Thread: Venison meat hunting in NZ in the past

Originally Posted by Tahr

To put some age perspective on the skin hunting pics, mate is 81 and Im 75. He was about 20 and I was about 15. So it was around about 1963. Used to sell skins to a place in Rangatikei street in Palmy. Cant think of their name. Had a Tui on the building.

Hodder & Tolley , Keep them coming Lads , brings back fond memories of a past life

Originally Posted by doinit

This ol pic was an old English job..could get three ti four wee Fallow tied on with a push lol.
The second pic is a tad later on but on this particular trip over several days I managed quite a few Fallow and more than paid fi the bike..I was wrapped and collected good $'s. Blue Mts area Otago.

@doinit

Any more pics of the rifle scabbard?

Originally Posted by doinit

This ol pic was an old English job..could get three ti four wee Fallow tied on with a push lol.
The second pic is a tad later on but on this particular trip over several days I managed quite a few Fallow and more than paid fi the bike..I was wrapped and collected good $'s. Blue Mts area Otago.

@doinit

Any more pics of the rifle scabbard?

Originally Posted by caberslash

@doinit

Any more pics of the rifle scabbard?

I'll have a look see but don't hold yi breath mate. When I look at it now I cant believe that it was actually any good..very short and it was knocked up from a piece of tanned Goat hide if I remember rightly. Rough as guts really eh and bugger all protection at all lol.

As my mate used to say "glamorous job aye"

Originally Posted by mpf

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That photo is gold mate

Pics of rifle scabbards prompted me to dig these out . I was two up on the XR . (Probably a 500, but my memory says 600?) A trip in to find a Thar





My brand spanking Rem 700 classic took a dunk (with me) on this crossing.
Hence I am off the bike and able to take this pic.(we were probably hoping he would arse off too)




We got snowed off and had whiteout on the leg back to base. No animals seen. This would have been in 1981, drove all the way from KK down to Fairlie



I recall these two got me horribly drunk, as we thawed out in a local pub with the snow and ice melting off our gear into a big puddle around us.

Originally Posted by mpf

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Musta been a change to hop aboard with Lin? LOL.

Originally Posted by TeRei

Musta been a change to hop aboard with Lin? LOL.

It was Lin who said it

Originally Posted by Murray N

Hodder & Tolley , Keep them coming Lads , brings back fond memories of a past life

Hard and Tight, my new wife worked there in 1973, I worked as a draughtsman for Eclipse Wire Products in Grey Street, we lived in a flat in Roy Street