Hi All, Newbie(ish) from Hawkes Bay

Hi all,

I've been lurking around the forums for a while and thought I'd pull the trigger on signing up. You seem like a great bunch to chat with and learn from.

I've always been a keen outdoorsman (not saying I'm any good however, just keen on it...) but have only picked up hunting in recent years in my late 20s.
My mindset is that you can learn anything at any age. Hopefully I get proficient enough to pass some skills on one day.


Currently running an 18" Bergara B14 .308.
Current purchase I'm tossing up between is 10x42 or 8x42 Leica binos.
And my current side project is trying to make my own little set of digital maps to store all of my GPS and scouting data (because I'm tight and don't want to pay for some US app).


Cheers! looking forward to getting to know you all.

Welcome aboard Roy There is an endless rainbow of things to learn from this place.

Try "New Zealand (NZ) Topo map" from the play store. Free and you can take a snapshot for offline and save tracks etc

Welcome along Roy it's a good crowd on here

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Originally Posted by Brakelie

Try "New Zealand (NZ) Topo map" from the play store. Free and you can take a snapshot for offline and save tracks etc

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Cheers mate, I just had a look and you get a fair amount of value for a free app.
I love an old Topo 50 and having them on the phone is ideal.

Welcome along.Probably only the chippies on here get what your handle is all about.Ramset coloured shots......

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Originally Posted by bluebaiter222

Welcome along.Probably only the chippies on here get what your handle is all about.Ramset coloured shots......

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It's a way of remembering something else way older than ramset.

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Originally Posted by zimmer

It's a way of remembering something else way older than ramset.

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Yup! Hence my reference above.

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Originally Posted by Rushy

Yup! Hence my reference above.

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@Rushy I didn't like to mention rainbow, given it's current connotation. No disrespect meant @Roy G Biv and welcome.

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Originally Posted by zimmer

@Rushy I didn't like to mention rainbow, given it's current connotation. No disrespect meant @Roy G Biv and welcome.

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Ha ha ha yeh what the hell is that about aye? An alternate Rushy colour spectrum community to the LGBTQ rainbow lot would be the communist (red) Dutch (orange) cowardly (yellow) envious (green) sad (blue) great aunt (violet). Note I missed indigo as nothing came to me old grey matter on that.

Indignant

Welcome along.. plenty of info on here!

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Originally Posted by zimmer

@Rushy I didn't like to mention rainbow, given it's current connotation. No disrespect meant @Roy G Biv and welcome.

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None taken! I'm just glad some of you get it and we can have a laugh.