I did it!

Hi all!
Excuse the enthusiasm! But I am so freaking proud of myself!
I have no husband or father to hunt with (I have a wife who is not interested in the slightest).. grew up on a farm shooting small game,
I had a dream of one day doing this, and being good and knowledgeable about it.. so I finally enrolled in a HUNTS course, learnt a ton... And this Monday I finally got my firearms license! I have a couple deer and goats under my belt so far.... My first ever deer was a huge stag in Te Urewera last year... Now that was epic! I was not expecting that!
Anyways I'm here to learn, absorb all the streams of knowledge I can... and I guess it's time to buy a rifle!
See you around!

Oh... Probably should mention, I am a woman by the way!! Which is why I really feel proud to have acheived this.

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Originally Posted by AlwaysLearning

Oh... Probably should mention, I am a woman by the way!! Which is why I really feel proud to have acheived this.

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Good on ya mate

Welcome, and congrats on getting your license! Awesome to see someone getting into hunting from outside the usual channels, and showing such enthusiasm for it! I hope you can share that with others and get them into it.

Sounds like you're off to a great start already, looking forward to hearing a few stories from the next chapter!

How did you find the HUNTS course? From what I've heard, it delivers a great bullshit-free practical intro to hunting.

There's plenty of great rifles come up for sale on here when you get access to the Buy/Sell page (usually after a bit of activity on the forum). There's about 50 "what's the best first rifle" threads, with about 100 different recommendations, so have a search. You don't need anything fancy to start out with.

Awesome!! Wishing you many happy and successful hunts!!

Welcome aboard and well done. Now the most important question of all, “do you drink the beer named after your region”?

Nice work!and welcome

Welcome to the forum. Alwayslearning is a great approach to take, and all you need to do is ask and someone here will be able to answer any questions you may have.

Nice work on the stag! Share a photo if you have one and can figure out how to upload it

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Originally Posted by yeah_na_missed

Welcome, and congrats on getting your license! Awesome to see someone getting into hunting from outside the usual channels, and showing such enthusiasm for it! I hope you can share that with others and get them into it.

Sounds like you're off to a great start already, looking forward to hearing a few stories from the next chapter!

How did you find the HUNTS course? From what I've heard, it delivers a great bullshit-free practical intro to hunting.

There's plenty of great rifles come up for sale on here when you get access to the Buy/Sell page (usually after a bit of activity on the forum). There's about 50 "what's the best first rifle" threads, with about 100 different recommendations, so have a search. You don't need anything fancy to start out with.

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The HUNTS course was awesome. Honestly you can go from zero to hero in that course. I went from a non confident firearms user with little to no knowledge of hunting, to feeling totally comfortable with topographic maps and compasses, camping , firearms, shot placement and field dressjng etc. It covers absolutely everythjng. And one day soon I feel comfortable taking my son out as he is mad keen too. But I thought if he wants to do it, I might as well understand all there is to it aswell, so I know he is being taught properly. I would recommend it to anyone

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Welcome aboard and well done. Now the most important question of all, “do you drink the beer named after your region”?

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Ah... no. Tastes like muddy water to me. Ha ha ha

Clearly I was absolutely knackered...

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Ah... no. Tastes like muddy water to me. Ha ha ha

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Hmmm! Some total immersion experience required for this one me thinks. Tis the nectar of the gods.

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Fantastic