Awesome report mate, great bit of country loaded with deer. Sent from my SM-S916B using Tapatalk
Liked On: 08-01-2024, 05:53 PM
Greta write up. Like the others have said, no one will miss those deer, good on you for knocking some over. We had a similar experience a bit further south last summer. Knocked two over and spent...
Liked On: 08-01-2024, 05:53 PM
Fantastic. The very best of what this forum offers.
Liked On: 08-01-2024, 05:53 PM
Great country. I used to hang out up on that Ngamoko range when i was younger
Liked On: 08-01-2024, 05:53 PM
After too many years of creamy farm hunting, I thought it was time to get back into some public land stuff and challenge myself more. It’d been years since my dad and I used to spend our weekends up...
Liked On: 08-01-2024, 03:43 PM
Hi Two overnighters into the Molesworth & an evening hunt behind Oxford earlier this week. Saw plenty of deer (and the odd Chamois), and was able to target the spiker and yearlings which taste...
Liked On: 06-01-2024, 10:37 PM
Thanks to craigc Charlie was stoked with his new secondhand Tatonka ( just like dad but smaller ). We took took off on Friday afternoon. The wx was unbelievably hot. Having the bright idea of taking...
Liked On: 28-12-2023, 09:03 PM
I whistled a few times and James shouted ‘stand up you lazy bugger’, after a couple of minutes of various insults he stood to a whistle, the .284 cracked and it feel to the ground. 240115 On the...
Liked On: 28-12-2023, 09:00 PM
Determination drove me back to NZ, I just knew a bull was achievable, so the first thing I did after setting up camp was to start the process from the beginning. Put my felt blanked up, used a field...
Liked On: 27-12-2023, 06:57 PM
6 foot'ish rod ( 2 or 4 piece) 2500 spin reel 6pd line Black and gold toby 7 or 10grms This will catch trout almost anywhere in NZ.
Liked On: 25-12-2023, 08:47 AM
On the topic off Helisika - all the private blocks are about money. Whether that is the iwi or DOC or helisika I don't know but if you look at the landing fee, plus the fee per night per person on...
Liked On: 22-12-2023, 08:03 PM
Myself and forum member Nick-D hatched a plan to do a fly camp in the Kaimanawas for a few nights in December to help fill a void of venison before the blowies turn up in force and the ground becomes...
Liked On: 15-12-2023, 10:00 PM
How can you argue with this: ‘New research says recreational hunting doesn't keep sika deer numbers down low enough to let native bush thrive in a forest park in Hawke's Bay. The study says...
Liked On: 09-12-2023, 07:42 PM
I have been shooting rabbits on my parents' property for a few years, but when Uncle Puffin heard me express interest in deer hunting he was quick to take me under his wing and help get me set up. ...
Liked On: 05-12-2023, 12:09 AM
Time was passing by far too quickly without enough selfish me time, so a plan was called for. The one boy had finished his Yr 12 exams, the calves were weaned and gone, homekill done, haylage cut &...
Liked On: 25-11-2023, 09:15 PM