Pics of rifle scabbards prompted me to dig these out . I was two up on the XR . (Probably a 500, but my memory says 600?) A trip in to find a Thar 252348 My brand spanking Rem 700 classic...
Liked On: 12-06-2024, 10:07 PM
As my mate used to say "glamorous job aye"252179
Liked On: 12-06-2024, 10:04 PM
Yeah like anything you have to practice a system until it becomes second nature. Over the years for myself Ive developed a simple is better approach that caters for 90% of the situations I find...
Liked On: 11-06-2024, 08:03 PM
The clan had our annual banger making session the other day. Plain, Garlic, Bacon and Cheese, Onion and tomato were flavours of the day. Mixture of venison and mutton. No butchers involved. ...
Liked On: 25-05-2024, 11:28 PM
Another tanned wild goat skin that is broken and nearly ready for sanding :) Still trying to make use of as much of the goats as possible. I'm now tending to pick out the goats with the nicely...
Liked On: 25-05-2024, 11:25 PM
To put some age perspective on the skin hunting pics, mate is 81 and Im 75. He was about 20 and I was about 15. So it was around about 1963. Used to sell skins to a place in Rangatikei street in...
Liked On: 25-05-2024, 12:54 PM
yes still goes on lower Whakatane river its the common method - lower end of the Waioeka - the Motu - Horomanga - Whakatane they local Taneatua hunters would come up on horseback with up to 10...
Liked On: 25-05-2024, 12:51 PM
Hodder & Tolley , Keep them coming Lads , brings back fond memories of a past life
Liked On: 25-05-2024, 12:50 PM
250915250916Wandering off topic ,so will wrap it up here. river buggy shots up the Orongas.The well known split Totara Baines hut mid- upper valley mid 70's.Doc would go butchers hook if they saw U...
Liked On: 24-05-2024, 09:27 PM
The Quad fleet,Orongas in a banker,river buggies etc etc.If U can't squeeze anymore in the back of the '64 Vanguard station wagon,chuck em up on the homebuilt roof rack250907 the...
Liked On: 24-05-2024, 09:27 PM
A bit of history. 2 neck shot for the chiller with what was one of the first 7-08's in the country. Steve Blenkarne imported a reamer and this was one of the first turned out. I put it on a Tikka...
Liked On: 24-05-2024, 09:02 PM
well I learn something new everyday..the skin trade went much longer than I previously believed...I know the skins were used to line aircraft fuel tanks of combat aircraft in hope they would help to...
Liked On: 24-05-2024, 04:11 PM
A couple of pics skin hunting pre-dating my meat hunting. With the old 303's. I was just a kid (pic not of me). Mate Bill's foresight was a lump of filed to shape solder. In the Puketios. You can see...
Liked On: 23-05-2024, 11:21 PM
250913 No dropping to the chiller that weeked.All kills in Davy Jones locker.Oronga running high.No snorkels back then
Liked On: 23-05-2024, 11:20 PM
250906For the younger forum members who mite be bored - just scroll on by.The generation before me who we learn the sport off and who we looked up to as wee tackers.meat hunting Orongarongas 60's -...
Liked On: 23-05-2024, 11:18 PM