
Liked On: 08-09-2021, 08:36 PM
In the days when I trapped possums for a living in the mid seventies, early eighties a faithful Mercator with it's Solingen steel blade was the only knife in the game, to sharpen them we used a round...
Liked On: 07-09-2021, 11:05 PM
@ Micky Duck here is a cautionary and timely tale about the 308 When we moved to level 3 and after a long period not hunting due to illness I took off for a day hunt on private land as L3 allows...
Liked On: 07-09-2021, 10:35 PM
After talking with FWF over the past year or so, they've stressed that they should be the ones doing the culling, not hunters in the ballot, so didn't want to encourage people to try and do that work...
Liked On: 07-09-2021, 09:07 PM
Great show look forward to the rest. Some awesome filming. The effort you guys put in carting filming gear plus your own gear in that rugged country sure makes me want to be young again, thanks again...
Liked On: 07-09-2021, 09:07 PM
It looks like most people in this thread's understanding of ballistic physics is even more sketchy than the movies. Mimms posts aside, there is some real holes in response thus far. Also -...
Liked On: 06-09-2021, 08:23 PM
Gun rack bring them in at a fair price, and saves all the hassle Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Liked On: 31-08-2021, 12:19 PM
It's often been my experience with regard to female shooters too and for the very reasons you mentioned.
Liked On: 26-08-2021, 08:47 PM