Moved too the south island two days ago. Can report Im on the board.

[kotuku]

youj do realise youre living in godzone dont you .both smiffy and myself have roots in that part of the coast. there some very very good shooting to be had on farms in that area.

[whanahuia]

Nice. Good work dropping the ducks with a 270, that Barrett is humming - you did shoot them on the wing eh?

I moved to the coast, not Southland. Beretta Under and over for the ducks.

[whanahuia]

youj do realise youre living in godzone dont you .both smiffy and myself have roots in that part of the coast. there some very very good shooting to be had on farms in that area.

Yep, when the family decided we were going to sell and buy a farm elsewhere, only two areas interested us. Wairoa/ Gisborne area, and upper West coast.

[andyanimal31]

Yep, when the family decided we were going to sell and buy a farm elsewhere, only two areas interested us. Wairoa/ Gisborne area, and upper West coast.

Just got back from down south and part of the loop was Karamea as got mates there, then down to Franz to stay with my partners son and then a few days at Neil's Beach with mycouz getting some crawly things,then a big jet boat up the arawhata and up to lake Ellery.
A part of the world mankind hasn't fucked yet!
Went looking for R93 at hast but no sign of him that any one new.
A magic part of nz and a great time to go as weather was great and bugger all tourists!

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[Lauries Hut]

Nice works Shanks.

[Ben Waimata]

Yep, when the family decided we were going to sell and buy a farm elsewhere, only two areas interested us. Wairoa/ Gisborne area, and upper West coast.

My daughters partner has a family owned pine block near Wairoa. He shot 5000 goats and lot's of deer out of it between last harvest rotation and the time the new trees were big enough to be resistant. No shortage of shooting potential in that area. No problem for his family to all get P endorsements either.

New farm looks good, is it dairy or sheep/beef? Can you tell us the size and other details interesting to farmers? No worries if you want to keep that stuff to yourself.

[whanahuia]

No problem.

Roughly 400 hectares- 75% of which is effective with more due to be broken in over next few years. Was milking 700 cows before us, but we have initially dropped that too 600. Will see where we go. I like the idea of grazing our own heifers and rearing some beef, as we are converting the herd to milking Simental's ( Fleckvieh ).

[Ben Waimata]

How's your seasonal pasture production going to compare to the previous farm? 600 cows still sounds like a lot to me, I presume you took your herd with you? It will be interesting to see if they make the transition easily or not.

I'm grazing Fleckvieh at the moment, cool looking cattle. Plus Vikings, reds, Monties etc, the guy I'm grazing for is trying alternative breeds too.

Heard a guy on the radio yesterday saying his farm interest rate had increased from 6% to 11%, plus massive on-farm cost inflation. Not a great time to be in debt.

[wazza56]

no shortage of deer around Wairoa, see them on the side of the road quite often

[whanahuia]

How's your seasonal pasture production going to compare to the previous farm? 600 cows still sounds like a lot to me, I presume you took your herd with you? It will be interesting to see if they make the transition easily or not.

I'm grazing Fleckvieh at the moment, cool looking cattle. Plus Vikings, reds, Monties etc, the guy I'm grazing for is trying alternative breeds too.

Heard a guy on the radio yesterday saying his farm interest rate had increased from 6% to 11%, plus massive on-farm cost inflation. Not a great time to be in debt.

Yeah, part of the reason we made the move was that we could buy a better farm yet reduce debt considerably. Helped by the high prices carbon forestry were paying in our area at the time. We were quite high and wet where we were. In fact up to a meter more rain than where we are now on the coast. Honestly I dont know that I can compare pasture production. We were a farm that was marginal for dairy up north for a number of reasons and the only way we could compete was to be organic. Down here is just high quality pasture and land and no need to go down that path. So they will be so different in structure and management, that comparison is hard.

[tac a1]

do you supply westland there Whana??

[Lucky]

Just got back from down south and part of the loop was Karamea as got mates there, then down to Franz to stay with my partners son and then a few days at Neil's Beach with mycouz getting some crawly things,then a big jet boat up the arawhata and up to lake Ellery.
A part of the world mankind hasn't fucked yet!
Went looking for R93 at hast but no sign of him that any one new.
A magic part of nz and a great time to go as weather was great and bugger all tourists!

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What happened to R93 ? he just disappeared ?

[nor-west]

What happened to R93 ? he just disappeared ?

Along with 257 Weatherby

[Trout]

Hi NW,my son n law up in Pilbara for a couple of weeks.Bit warmer than down southland.Three hours drive from Newman.

[doinit]

Interesting just how many Northern bush hobbits end up down here on the Coast lol.
The yearly hunting comp at Ikamatua is a good turn out whanahuia,guess you'll get dragged into that eh.
Good luck for your new venture.. bound ti bump into you some time.