271205 Public land. 72km round trip on the legs. Measured 39 inches on the longest side.
Liked On: 28-03-2025, 09:24 AM
270709 I finally get to post in one of these threads! First stag for the pup too. Very chuffed 170m with the 308 150gr SST
Liked On: 17-03-2025, 08:00 AM
Shot this stunning pre-roar stag last Friday. After 17.5km and 1500 vertical meters in the tops the day before, I came back to the hut down in the valley. I woke up early and went for a walk to a...
Liked On: 17-03-2025, 08:00 AM
If that's the standard you want hold yourself too, fine. It always seems a bit slopy to me.
Liked On: 12-03-2025, 09:06 AM
Bucks. Fallow " bucks" Not stags, not hinds . Bucks and does... Its a hunting forum, we can be better.
Liked On: 12-03-2025, 09:05 AM
Hi all! Excuse the enthusiasm! But I am so freaking proud of myself! I have no husband or father to hunt with (I have a wife who is not interested in the slightest).. grew up on a farm shooting...
Liked On: 27-02-2025, 08:52 AM
Had occasion to revisit a spot up the St Jame’s for the second time to replenish the freezer in a rare fine couple of days amongst the rain over the Xmas break. Loaded the Dog, rifle and tent and...
Liked On: 14-01-2025, 07:41 AM
Trying to be more active with posting hunting stories, so jumping straight into it on lunch break after a weekend on the West Coast. I have had the weekend just gone penciled in with the...
Liked On: 13-01-2025, 01:07 PM
This weekend gone, I went hunting with two friends. Neither had shot a public land deer yet, so we were keen to tick that objective off as well as get them some Christmas venison. Political...
Liked On: 10-12-2024, 12:49 PM
The beauty of my current job is getting to work in some of the awesome locations around the Marlborough region. Often that provides the chance for an after work wander or fish. We've had a couple of...
Liked On: 07-11-2024, 07:46 AM
My family and I were invited to do an overnight tramp with another family to Kahikitea Lodge just south of Oamaru. It was nestled in the middle of a hunting block I haven’t yet explored, so I gained...
Liked On: 31-10-2024, 10:29 AM
For those of you who have been on the various forums over the last decade or two. The name Zeeriverrat might ring a bell. I first got too know him through the old H&F forum and we have stayed in...
Liked On: 31-10-2024, 09:00 AM
After many months of planning with my father-in-law, John, we made our way down to Taumaranui late on a Friday night in August where our friend, Ewen, kindly put us up for the weekend and agreed to...
Liked On: 10-10-2024, 11:38 AM
Last weekend I headed up to a spot near my place. The goats in the area (with their mates the pigs) are turning a section of regenerating bush into a desert, so I thought I'd smash a few over. I'd...
Liked On: 16-08-2024, 12:57 PM
With work starting to wind up a closer-to-home day hunt won the toss over an overnighter for my weekend jaunt. Leaving home at a leisurely 6am had me crunching up through the crisp pre-dawn air and...
Liked On: 25-07-2024, 09:32 AM