Thread: Wannabe Hunter from Nelson - learning to hunt?

Originally Posted by Graeme Sturgeon

Be alert Aly being 'struck' can be a life changing event. It happened to me once, next thing I wakes up and I have got a wife and two kids.

Haha, sounds like you got twitterpated

And deer I could be keen

i use a 243, no recoil, maybe if time permits i could take you for a bush walk for a goat or deer, depends on how lucky we are and you could have a go with the rifle. Its a good starting out rifle, light and will bowl over any game animal in nz no worries as long as you shoot within its capabilites. The HUNT courses are well worth a look thou

Originally Posted by deer243

i use a 243, no recoil, maybe if time permits i could take you for a bush walk for a goat or deer, depends on how lucky we are and you could have a go with the rifle. Its a good starting out rifle, light and will bowl over any game animal in nz no worries as long as you shoot within its capabilites. The HUNT courses are well worth a look thou

Sounds good, even if it is just for the experience. HUNTS have yet to get back to me, so I have no clue when they'll be doing anything, I might have to give some phone calls soon

Get onto your licence in the mean time. Can be a lengthy process so get the ball rolling. Might help open up a few doors a bit easier.

Originally Posted by Nibblet

Get onto your licence in the mean time. Can be a lengthy process so get the ball rolling. Might help open up a few doors a bit easier.

Yup good idea

Originally Posted by Aly

Yup good idea

Drag my mate along with ya, he needs to pull finger, will light a fire under him on the weekend.

were are you headed to varsity ali. if its down here in chch,they have a hunting society .
If youre into variety we have a lot of goose/duckshooters you would allow you to tag along.

Originally Posted by kotuku

were are you headed to varsity ali. if its down here in chch,they have a hunting society .
If youre into variety we have a lot of goose/duckshooters you would allow you to tag along.

Yup heading down to CHCH

well ok ,when youre down give us a yodel and we may be able to arrange a wee jaunt round the big duckpond(aka Ellesmere).was out sunday -zero ducks odd goose or two but creeks high 7fast as hell ,lots of surface flooding but who knows in next month or so.If the birds i processed the other day are any indicator though thewres some very plump young eating geese awaiting harvesting out there.

Originally Posted by kotuku

well ok ,when youre down give us a yodel and we may be able to arrange a wee jaunt round the big duckpond(aka Ellesmere).was out sunday -zero ducks odd goose or two but creeks high 7fast as hell ,lots of surface flooding but who knows in next month or so.If the birds i processed the other day are any indicator though thewres some very plump young eating geese awaiting harvesting out there.

Sweet as! Yeah I guess the weather is hectic at the moment but I would be keen when I get down there

Hey buddy just get out there eh, start walking in this hills but with the intention of looking more closely at plants and animals.

I know you've got oodles of advice, but one thing I've found took some confidence building was bush bashing.

What area are you in again? I can take you for a walk in Wellington if you like.


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+1 on getting the license and firearm security organised. You'll find there are plenty of good folk on here (and plenty of reading) that will get you into the hunting. I will have to drag @TimeRider and myself out to learn the ropes this spring too.

Originally Posted by Dougie

Hey buddy just get out there eh, start walking in this hills but with the intention of looking more closely at plants and animals.

I know you've got oodles of advice, but one thing I've found took some confidence building was bush bashing.

What area are you in again? I can take you for a walk in Wellington if you like.


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Heya Dougie I'm in Nelson! But I'll be in Wellington in the end of August/beginning of September if anything happens then

Originally Posted by gadgetman

+1 on getting the license and firearm security organised. You'll find there are plenty of good folk on here (and plenty of reading) that will get you into the hunting. I will have to drag @TimeRider and myself out to learn the ropes this spring too.

Should have it in the bag soon enough! Just gotta save a little bit of extra cash for it

Sweet dude send me a PM when you're here.


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