Hand held thermal. A shitty old Guide but it does the job. I’m the thoroughly modern man. But old.
Liked On: 02-02-2024, 06:27 PM
even when we were culling we had days like that - towards end of targeting block for our 3 month stint in scrub we could get down to one or two goats or deer in a week - a lot of days carefully...
Liked On: 01-02-2024, 08:43 AM
Those experiences enhance the richness of outdoor life and are very normal. Over time a hunter or fisherman will accumulate conciously or even unconciously an association of time, food sources,...
Liked On: 01-02-2024, 07:38 AM
Try Northern Houto - Pigs are demolishing the place, trails and trails of smash up Kauri Snails, farmer on the boundary is in love with pigs and lets them eat his lambs and wont let anyone near the...
Liked On: 31-01-2024, 10:35 PM
Have done similar when hunting. Get to a point where you've had enough and drop your guard on walk out making too much noise etc only to spook an animal that would have been a sitter had you been...
Liked On: 31-01-2024, 10:34 PM
Can just about bring myself to post this. Spent 8 hours in the bush yesterday. Saw nothing, no fresh sign until right at the end of my walk, then came face-to-face with a young goat. I got tangled in...
Liked On: 31-01-2024, 10:34 PM
FFS this thread goes on. Use what projectile you’re comfortable with and can get these days. Have used Speer ‘hot core’ 150gr mostly for forty-five years in 308 on hundreds of animals, admittedly...
Liked On: 31-01-2024, 10:22 PM
You can play what if until the cows come home, but having used a 22.250 for years I'd shoot a "tough" animal in the neck, or through the ribs and into the lungs. Just like the not tough ones, both...
Liked On: 31-01-2024, 10:22 PM
Podcast watching?too busy cutting up venison.By
Liked On: 31-01-2024, 10:17 PM
My girlfreind uses the same bullet at about the same speed. Nothing fancy, just puts it in the shoulder, havent seen one walk away yet. A couple of times theres been a hole through both shoulders,...
Liked On: 31-01-2024, 10:16 PM
At what stage of successfully killing the deer would you consider that the bullet failed?
Liked On: 31-01-2024, 10:16 PM
I can add nothing to the good advice given above. I've seen wallabies every time I've been in the bush around Rotorua. https://i.ibb.co/PwBj2rq/IMG-1131-2.jpg
Liked On: 31-01-2024, 10:15 PM
That looks like a very handy little rifle.
Liked On: 31-01-2024, 10:15 PM
I think it says " please go to our web site and read safety instructions before use "
Liked On: 29-01-2024, 07:54 AM
There's been a bit of internal debate as to whether or not to write up this rambling through the jungle. Things didn’t exactly go to plan, or in a way that ethically I was happy with. This...
Liked On: 28-01-2024, 11:24 PM