Thread: Hello! Just another newbie!

Hey I’m doing the polite thing and introducing myself.
Have been around guns for years. Mainly shotguns and .22. When my ‘little red book licence’ ran out I never renewed ( as I’d sold my firearms ). The firearm I regret selling the most was a Winchester lever action .22 with a maple wood stock. That was a beautiful piece of art! Currently have a Ruger .22 with a silencer, and it’s perfect, and Turkish branded under/over shortened shotgun with a laser sight.
I have a deer farm north of Auckland. Mainly use firearms for pest control - rabbits, possums, magpies, feral cats, plus the odd euthanasia of an injured or very sick deer. Cyclone Gabrielle hit us bad and I needed to put down 10% of my deer herd that had panicked during the night and injured themselves, which I felt terrible about.
Really into native bird repopulation and so far have seen a huge increase of Ruru ( morepork ), Kererū ( bush pigeon ) and really excited to have a breeding pair of Australasian Bittern ( highly endangered maybe 300 left ) on our farm.
So a firearm has been absolutely necessary to assist native birds getting a foothold in the natural environment again.
Anyway, that’s me.

Welcome aboard! Great intro.

Welcome to the forum.

Welcome sounds like you are doing great work up there

Welcome along

Welcome aboard

Welcome to the madhouse (sometimes anyway) It sounds like you've got a nice bit of paradise up there, and making it better too.

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