Anyone dedicated enough to carry 50kg meat through 1000 altitude meters, probably has enough substance of character to make good judgment on their own level of ethics around which animals to take or...
Liked On: 17-01-2023, 06:36 PM
Nothing wrong with what you have done. Its only natural to feel a bit of sadness ( for want of a better term) after taking an animal. I always feel a bit guilty about it, but that's life. You quickly...
Liked On: 17-01-2023, 12:07 PM
I carried a 200 pounder once, knew it was too heavy as I could feel my sinews creaking - but it was only half a mile to the car and moderately flat. That was the Akatarawa's. I did carry 147 hind...
Liked On: 06-01-2023, 09:15 PM
My dad used to do a lot of meat hunting in the Urewera's. Next time I go over to his place I will see if I can get some of his photos and post them on here. He has some neat ones of a pack horse team...
Liked On: 06-01-2023, 09:14 PM
stingray we were the best fisherman in the world for a total of 7 or so minutes and then things went steadily downhill :) Thank you for the trip and the yarns and all the discussions on this and...
Liked On: 28-12-2022, 08:03 AM
Was a good morning for sure, even without the fish. Was really cool discussing the differences of how NZ vs USA manage fish and game, we definitely suck at it. All the best for the rest of your trip...
Liked On: 27-12-2022, 01:35 PM
We went out Tuesday and it was perfect. It wasn’t hard for Gibo to find the lost looking American at the secret meeting place. I was actually busy searching whether a “ute” was a car or a truck when...
Liked On: 27-12-2022, 01:35 PM
Built this up for another good customer on a T3X Tikka https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/af161/Kiwi-Greg/IMG_9571.JPG?width=960&height=720&fit=bounds...
Liked On: 27-12-2022, 01:28 PM
Day 9 – Friday 9th December Up a bit later at 6:30am and out the door to a wet, drizzly morning. The mission now was to find out where an animal was hanging out so Marcus could shoot his second...
Liked On: 17-12-2022, 08:31 PM
Day 5 – Monday 5th December Up earlyish, and a bit of glassing with nothing seen. I had some breakfast and then packed up my gear ready for “moving day”. At about 9:45 I carried my main pack up to...
Liked On: 17-12-2022, 08:13 PM
The dog and I got back yesterday from 12 days/11 nights in the Kawekas. It ended up not being the big walk I planned due tho knee issues, and the weather stopped the missus and young fella (and...
Liked On: 13-12-2022, 05:27 PM
For the people that have been asking me on here I now have some 6.5mmTargex 140gr projectiles available, have finished my testing & I'm happy with them. If you want some thats fine just contact me...
Liked On: 10-11-2022, 10:00 AM
My 9yo really earned this one. She has been studying up on deer anatomy and has showed awesome discipline behind the trigger. After sitting patently behind the rifle on a red at 95 yards for over...
Liked On: 05-11-2022, 09:59 PM
The new pattern Byrd Camp Knife with 7 1/2 in 1084 carbon steel with this first of the series being engraved for my agent who it is named for. The description from my website The Byrd camp knife is...
Liked On: 03-11-2022, 09:52 PM
Glad to see it's still there. Haven't been through there for about 35 years. We used to do the track & hut maintainence. Is the bivy on the ridge between the pine & Matuk still there ?
Liked On: 03-11-2022, 07:02 PM