one thing is for sure and for certain.......if you take out them front wheels....animal isnt going far if indeed anywhere...so chances of recovery is very high.....I very seldome take the neck shot...
Liked On: 23-01-2022, 07:01 PM
So they say, but.....years ago, on a large farm west of Whangarei, the top-dressing pilot got out of the plane and told us all these possums were wandering strangely ( mid-afternoon on a stonking-hot...
Liked On: 23-01-2022, 05:29 PM
I understand where you coming from moa hunter....... but this game is different for every player....I remember when folks frowned upon others who didnt catch n release every trout....well thats...
Liked On: 22-01-2022, 07:36 PM
No idea how refreshing it is to hear that a bullets job is to destroy & put an animal down as quickly as possible & if that's the case meat loss WILL happen. Gets ridiculous as it's either a...
Liked On: 22-01-2022, 06:57 PM
Haven’t put up any posts etc for a while so thought I’d talk about the last few trips I’ve done this summer in the Ruahines. The first trip was an overnight volunteer trip into the Northern...
Liked On: 20-01-2022, 08:07 PM
I shoot most animals in the gloom of early dark. If they are gutted and off the ground they are perfect to leave one till morning as happens if you shoot two. Drape over a bush or a big rock if there...
Liked On: 20-01-2022, 07:01 PM
Took the chance to do a quick overnighter on Friday, with the intention of hopefully getting 2022 off to a positive start. I've had a few 'getting older' injuries of late, so expectations were fairly...
Liked On: 17-01-2022, 06:55 PM
No not really, just the first for this year so far. But on this resent trip the first time I’ve seen a falcon catch a bird in flight only 3m or 4m above us and the first time I’ve shot deer and a pig...
Liked On: 17-01-2022, 10:18 AM
by same token I have in my collection of recovered projectiles 1 50 grn and 1 52grn speer HP varmit projectiles that look almost identical,both failed to expand at all and appear to have tumbled...
Liked On: 16-01-2022, 06:24 PM
We’d planned to disappear into the Ruahines earlier this week before Christmas and as the week approached I hoped the weather would hold out. We’d had some very hot days and despite some drizzle and...
Liked On: 15-01-2022, 03:59 PM
Here’s to 2022 and to kick it off on the trophy front for everyone. Well my best head yet. He tried to give me the slip as the heard he was with went right. I dropped back into the woods to...
Liked On: 14-01-2022, 01:38 PM
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Liked On: 14-01-2022, 12:15 PM
So, managed to actually get a couple days off work this week despite my last post which has quelled the itch to get out. First time out in the Kaimanawas looking for Sika. Two places I was looking...
Liked On: 12-01-2022, 11:51 AM
I shot my last deer in Dec 2020, then decided to try and get one with the bow in 2021. I got close to a deer, missed one, got the bow drawn back on another. So with the freezer being empty I decided...
Liked On: 11-01-2022, 01:59 PM
Let's keep an eye on how the velvet is growing this season. This is a small bodied Red from the Kaimai plateau area, last weekend 27 Nov 2021. 185043
Liked On: 09-01-2022, 05:25 PM