Thread: The real Red Skin

My zkw 22 hornet. It's my all round rifle at present, I'm about to run out of ready mades but have 600 hammer in 33gr waiting to be loaded. I never know what will pop up here, there's fallow, hog deer and sambar, perhaps the odd red but I haven't spotted any as yet. A few burly boxers around too, 6ft tall.

What sort of BC and velocity ae you expecting to get from the 33gr?
I see a hornet in my future. just not sure if it's a 20 or 22 cal.

lovely looking spot

I didnt think you had foxes in NZ?

Originally Posted by Oldbloke

I didnt think you had foxes in NZ?

He is currently in Australia


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That's good, DOC would be shitting themselves!

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

lovely looking spot

Believe it or not, there is a spot just like it in Woodhill Forest. I did a double take, then a triple take when I saw the fox

Originally Posted by MB

That's good, DOC would be shitting themselves!

You might know about the furore that erupted when someone found deer prints on the beach of Kapiti Island a few years back
DOC got an old tracker in to look at them and he drily remarked
"He won't get too far, he's only got one leg"
Turned out that some smartarse hunter had cut a deer leg off one he'd shot then taken the trouble to get out to the island beach and leave tracks up and down just for shits and giggles..

Originally Posted by ZQLewis

What sort of BC and velocity ae you expecting to get from the 33gr?
I see a hornet in my future. just not sure if it's a 20 or 22 cal.

I won't worry about long range, maybe 150 Max. Should get 3000 fps.

Nice one. Used to enjoy chasing them around in WA - good fun when you outsmart them with the whistle.

Beautiful skins on them by the looks!

Originally Posted by Hayden C

Nice one. Used to enjoy chasing them around in WA - good fun when you outsmart them with the whistle.

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Pity they don't have too many other critters there to hunt. Still good fun on them foxes. I haven't tried whistling as yet and at 50 for a piece of tin at the local sports store I wasn't in any hurry but it seems that they are easy to make, so as soon as I get back here I'll start manufacturing my own.
Sending you a pm.

Tenterfield whistles are a POP to make. Just google it.

Fox whistling certainly is fun. I was doing OK for a long time, but lately they seem a lot more cagey where I am and getting hard to nail.

Shoot what you please, but bear in mind if you're going to post pics online that it isn't hog deer season and even on private they're protected this time of year.