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  1. 22-06-2013, 11:28 AM #1
    Pawnee Josh
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    From the Plains of Colorado...

    Hello to all from the wind swept prairie of Colorado. My name is Joshua, and I'm looking forward to visiting New Zealand for the first time this December. My good friend and business partner Steve ("Colorado") and I are planning a trip, and we'd love to get some shooting in at goats, pigs, etc.... and I'd love the opportunity at a few big browns or rainbows in the rivers too. Steve and I were out east of home 50km or so this week doing some shooting and looking for a prairie dog or two that wanted to play catch with the .22-250. We took some pictures of our favorite places, and I thought I'd share them with all of you... as an introduction of sorts. I'll first introduce myself with a few pictures....

    This is what I live to do... hunt coyotes. Myself, the Rem. 700 6mm, and 10 very dead coyotes...



    I also enjoy hunting whitetail deer on occasion. Another Rem. 700, this one in .25-06



    And black bears are a great hunt too. My buddy Nick with a nice Washington State bear, Rem. 700 in .300 RUM



    Guided this guy to a beautiful Pronghorn Antelope a few years ago... 60km from home...




    Now.... a bit of an introduction to Northern Colorado.... from Steve and I.

    This is the country we hunt.... looking to the north. The cliffs far off in the distance are in Wyoming, approximately 100km.



    The official name of the area is "Pawnee National Grasslands".... I think they should re-name it to the "Pawnee National Cactus Lands".



    Another cactus, this one a Yuca in full bloom...



    A few of the residents to the area....

    Prairie Dogs...





    Pronghorn Antelope...

    Nice little buck (male)...



    Pretty little doe (female)...



    Bachelor herd of bucks... the one second from left is a fully mature buck, slightly larger than the others.

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  3. 25-06-2013, 01:03 PM #2
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    welcome Joshua awesome pics lovely opportunities to test some long range rigs on them plains sure you will find plenty of folks here willing and able to help you guyz out when you get here
    im saving some goats out back for a bomb up if you plan to get near my place
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  4. 25-06-2013, 01:13 PM #3
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    Welcome mate. Awesome pic's.
    You will have fun here. And we dont have any bears or anything that can eat you so the bush is safe as
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  5. 25-06-2013, 01:22 PM #4
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    Welcom aboard Josh. Some nice photo's. Those prairie dogs are a crazy fun to shoot. (I shot 100's of them when living in Alberta, Canada a few years back).

    I am sure by the time you get here in december you will have plenty of offers for hunting excursions.
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  6. 25-06-2013, 01:36 PM #5
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    Welcome Josh. It is a nice part of the world you live in.
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    What more do we need? If we are above ground and breathing the rest is up to us!
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  7. 25-06-2013, 01:58 PM #6
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    Nice Josh,is that your treestand in the fifth photo?
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  8. 25-06-2013, 04:40 PM #7
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    Welcome, my wife is from south west Colorado. I've worked up round Craig is that near the Pawnee grasslands?
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  9. 25-06-2013, 04:50 PM #8
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    Greetings Josh,

    Great intro, I think you will find NZ just a little bit more hilly than the area you are used to
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  10. 25-06-2013, 05:39 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by ebf View Post
    Greetings Josh,

    Great intro, I think you will find NZ just a little bit more hilly than the area you are used to
    +1 especially if you go with joshc when your here:thumbup:

    Welcome Josh. Would love to hunt some American game species one day.

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  11. 25-06-2013, 05:43 PM #10
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  12. 25-06-2013, 07:05 PM #11
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    You would have to take some fairly long shots on occasion hunting those plains?
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  13. 25-06-2013, 10:14 PM #12
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    Hi Josh, that's a big-ass load of dead Coyotes in that truck. I hope there are still a few left for us Kiwis that might make it over there one day Nice whitetail too.
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  14. 25-06-2013, 11:22 PM #13
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    Great introduction Pawnee Josh,if ya in my neck of the woods I could hook you fullas up with a trout or two
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  15. 26-06-2013, 08:34 AM #14
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    Welcome to the forum Pawnee Josh, interesting 'back yard' you have there!.......you will love NZ.............
    While I might not be as good as I once was, Im as good once as I ever was!

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  16. 26-06-2013, 10:19 AM #15
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    Unfortunately we lost the tree stand when the forest service decided to do some tree thinning.
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