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Ouch. Not good.

More old pics from the meat days...

Puketois

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Tararua head

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Respect. Thats the thing isn't it. On here no one knows anything about anyone. We just make assumptions on the here and now statements. Tells us nothing.

All this time, and now your humility and sense of humour shines through.

And I thought that you were just a one trick Targex and Barnes junkie. Shame on me :)

Im flattered to think that anyone would be interested, but nah, thats not me really. When I left the farm after 20 years I got into academic stuff and uni lecturing so Ive pretty much had my fill of...

Great memories eh. I had shot a few ( 12 maybe) before the deer in the pics but they were the first ones I sold.

Yeah, for some reason we thought the 222 was magic :)

I worked on Wainui Trust just down the road. In trees now.
He used to make drink concoctions called "how's your father". Would drink them with the Lochinvar shepherds. Killers (of me and the pay...

Thanks. Yes the back steaks are still attached to the pin bones and folded down through the bum cavity. The skin keeps them clean.

Thats true. Ruahines. The bullet went exactly into its ear hole, but we never found the bullet. Not sure where the story finding it on its tongue came from. It was around 400 yards. The last time I...

Yes. The local NZDA branch were agin it and I got a cold shoulder from the older blokes.

Those 2 I remember my pack was something around 90lb and the walk was 5 hours, but broken by a night at a biv.
The hardest carry was a a deer out of the Pouranaki onto the Rangi tops and to the car...

I get a few jibes on here about hunting private land mainly now. I can understand why 'cos its what they hear and see of me - but I really busted my arse on public land for longer than the nay-sayers...

it was a Brno 601 with a rosewood forend and a barrel band sling attachment. It had been stolen from a sportshop in Wanganui and recovered so I got it a bit cheaper. It was a honey. It had the the...

These are the first 2 deer that I shot and sold. I was 21 It was in the head waters of the Mangahao in the Tararuas. About 5 hour walk to where I shot them.

The rifle is a Brno .222. I shoulder...