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    Quote Originally Posted by hamsav View Post
    I like that rifle rest , beats me why I never did that , I just clamber off and use the existing rack
    yep muz (@quadhunter260 's) rest is the bees knees I have his old one which is just a single bar as you can see that works as well but no where as good as the bench rest style rest

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    there's a few pros to being on a bike the main one being you don't have to carry meat or gear or anything our rifles are pretty solid my main is a 6mmrem 26 inch trueflight UM barrel .75 at muzzle built on a tikka action and weighs in at about 10lb scoped with its 4-14 vx3 30mm poor @Rushy had to shoot it off hand the other day poor bastard quite funny to watch but

    muz's is a 260rem 24inch trueflight UM .85 at the muzzle built on an A-bolt and weighs around 11-12 lb scoped

    as we have rests on our quads we never off hand them anyway and we don't need to carry them so we are pretty much using bench rest rifles and they work wonders as sometimes you can't stalk for obvious reasons and need to take a longer shot......

    still I would trade it all in for a set of working legs and a short little bush gun.......... but hay it is what it is and we just have to make do as best we can.....

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    Wonderfull to see all you physically challenged guys not letting the restrictions hold you back which shows how much we can adapt to changed circumstances, All the best for the up coming op & hope it,s a success, with many more enjoyable hunts to come.

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    Good comments about the rifle setups Rambo, makes a lot of sense.

    Stumpy. once your new leg is ready to roll, lemme know, either Akatarawa (there is access your side and mine) or Aorangi. I'll be happy to drag whatever you shoot back to the quad
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    cheers ebf ...im expecting with the new surgery and the stupid expensive knee that I will able to be a lot more agile and way less fatiqued than before .....
    I want thank all on here who have offered help and ideas , ... and good on the guys with CP ...
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    @stumpy will you be able to get off the quad and walk a bit? just thinking you may be ok with some bush stalking as long as the terrain isn't too bad you may be able to use your bike to get somewhere promising then put small stalks in on foot?
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    @stumpy we have met... Pistol club
    I'll introduce myself when I'm back in NZ and we'll sus something.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rambo-6mmrem View Post
    yep muz (@quadhunter260 's) rest is the bees knees I have his old one which is just a single bar as you can see that works as well but no where as good as the bench rest style rest
    Was a cardboard box last time out...
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    Quote Originally Posted by moonhunt View Post
    Was a cardboard box last time out...
    what ever works at the time
    another option

    for a quad rest however better with a tool box not a jury rigged fuel can but was a last moment adjustment

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    Quote Originally Posted by moonhunt View Post
    Was a cardboard box last time out...
    yep ya smartarse

    im going to be trailing a toolbox/bipod combo next hopefully abit more flexiable depending on situation
    Turns out i was stronger than my demons/issues led me to belive

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    Heh Stumpy just read your post real inspirational mate, its tough in those hills. I had polio at 4months old lost the calf muscle in my right leg, so itsa bit wobbly. However i have been hunting since i was 18 and managed the hills with one leg doing the work. Since the mid 90s i have hunted around the Gisborne area with the help of two mates and a trx 400 quad. These quys have been awesome and have realy enable me to get to places that got amongst the deer. I have sold the quad as work commitments overtook the hunting unfortunately. Since then have got into jetski fishing which has been really good and easy to do For people with disabilites this a good sport, being a reasonable swimmer would help, theres a good club in auckland called Jetski Fishing run by Andrew Hill. . However I was thinking about getting another quad and getting back into the hunting again while the mobility is still good.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hamsav View Post
    Im about to loose mine above the knee , after 5 years and 21 opps I think I might be better off with out it ..........dunno
    Thatcould well be. Iwas run over by a truck when I was a kid of 5yrs. They saved half my foot but there was debris ground into the bone and soft tissue and I had some really bad infections, heaps more skin grafts an reductions till, in the end, I was in hospital yet again, and asked the surgeon to whack it off. He didwith a particular method and I"ve now got no left foot but also no problems with it.But I'm amazed they haven't been able to plate and pin your femur, mate Have you had infections or osteomyelitis in it?

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    some crazy xrays i missed this post 1st time round

    update?
    have you managed to get out much?

 

 

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