Kaimai shooters on target

This sign was originally put up after someone drove off the end of the track over a 80 metre bluff but now seems to be used by all and sundry as something to blow their frustrations off at after finding there are "no deer in the Kaimai's"...for those that worry about hunters 'image' this is a prime example of what is not needed...DoC would have been better off to have put up a bulls-eye target with safe backdrop, at least the general public would understand...in a perfect world all those bullet holes would have been made by owners of a FAL.

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Bloody tossers.:pissed off:

Game / surveillance cams. Sign shooting has been common for a century.

I was in the Kaimanawa's a couple of weeks ago and seen the dunny had a few holes in it from dickheads shooting it...one can but hope they head count their mates before opening fire...this was in a block where the operators check firearm licenses before flying in.

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Originally Posted by Phil_H

The only thing that I find encouraging in that picture is the number of rounds that, over the years, these idiots couldn't even put in the red. I don't think there will be much competition from them when it comes to bagging deer....:wtfsmilie:

Cheers
Phil

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That sign is within view of anyone walking the North/South Kaimai track at the summit of Thompson's Track, it must send a shudder down the spine of the hundreds, if not thousands who walk the track...as well as the many off roaders who use it as a destination point, although most off roaders are a bit of a red-neck crew so probably wouldn't worry them too much.

Just nail up a finger sign next to it pointing west, with "To Ettamooga Pub" written on it.

Looks well "aged" from the days when everyone could own a semi.

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Originally Posted by Woody

Just nail up a finger sign next to it pointing west, with "To Ettamooga Pub" written on it.

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I think the best joke I ever seen with that pub cartoon was the two Swedish back-packers wanting their photo taken outside of it and the Aussie in his black singlet holding and looking down at the camera and the caption was "Focus...yes yes...just as soon as you take the photo"

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Originally Posted by tetawa

Looks well "aged" from the days when everyone could own a semi.

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Imagine the 'thrill' of walking the North-South Track and someone up ahead is rattling off a thirty round mag around where you are about to step out of the bush.

Shit like this irritates me no end, it doesn't take much for doc to decide that FAL are not responsible enough to be trusted with a firearm in doc hunting areas and just close off hunting these areas due to negligence and endangering the public, then it's a loss for all. Some people must have a extremely small IQ.

I believe DoC are working on making the North-South Track into a Great Walks Track which will limit the distance from the track to hunt or discharge a firearm, my guess is that goes for bow hunters as well...of course this area will then have to be 1080'd to clear any animals from it...DoC will look at it from a public safety and their liability angle, one can thank the dickheads for this happening.

Staying at at hut midway down the kaimais and noticed the sign marking the nearest tracks and directions had 2 bullet holes in it. The kicker was the shooter was could've only done it from inside the hut
What the fuuuuuuuuuck is all I could think

It's gone on for the 60 odd years I've frequented the bush, wouldn't have a clue if it's become more obvious or that social media has made the problem more aware. One thing that has become more obvious are empty RTD cans that liter our bush roads.

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Originally Posted by tetawa

It's gone on for the 60 odd years I've frequented the bush, wouldn't have a clue if it's become more obvious or that social media has made the problem more aware. One thing that has become more obvious are empty RTD cans that liter our bush roads.

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The scouts that used to camp at my place did a rubbish collection on Thompson's Track from the summit to the car park on Waikato side...the predominant rubbish was plastic water bottles followed by V drink cans and bottles.

Society hasn't just invented retards. They have been living among us since forever. Its only the recent advent of Social Media that has permitted the visual sharing of the retards' life. And got us talking about their actions. And the potential for bad press.

I've seen rifle fire damage to padlocks on NZFS food lockers in the type70 6 man huts back in the 1960's, permalat track markers shot full of holes in the 70's, 4WD tracks rutted so badly from 'hoons' in shorty Landies with 186's in them and sporting 825's, again in the 70's. Its all not new. Been here forever. Hell, I remember being made to pick up rubbish along the Desert road, for CB punishment back in the late 70's. Litterbugs, no respect for the environment. Lazy useless wastrels:omg:

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Originally Posted by small_caliber

You will probably find this kind of behaviour more common in the future with the police putting more restrictions and compliance costs on ranges.

These compliance costs will contribute to the closure of ranges due to nobody wanting to pay to use them and the organisations running them having insufficient fund to keep up the certifying and compliance costs.

From the police
o New Zealand Police is now a regulator using regulatory principals. The discussions in
this group will help make decisions on what the range standard is for each discipline,
and this will enable everyone to comply with these standards.
o That there are only about 50,000 firearms licence holders who are part of shooting
clubs, out of roughly 250,000 firearms licence holders. That means 80% of licence
holder are not parts of clubs. A lot of the work will be in the ad hoc ranges used by
these 80%.
o An issue is between sighting in once off versus regular occurrence, e.g. competition.
Focus of the Act are the ranges with regular occurrences. By focusing on these types
of ranges the standards will give authority to committees and bodies who have done
very good work in making safe ranges available to club members and the public.
o Acknowledging that ad hoc ranges will exist and that Police as the regulator will
most likely not know about many of them due to their ad hoc nature. This is an
opportunity to develop a number of FAQs for potential users of ranges/people who
want to set up ad hoc ranges, and to make it easy for these licence holders to set up
their ranges safely and shoot safely.


Would shooting at signs now mean these are ad hoc ranges?

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@small_caliber. Where did you get that bullet pointed text?

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Originally Posted by muzza

That sign has been there for a long time , complete with holes. Why has DoC not replaced it as part of their general maintanance program? Is it part of an ongoing campaign to make shooters look bad in public?

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Sign has been there since 2010

One of the worst I have seen was the toilet at borland saddle someone had let a few rounds of 12g off from inside the toilet.....

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Originally Posted by tetawa

Looks well "aged" from the days when everyone could own a semi.

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W.T.F.? Could have been shot using any type of action.

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Originally Posted by woods223

W.T.F.? Could have been shot using any type of action.

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Yes, it could but the ones who took great pleasure in spraying rounds about seemed to use semis. Don't find the large quantiles of m/t brass and shot up beer cartons, cans and bottles at old skid sites and forestry road turn arounds like were there in good old legal semi days.

No real difference around these parts. Still seem to be arse-holes out there that see the need to shoot DOC and road signs. Same problem with cans and bottles, mainly seem to be Tui and Cody drinkers along with the odd Heinekin.

My uncle was the Taupo AA man 40+ years ago.
Some damage impressed him.
Sign to Lake Rotopounamu they shot the bolt heads.
He stepped it out to where he found the brass and reckoned they could shoot.
They flogged a sign of the bridge north of Waipapa Dam the big high one over the Mangawhio.
He harnessed up and stuck it out over the abyss.
They flogged it again.
He gave up.
In fact I think it still doesn't have a sign.
But it isn't new just some idiot's use firearms to damage stuff.
Some of the damage to huts isn't firearms related just shitheads.

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Originally Posted by 223nut

One of the worst I have seen was the toilet at borland saddle someone had let a few rounds of 12g off from inside the toilet.....

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it was the deaf fella who did it.....if he wasnt deaf beforehand he sure as shit would be afterwards.....

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Originally Posted by woods223

No real difference around these parts. Still seem to be arse-holes out there that see the need to shoot DOC and road signs. Same problem with cans and bottles, mainly seem to be Tui and Cody drinkers along with the odd Heinekin.

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Glad "Waikato" was missing, @Rushy won't have to defend his favorite nectar drinkers. Cody"s seems to be a favorite of the mobile "hunter"

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Originally Posted by DavidGunn

This sign was originally put up after someone drove off the end of the track over a 80 metre bluff but now seems to be used by all and sundry as something to blow their frustrations off at after finding there are "no deer in the Kaimai's"...for those that worry about hunters 'image' this is a prime example of what is not needed...DoC would have been better off to have put up a bulls-eye target with safe backdrop, at least the general public would understand...in a perfect world all those bullet holes would have been made by owners of a FAL.

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If anyone asks say it is where the Gangs do their training, probably be close to the truth.

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Originally Posted by tetawa

Glad "Waikato" was missing, @Rushy won't have to defend his favorite nectar drinkers.

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It is just as well. I wouldn’t want to have to put the hurt on anyone for bringing the ne tar of the gods into disrepute.