Thread: Rookie mistakes!

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Take a spare shear pin for your outboard when flying into fiordland.
And have a spare spark plug too.

Probably the most common rookie mistake when hunting is forgetting about the wind. You can be watching animals hundreds of meters away and e few seconds after the wind turns to your back they are alerted and usually gone.

Or shear pin for your pto winch to save you 6hrs of agony.