Acquired an M12 Mauser in .270 recently, sold off all the stuff that came on it, fitted a rail rings and scope I already had spare, sighted it in with ammo from my Browning, sub moa, job done and...
Liked On: 26-06-2022, 12:18 PM
Weather foorcast of a high of 3 degrees and rain was forecast...pretty hard to rush out of bed with that to look forward to....but by 09:30 I had terrano parked and was strapping in the racing...
Liked On: 20-06-2022, 07:29 PM
My wife and I decided it was time for a couple of days exploring and hunting so set off south for the Hurunui district. Unfortunately the weather didn't play ball and we only managed one day out...
Liked On: 05-06-2022, 09:54 PM
We quite often hear this, or see these words in a gun classified. It's a common phrase, one that I heard someone use just this weekend. There are many of us who have been there done that with this...
Liked On: 23-05-2022, 10:35 PM
Following a thread I started a few weeks ago WTB,tidy BSA Hunter triple two ,I,ve got to scratch the trebly itch.Thanks to the numerous replys from various jokers, particularly big up to akaroa1 who...
Liked On: 21-05-2022, 02:10 PM
Thanks for the advice guys. Ended up buying the Steiner Skyhawk 3 8x42s which 7.62 linked earlier in the thread. Got them for $450 and they seem to be worth about $900-1000 new so pretty happy....
Liked On: 27-04-2022, 10:28 PM
They block the access to public land because they get sick to death of idiots that don't leave things how they find them when they go through their land, shoot their stock, hunt on their land without...
Liked On: 23-04-2022, 09:40 PM
True version: It was the shooter that ended up with most of a 308 bullet lodged very close to his spine not the pilot, yes in his butt, the helicopter flew from the scene of the shooting near...
Liked On: 18-03-2022, 10:36 AM
I’ve just got back from a Hutt Valley Deerstalkers trip into the Ruahines, the purpose of the trip was to show that recreational hunters can contribute to game management in high population areas. Me...
Liked On: 15-03-2022, 08:42 AM
Earlier this week I took the day off work to have my first crack of the year pursuing hard antler Sika stags with mawzer308 . It’s suffice to say the day that unfolded is one we won’t won’t forget. I...
Liked On: 19-02-2022, 10:00 AM
Interesting aye, Im the opposite and find my Osprey the ducks nuts. As is often the case, whatever suits the individual is what works
Liked On: 21-01-2022, 01:55 PM
I'm blessed in so many ways. Family, friends, and ok health. And even to the extent of being asked to home sit a sheep station homestead on the coast for 10 days. "feed the dogs, feed the horses,...
Liked On: 21-01-2022, 01:24 PM
Have never done it. Hate the thought of it. I know others' do it. When I was meat hunting in the Ruahines often enough I would find them in the dark and then bivy there and carry them out in the...
Liked On: 21-01-2022, 11:54 AM
You are onto it. Mate with a thermal sees dozens all over the place. Open up on them though, and you'll be lucky to get two-three of them. They are not silly.
Liked On: 20-01-2022, 04:23 PM
For myself it normally a day to walk in and a day walking out, some places it’s two days to get into areas where the numbers are really high, so I just fill up with back steaks from 2 to 6 deer....
Liked On: 19-01-2022, 09:40 PM