The A TEAM hit the hills

So it's Sunday morning and "The A Team" meet up with a truck load of gear ready to hit the Ruahine tops

Brads - Hannibal
Shane 199p - Face
ARdave - Mr T
Philipo- Murdock
Tim - the cool dude who does a cameo role & everyone is jealous of his great performance
& new guy - the fulla that turns up & everyone takes the piss out of hahahaha ( sorry no pics of him )


Was a farken great few days, good times & great company.

Here's a few pics of the trip ( they kind'a speak for themselves ) apart from one of the last photo of Brads on the phone with his bino's as we helped guide Shane in on a massive stalk that paid off, then get back only a few minutes before pick up :cool:

Im sure the other boys will throw in a few pic's of their own, Chur :thumbsup:


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Fantastic Philipo. It looks like you guys covered some good ground with those bino's. I can see why Brads wears a cap.

Great looking country.

@BRADS, where's the hair bro ? Going to have to change your username to kojak at this rate :thumbsup:

I challenge anyone who works and plays in that wind all day to have hair! There ya go baldy i stuck up for ya:)

Mean trip guys:thumbsup:

Awesome detailed story Phil, no wonder you weren't at meeting last night, I missed you.

Sounds like you all had a great trip

Hamish

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Seriously nice looking country !!


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Definitely the best trip so far and cant wait for the next one.
Great magical spot cant wait to get back up there.
Weather was a mixed bag

Ill let the pics say the rest

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Last dash around the hills provided some entertainment for the others who could easily watch from the hut and helped guide me in.
Bloody stag gave me the slip but his gf was in great condition.

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Originally Posted by Gibo

I challenge anyone who works and plays in that wind all day to have hair! There ya go baldy i stuck up for ya:)

Mean trip guys:thumbsup:

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Your expecting him to tie a deer to a bit of tussock for you now huh?

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Originally Posted by Barefoot

Your expecting him to tie a deer to a bit of tussock for you now huh?

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Don't need to, his farm is lousy with them :P

@BRADS just needs a half chewed up cohiba in his chops and he would make a good Hannibal

Mean pics A Team:cool:

Good work looks like a good trip. I walked from Heritage to Howletts and back a few years ago. Gez that was a big trip.

Good to see you blooded the beast @Philipo

looks like it was a great trip! Nice looking country to hunt too. :cool:

Nice photos guys...that country looks STEEP.....:thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by ebf

@BRADS, where's the hair bro ? Going to have to change your username to kojak at this rate :thumbsup:

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Lomu lomu lomu.......... hahahaha

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Originally Posted by HNTMAD

Awesome detailed story Phil, no wonder you weren't at meeting last night, I missed you.

Sounds like you all had a great trip

Hamish

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Yeah forgot about you coming up last night, I ended up with the kids & tiding up all me stuff.

Did you manage to sell anything?

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Originally Posted by Shootm

Good to see you blooded the beast @Philipo

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Yeah "tim" sorted out fat Mr Staggo he feel like a bag of spuds, went for a before breakfast wander north of the hut & spotted him on an opposite ridge 330 yards, ended up being a long morning, took a little while to find him in the long tussock ( thanks to help from Brads ) and plenty of grunting through leatherwood'n'crap, didn't get back to the hut till lunch time.

Yeah got a couple of orders. Was good to meet some new guys and catch up with some I haven't seen for a looong time

Hamish

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Originally Posted by Philipo

Lomu lomu lomu.......... hahahaha



Yeah forgot about you coming up last night, I ended up with the kids & tiding up all me stuff.

Did you manage to sell anything?




Yeah "tim" sorted out fat Mr Staggo he feel like a bag of spuds, went for a before breakfast wander north of the hut & spotted him on an opposite ridge 330 yards, ended up being a long morning, took a little while to find him in the long tussock ( thanks to help from Brads ) and plenty of grunting through leatherwood'n'crap, didn't get back to the hut till lunch time.

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Yeah, that's the Ruahines. One hour to spot one. One minute to shoot it. 1 hour to get to it. 30 minutes to take pics, deal with it and stuff in your pack. Four hours to carry it out. Eight hours sleep to recover.

Looks like a good trip. Last time we were up that way we stayed in the hut down in the river; rather that taking the track up to your hut we walked due west of the hut - up the creek and onto the tops. Was great fun bashing through the leather wood!

I love the openness of that area; the kerosene taxi is the way to get up there!

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Originally Posted by Gibo

I challenge anyone who works and plays in that wind all day to have hair! There ya go baldy i stuck up for ya:)

Mean trip guys:thumbsup:

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Thanks for a awesome trip guys.
Jimmy's ready for next one, just bring a bit less gear a Phil...........
We did a Camo gear test.
Kuiu shit
Paddock hunters element ok
Sitka all good
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We almost couldn't get home
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Nice looking spot there.

I cant help but notice though, that most of your photos are of, well, each other... Not many animals about?

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Originally Posted by Wildman

Nice looking spot there.

I cant help but notice though, that most of your photos are of, well, each other... Not many animals about?

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Not many, I guess we only saw 40? Over 4 days, biggest mob being 10.
But we can't show you where they are so go get em[emoji13]


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thats cos they all ran off when they seen the shine off the white bait legs

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Originally Posted by Wildman

Nice looking spot there.

I cant help but notice though, that most of your photos are of, well, each other...

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Maybe the title should have read...'The GAY TEAM hit The hills'... :thumbsup:

As far as the camo goes......its not really about what we see is it?
Which kinda puts a bias against any military camo in my mind.

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You scored great weather by the look of it. Finished a bit damp but awesome otherwise. Good shit fellas


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