Thread: This what its all about...

Originally Posted by warrior

Oh to live out of auckland and have private land

I'm somewhat sympathetic to that, but...

Originally Posted by Tahr

You build your own relationships and make your own luck.

I agree. I moved my family to Northland for the fishing and diving opportunities despite it being a bad career move (more to life than working!?). My interest in hunting was rekindled after the move

Originally Posted by Russian 22.

Mate. I have to drive 3.5 hours minimum to get to my spots and I am yet to shoot a deer.

I add 2.5 hours to that!

Nice work Tahr, bet it takes a lot of practice to get your back steaks so clean of deer hair!

Originally Posted by tanqueray

Nice work Tahr, bet it takes a lot of practice to get your back steaks so clean of deer hair!

Yeah. I start thinking about it as soon as I shoot a deer and I always turn them down hill and stick them to bleed out. You will then find if you do that, if you cut the main artery in the hip when taking the back wheels off blood doesn't gush all over the show.
Clean pillow cases for the meat and keep everything off the ground. Only ever skin and cut from the inside out.

Then after its home and chilled I trim all of the silver skin with a thin boning knife. I would rather waste a bit of meat than leave hair or dirt on it. I never put water near it.

Sometimes it s a bit grubby when I get home from a wet hunt but its amazing how it comes up after a good trim. The dog lives on deer trimmings.

Yep, keeping hair and rubbish off your meat comes with practise, and mostly with age cause the hair gets stuck between ya teeth, older n wiser.

Originally Posted by BeeMan

Yep, keeping hair and rubbish off your meat comes with practise, and mostly with age cause the hair gets stuck between ya teeth, older n wiser.

Speak for yourself

Sorry @Tahr, that was for you, I aint got any teeth.

Haha mate all good i have all the fallow i want 5 min from home but we are not all that luckley

Originally Posted by warrior

Haha mate all good i have all the fallow i want 5 min from home but we are not all that luckley

Mate. I have to drive 3.5 hours minimum to get to my spots and I am yet to shoot a deer. Fallow 5 minutes from home would be a dream

Originally Posted by Russian 22.

Mate. I have to drive 3.5 hours minimum to get to my spots and I am yet to shoot a deer. Fallow 5 minutes from home would be a dream

Your driving too far. Try the kaimais near Matamata. It's a 2 hour drive.

Originally Posted by Rusky

Your driving too far. Try the kaimais near Matamata. It's a 2 hour drive.

I have never had any success bush stalking them. Been up wairere and te tuhi.

Will try te aroha or a few spots around there.

Been plenty of times in my spots where I could have shot but didn't know the range so let them go. That's no longer an issue as I bought a range finder. So now it's just an issue of getting out hunting.

Originally Posted by Russian 22.

I have never had any success bush stalking them. Been up wairere and te tuhi.

Will try te aroha or a few spots around there.

Been plenty of times in my spots where I could have shot but didn't know the range so let them go. That's no longer an issue as I bought a range finder. So now it's just an issue of getting out hunting.

All those spots have deer. Perseverance is key. If you get a deer there 1 out of 3 trips then your doing good.

Very nice but still prefer fallow....

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That's a choice looking cut of meat Bruce, you sure earned it, it does make it taste better after a hard haul. I like Red deer the most, you get a decent size steak and it has awesome flavor. Fallow is good too.

Nice, the mutt looks a bit wet

Originally Posted by chainsaw

Nice, the mutt looks a bit wet

Yes. Its been raining the last 3 times Ive been up there. Its a 2.5 hrs drive there so I step out of the truck and go regardless of the WX