used to buy the stuff by the caseloads for aerial goat work the 9 pellet was the business - the 12 pellet useless basically - the possums and hares hated the 12 pellet goats just ran with it...
Liked On: 23-09-2024, 10:54 PM
I have known 2 x district court judges. One a mates dad. One a family member by marriage. Both were pretty much divorced from reality: from the life of a working man/woman. both carried on life with...
Liked On: 17-09-2024, 07:22 PM
July this year I put in for a Blue Mountains ballot and in August I received news of a successful application and was gifted one of the better blocks. In the meantime, my wife and I had our second...
Liked On: 10-09-2024, 04:59 PM
I always found it best to identify the lead animal as best you can, then have a rough plan as to what which animal is best to shoot next each time. Variables being dominance, sex, age and proximity...
Liked On: 25-08-2024, 04:45 PM
Apparently they used the same technique for the big mobs of deer back in the day,gut shoot the lead hind and clean up the rest while confused with no leader.
Liked On: 25-08-2024, 04:44 PM
Goats don’t scream if they’re dead. As I said in earlier post if you’re a competent shooter the 22 mag is more than adequate for the job as long as you recognise it’s limitations, same as any...
Liked On: 25-08-2024, 04:43 PM
If the police fear for their safety on the job perhaps they should find another, "safer " job.
Liked On: 13-08-2024, 08:04 PM
ANOTHER KNIFE STORY Back to the previous post about the older than me Danish guy that took me under his wing hunting wise . We had stopped on the Te Anau to Milford road to walk into the Greenstone...
Liked On: 04-08-2024, 11:07 PM
HAHA My back from that and lifting the old Suzuki 185 TS onto the XA Falcon Ute stuffed it for life .As the saying goes young and dumb . Future wife doing the cleaning , still got her . 256098
Liked On: 04-08-2024, 11:06 PM
Go with the .222 Rem it is more accurate than it's siblings, I think it holds a world benchrest record also a NZ 200 yard Benchrest record accuracy always trumps velocity.
Liked On: 28-07-2024, 01:33 PM
HAHA I will tell you a story about my old 8x57mmjs Mauser I brought it new for about $20 off my brother in law full wood still with the swastikas on it not stamped out . My Father god bless him...
Liked On: 28-07-2024, 11:44 AM
1969/70 .I had joined the local NZDA at Invercargill when I was 16/17yrs and went on a organized hunt meat hunt to get some meat for the annual STAG do . Back in those days it was a male only thing...
Liked On: 25-07-2024, 09:11 PM
could see the bottom of freezer which is never good. so went for a walk to a spot that normally has a critter or two . after dragging my self out of bed slightly before the sparrows were farting i...
Liked On: 30-06-2024, 07:32 PM
Quick question @Maunga tei tei Have you been Thar hunting? Because honestly any jacketed soft point from a 6mm bore and upwards will work just fine. I have shot quite alot of Thar and 90% of the...
Liked On: 20-06-2024, 09:49 PM
Bang on. I literally have no count for the number of Tahr I've shot dead on the spot with .243, 0-300. Right mix of pills too: 85sp, 90 scirocco, 100 prohunter, 95 sst, 95 berger, 95 targex, 105...
Liked On: 19-06-2024, 11:04 PM