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I hear you, having kids made me re-evaluate a lot of the calls I was making.

poncho, down jacket, emergency blanket, block of chocolate and beeswax fire starters for me. I camped on the lawn without a fire in my hunting gear on a 6 degree night and while it sucked I didn't...

I do 99% of my hunting solo and it does change things a bit.

not so much the big stuff but the little stuff. if I have a partner and one of us rolls an ankle then the other can take extra weight...

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250m, off the backpack from sitting, first two shots of the day.

second shot was a follow up ASAP

Stone glacier, from the talk willie gave at hunting and fishing the other week.
dunno what happened but it sounded like there may have been a bit of bad blood there.

What's a good setup for a split hunting party? I've got a couple of cheap jaycar specials I've had for years which are nice and light, but only get about 150-200m under ideal conditions, more like 50...

I notice forest and bird aren't offering to pony up any money for pest control if the wapiti foundation can't do it.

if you do it all day every day your body soon adapts. heat conditioning is very real, when I was on the tools working in the freezing cold or incredible heat i never felt it because I was in it all...

I chuck a couple of spoonfulls of poweraide powder in the bladder and make sure i have some 1000mg magnesium tablets in the first aid kit.

that scan of the homebrew looks legit, will give it a go.

Prion based disease is a well known thing. we have mad cow, kuru disease, scrapie. all of which have been documented from times when genetic engineering meant you were good with your hands like your...

I have a mythic 600, because I get bloody cold when i sleep.

awesome bags but be aware that I'm 6'1 112kg and i wouldn't want to be any bigger. if you're a big unit I'd see if you could drop by...

https://www.mountainwarehouse.com/nz/microlite-1400-sleeping-bag-p13096.aspx/blue/

zero degree synthetic bag for $100. not the lightest, but damn good.

I was there about two weeks ago and they have eftpos now.

bought a bunch of kuiu ultras, $65 retail, $10 each as factory seconds then a bundle of odd socks from their $2.50 bin

I've just clocked over 2500k on my ebike, I'll second what folks above said.
If you're using the motor as a supplement to your own sweat they're great, if you're using it as an electric motorcycle...

Macpac A3s for me

Another for macpac down. If you can pick it up on sale it's a good warmth/wind layer.

Fair warning, I always sweat like a mad bastard in mine if I'm moving, they don't really breathe so unless...

So I injured my ankle out for a walk alongside the Ashley river a while back, fortunately I had phone reception.

My wife has zero map reading ability so trying to get her to pick me up was a...

I use the legs off an old wetsuit cut just over the knees. Nice and quiet.

Anyone been in to Kirwans/Montgomerie recently? last time I was in, mid last year, the area had been getting bombed up, mostly for goats. I'm looking at heading in for a freezer filler before the...

NZDA out by the airport, I forget when the public days are but they usually have one or two a month

I was walking out with a pig on my shoulders and I met some Chinese tourists coming the other way, turned into a long breather for me while they all took photos of it and gave it a pat.

worst...

mountain warehouse has some excellent gear for the price.

the Vespex does do a number on the wasps but where we go damn they're bad.

I'm slowly starting to become allergic to the shits so my summer hunting is pretty curtailed.

I'll happily ping rabbits out to 100m with the pard 800s.

Biggest thing I'd say is either your monocle or your scope must have a range finder.

Oxfords a busy wee place for both hunters and hikers.

I've parked at the start of the warfdale, at either end of the blowhard, no issues.

Make sure you've packed your high viz, every time I've...