Thread: 18 months of hunting

Originally Posted by R93

I just like giving them shit as they're so pedestrian.

I meat shot with a mate who ran one and we were always having to look for deer.... They were dead on their feet but always got away a bit when body shot.
Was a pain in the ass looking for them.

Had another mate who ran one for a while in Haast and changed because of the same reasons. They performed poorly over a large sample. Not just a handful of animals a year.
However in saying that, it was imo more due to projectile availability back then.
Heaps better projectiles available now.


Poo 43 is another story. I hate them with a passion as I owned one.

Don't care what projectiles you can get now for them, I just hate them. Cost me a lot of time and money over a few seasons persisting with one.

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243 :-(((
I had an awful run with that caliber too
But - the rifle I used was on its 3rd barrel and had shot over 1500 Reds in Ruahine Ranges
My mate who owned it and lent to me was a master with it - he reckoned I was shooting slightly back on chest shots heence the prob I had loosing - he sure didn't

We used 130gr Silver Tips in the 270 (think Winchester)
Maybe its also to do with Deer size - Pureora Deer aren't overly big (stags dressed out at 75 -110kg - Hinds 45-60kg)

Originally Posted by Sarvo

243 :-(((
I had an awful run with that caliber too
But - the rifle I used was on its 3rd barrel and had shot over 1500 Reds in Ruahine Ranges
My mate who owned it and lent to me was a master with it - he reckoned I was shooting slightly back on chest shots heence the prob I had loosing - he sure didn't

We used 130gr Silver Tips in the 270 (think Winchester)
Maybe its also to do with Deer size - Pureora Deer aren't overly big (stags dressed out at 75 -110kg - Hinds 45-60kg)

I can count on my hands how many deer I body shot when meat shooting.
No point as top money was clean shot and it still wasn't that good apart from the odd hike in prices.

Just hate them. Nothing will ever change that.

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Originally Posted by R93

I can count on my hands how many deer I body shot when meat shooting.
No point as top money was clean shot and it still wasn't that good apart from the odd hike in prices.

Just hate them. Nothing will ever change that.

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Apart from the fact I am no target shooter and mostly need to go for "largest" part - bush shooting seldom got a clear head/neck shot
Nearly always see an ear - but 9 times out 10 had to settle for shoulder as they mostly always knew you were there and they were spring loaded about to vanish.

I never did the shooting when lighting - just not good enough

Guess I'll have to replace the .270 with a .243...

Originally Posted by Frodo

Guess I'll have to replace the .270 with a .243...

Don't you dare !!