Touchy subject this for some people , Here’s my story and take on it , I started deer stalking in the mid eighties and there was a lot less animals around then than there are today , and it was not...
Liked On: 18-04-2020, 09:09 PM
In my mid 20's I hired a guide to take me deer hunting. I'd been hunting rabbits and goats for a few years but always wanted to step up to deer. Nobody in my family hunted, I was the exception to the...
Liked On: 18-04-2020, 09:08 PM
Using a Guide is no different than any other "professional" service you might use. You are paying for the things/skills you don't have or aren't likely to require except occaisionally. Hobbys are...
Liked On: 18-04-2020, 08:50 PM
I haven't used a guide at any point. Happy to do the slow learn myself. Took me ages to shoot my first deer. Turned out I learned heaps in the process and they came thick and fast after the first. ...
Liked On: 18-04-2020, 08:46 PM
So a few weeks ago Craigc and I flew into a Kaweka hut. The afternoon of arriving I walked about 15 km (and shot a yearling). I did that amount of walking every day for 4 days. On the last day my 71...
Liked On: 18-04-2020, 08:45 PM
Oh ffs , this thread doesn't need another argument of public vs paid , if someone wants to pay for a hunt or to shoot a trophy good on them who gives a flying fuck there's so many different people...
Liked On: 18-04-2020, 08:39 PM
if I had 1 dollar for all the promised fishing trips I have had working on peoples boats then I would never need my own boat, There are only a very select few now on whose equipment I will work...
Liked On: 18-04-2020, 11:13 AM
a newbie hunter,who doesnt know anyone who will take them out....will learn more from a paid hunt with a half decent guide than they will by DIY over half a dozen hunts.... and agree 100% with mikee...
Liked On: 18-04-2020, 11:10 AM
True but most have limited time available for "recreational activities" by the time we all meet other responsibilities in life. If you only have a week (or 2) a year available to go hunting then I...
Liked On: 18-04-2020, 11:10 AM
The Duley's have an excellent hunting ethic, they go out of their way to make a top TV show from their adventures. And they are pretty switched on regarding game management, the whole hunting scene,...
Liked On: 13-04-2020, 11:00 AM
I'm not sure I don't think there are any Thar in Sweden so the Bullet might not know what to do. Try shooting at some Thar pictures first,see what happens. 6.5x55 is heaps,thousands of...
Liked On: 13-04-2020, 10:52 AM
Some of you need to hit the gym.
Liked On: 12-04-2020, 10:51 AM
Crown looks fine to me as far as I can tell from the pic. Unless it wasnt cut true from manufacture I doubt it is the problem. For crown to be faulty or damaged it has to provide uneven gas. You...
Liked On: 10-04-2020, 10:01 PM
working cockers and working springers don't have 1% of the health issues labs can have.
Liked On: 08-04-2020, 07:18 PM
keyboard warrior aye. Been hunting for 30 years, 25 with firearm. I started this post, if you did nt like it. You didnt have to reply to it. Show some basic human respect for others. Have a nice wet...
Liked On: 07-04-2020, 12:42 PM