Am I allowed to join in? I have been making knives for around 5 years. I am almost entirely self taught, and the stuff I made in the first year or two was pretty dodgy. This was one of my first...
Liked On: 09-03-2025, 10:40 AM
National parks have limited landings per day and wilderness areas have no flying or landing or huts.
Liked On: 07-03-2024, 10:07 AM
First, I must apologise as these are from a cheap home slide scanner on 35 yo 35mm slides. In this country, it's all about "conditions". When you get there it might be totally different. This...
Liked On: 27-12-2021, 12:40 PM
Makes you want to head north and have a crack :thumbsup:
Liked On: 27-04-2021, 04:26 AM
I'd be real happy to have that head on my wall....good call to bring it home.
Liked On: 26-04-2021, 07:45 PM
Bit late now but with Air NZ pay for the extra bag online before getting to airport which is $35 , otherwise they sting you about $80 at the airport when checking in
Liked On: 26-04-2021, 06:10 PM
Flew this from Chch to Auckland. 166088
Liked On: 26-04-2021, 06:10 PM
At least in south Westland there is a lot of cover for the deer to escape to from the choppers. During the roar the hunters are primarily after a stag which will leave the hind population relatively...
Liked On: 11-04-2021, 12:22 PM
"Shooting" for velvet is a misinterpretation of what was likely said, it would be absolutely uneconomical. The spring/early summer season is often referred to as "the velvet" probably where the...
Liked On: 16-01-2021, 03:29 PM
The Testosterone levels in stags increase rapidly from Jan 15th this quickly hardens antlers. 20 Jan the antlers will be fully grown but not quite fully hard but so close you could strip them and...
Liked On: 26-12-2020, 09:00 AM
I think you would be OK, the older stags drop earlier than younger ones so they will be further along in development. I shot an old stag with well worn teeth on the 8 th Dec a couple of years back...
Liked On: 25-12-2020, 07:00 PM
Perfect deer country, they'll be there somewhere. It's amazing how deer can hide in that country, you'd think you have it well covered but they are sometimes right under your nose. I sat in one spot...
Liked On: 08-12-2020, 10:37 AM
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Liked On: 19-10-2020, 10:00 PM
An alternative view... Not looking to upset any of you... But... Maybe some of you fellas haven’t been hanging around the front country in the Central North Island much recently? If you have,...
Liked On: 03-09-2020, 05:43 PM
and in todays Herald .... https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-country/news/article.cfm?c_id=16&objectid=12361471 The Department of Conservation has released its "reconsidered" tahr control operation...
Liked On: 02-09-2020, 06:12 PM