Thread: Should have done this ages ago

Originally Posted by naarcosisnz

Thanks Oraki! That's really interesting regarding the HUNTS course. I'm going to do that and see what happens.

I'm not too concerned about getting into debates on caliber choices and I'm sure there are the die hards who swear by their choices and years of experience. Being 5mins in the game I can't compete with that, I always take peoples opinion into consideration and then make my own educated decisions from there. It's like anything you do, there are always those for and those against....(and vice versa). At the end of the day, for me this hobby/sport is something that I can't spend thousands of dollars on (I already have an astronomy hobby which sees me walking the fine line between happy home and divorce ), but hunting and being outdoors in the mountains and away with mates is another away to unwind and escape the day to day city life....and hey at the end of it there is always the possibility of coming home with some nice meat for the dinner table and a good story to tell.

Thanks again for the info on the HUNTS course....

I would say your caliber is fine! the typical 7/08 308 cals are more suited for north island hunting IMO. 270 is perfect for south island, flatter trajectory and more knockdown power for hunting tahr in the tops