This year my roar plan was to head down into Fiordland National Park over the Easter break for 4 days of hunting with my son and anotuer forum member and two of his kids. Plenty of prep work involved...
Liked On: 13-04-2024, 11:30 AM
It’s me last night in Te Anau before plane home to northland tomorrow morning - Had a hard time handing in the hire car this afternoon…now stuck at holiday park. One last poke for an evening...
Liked On: 08-04-2024, 08:05 PM
With good weather forecast a quick overnight mission to the tops was in order. Being Easter weekend I thought heading somewhere a bit harder to get to would be a good idea and was hoping the stags...
Liked On: 01-04-2024, 10:11 PM
Yes, 284 would be better in shorter bbl. This is based on my own experience with 284 & 280ai. I can get same or better performance from 22in bbl 284 as I get with 24in bbl 280ai. Also run a 20in bbl...
Liked On: 30-03-2024, 09:46 AM
Rather than stay at a hut Brian and I decided to sleep amongst them to try for a decent head. So Brian went one way and I went another with our packs a bit heavier than usual 'cos we had our PJ's,...
Liked On: 20-03-2024, 02:00 AM
I had a three day wallaby hunt planned this weekend with a guy who does control work for DOC. We were meant to head deep up the Rangitata to search for sign and cull whatever we found. Typically only...
Liked On: 20-03-2024, 01:57 AM
It's a pretty shit time all round to be fair, so when Philipo suggested an overnighter into the ruahines, I was keen as ! Late Thursday arvo saw us punching up the hill to Tarn Biv a bloody good...
Liked On: 15-03-2024, 08:08 PM
Had an awesome trip last weekend with a few good mates of mine, thought I would share. For a long time, I have been wanting to share my enjoyment of hunting and the backcountry with my school...
Liked On: 09-03-2024, 08:52 PM
In another post referencing both these primers I said I would do a little test to compare them. I did that at a range today, shooting a couple of my usual loads in a Sako M591 .243W and Tikka T3...
Liked On: 08-03-2024, 10:00 PM
Hey guys. I was meant to put this up for a while just never had the time to sit down and write everything down. Last January I had the opportunity to go back to Europe for 6 months and work at the...
Liked On: 08-03-2024, 09:52 PM
Awesome! No cashews on this trip?
Liked On: 08-03-2024, 07:06 PM
Epic reading, thanks for taking the time to share your adventures
Liked On: 04-03-2024, 09:34 PM
Great Reading, Thanks!
Liked On: 04-03-2024, 09:34 PM
It had been 3 months since I had been out for a hunt. A back injury at the beginning of December had forced me to take it easy and spend a bit more of my down time on the end of a fishing rod and a...
Liked On: 04-03-2024, 12:22 PM
I met Steve many years ago when we worked together in Rotorua. We got on well from the get go with the common interest in hunting always giving us something to talk about. We did a few hunts together...
Liked On: 04-03-2024, 12:20 PM