Thread: Kaimais - 3rd time lucky

Originally Posted by Dundee

Excellent Rusky,she is nothing to look at,but the meat will be grand. Shes an ugly farker or is it just me that thinks that?

X breed with the kaimanawa horses

I think its the bulging eye from the tap to the head prehaps...I see what your sayin.

nice ol brno there mate.

Its good to see something other than a stainless synthetic tikka every now and then

Brilliant Rusky, well done mate, you had a long wait for her, well worth it though

Well done on popping your cherry

Good shit, if you can do it in the Kaimais you can do it anywhere in NZ.

Good stuff Rusky, There were a few people up there on Sunday, Weather was a bit crappy, Me and a mate were around the Mangamuka Hut area. Found a lot of sign but did not see any deer, One day tho .............

Only the dedicated or the lucky get to take an animal in the Kaimai bush...fringe hunting is productive in the Kaimais, but not everyone gets to take one in the bush...as someone else said "if you can take one in the Kaimais, you can take one anywhere"...good skills and nice rifle.
And one in three is about average...even hunting out my back door I only average seeing one deer in three sits [long range fringe hunting]

Well done Rusky. A week will be long enough for the aging.

Well done Rusky! Great to see all your hard work has payed off. Beautiful old rifle you go there too.

As for aging in the fridge, I normally bone the legs out, stack all the meat in roasting trays loosely covered with glad wrap and leave it for at least 3-4 days before processing. Meat comes up very tender and very tasty!

Originally Posted by Bill999

nice ol brno there mate.

Its good to see something other than a stainless synthetic tikka every now and then

Love the brno, and its a hand me down from my grandfather. Its dropped every deer on the spot so far. Have shot and dropped a spiker out to 200m.

Cheers guys for the comments. Also a big thanks to Bryan for sending me in the right direction.

Now about these sika...

Congrats

Good stuff mate ,,,,,you earn them up there huh

'Love the brno, and its a hand me down from my grandfather.'.....great keeping that hunting tradition alive....kudos Rusky.....

Got a wee problem at the moment though. The Millet Steel rings i put on last weekend have already got a bit of rust despite oiling them before and after hunt. Should i be concerned? Secondly the barrell being quite old also has rust in it after storage or cleaning next day despite oiling and putting numerous swabs through it. Any advice is appreciated.

nice deer rusky, was in there on Wednesday myself. no luck but found some bedding spots and a old wallow, plenty of sign but yet again i got up there too late in the morn.