Went for a wander in the ruahines yesterday in apiti area was all quiet but I sent a few roars out and got 2 stags going pretty well in 2 different catchments, got to within 20 yards of both but made...
Liked On: 23-03-2025, 07:07 PM
Heard a few hee haws, single calls and a red roar yesterday morning. Managed to knock this guy over with my 7mm SAUM when he popped out at 645metres.
Liked On: 16-03-2025, 04:25 PM
Hunting is first and foremost, a sport of two "p's"...... perseverance and patience.
Liked On: 15-03-2025, 10:55 AM
Oh I feel the pain without even opening link. Did it once,never again.
Liked On: 14-03-2025, 09:50 AM
How did you get on with a load ? Interested to see what you settled on. 268458 I shortened mine to 20 inch not long after I got it. I used Vihtavouri N160 62.5 gn and a Sierra 160 game king.only...
Liked On: 08-02-2025, 01:21 PM
We’d originally planned to travel up to the road end early morning and head up to the tops. Past experience told me that unless we left home at 02:00 we wouldn’t be making it to the tops before...
Liked On: 08-02-2025, 01:01 PM
I have some Crows along with a couple of other models of Salewas. I have tried a lot of brands of boots, and the Salewas fit my feet better than anything else. The Crows are about 3 years old and...
Liked On: 06-02-2025, 04:04 PM
As I’m sure eventually happens to all deer hunters, I have found myself in the position of trying to put a new hunter onto his first deer. Once the weather lined up with the weekend, it was off...
Liked On: 06-02-2025, 03:47 PM
I only ever use a rod and rag. Hoppes was useless on it. So I changed to something I can’t remember the name of -will look when I get home from this hunt :) But it shifted it no trouble.
Liked On: 05-02-2025, 04:57 PM
Roger no worries I'll check with them beforehand. Cheers Ill definitely put up a bit report once we are out !
Liked On: 27-01-2025, 06:59 AM
I have a Garmin 200i, for my dog rather than me really. I do use the NZ Topo map on it. I am not a fan of taking my phone into the bush, my son does all the time and I look at him judgementally. I...
Liked On: 25-01-2025, 07:28 AM
This won't be much of a consolation for some of you younger guys in a deer drought. But quite a few of us on here were in our teens in 80s when commercial deer recovery ( dead and alive ) was at...
Liked On: 13-01-2025, 07:53 AM
Cheer up. Straight out of basic training at the age of 18 & still in love with the SLR 7.62, and having read all the books of the day, Rex Forester, Philip Holden, Mike Bennett, I went out and shot...
Liked On: 13-01-2025, 07:49 AM
Learn something every day, vinegar, cheers fellas
Liked On: 30-12-2024, 07:33 AM
I just bought one. Runs in the molle of my Marsupial bino harness nice. 265795
Liked On: 28-12-2024, 08:37 PM