Look up alum and borax tanning. I got both products from mitre 10 for under $25. I've used this method on a couple of goat skins and they turned out nice and soft.
Liked On: 30-03-2017, 09:29 PM
If you are doing the rounds at the gun shops, shoulder a few and see what you like. Don't let them talk you into something you are not sure about. As already mentioned, Gunworks just outside of Chch...
Liked On: 30-03-2017, 09:05 PM
If the humidity down there is anything like we have had up here the last two months you have zero show of air drying a skin, it will putrefy or get blown. Search on here , there is a few threads on...
Liked On: 30-03-2017, 08:55 PM
Spewy Tui....who tagged along for the first couple of times we went out until I took the silencer off and she just about shat herself,and now refuses to get out of the car when i go out (oh the joys...
Liked On: 30-03-2017, 05:29 AM
Did the same exactly but with a side by side shortened the barrels by 6 inches and fitted express sights. A poor mans double rifle. Shoots both barrels inside 2 inches at 50 yds. Deadly for goats.
Liked On: 28-03-2017, 09:55 PM
HammockGear is offering an econ line at the moment which IMO represents the best value sleep system on the planet. A zero degree (f) standard length wide quilt in 800fp down weighs in under 800g. All...
Liked On: 28-03-2017, 09:45 PM
I was the bloke on the other forum whose dog "Izzie" was attacked by pig dogs in Rotorua a couple of years ago. It was the day after she indicated on our first "wild" deer and took me in for the...
Liked On: 27-03-2017, 07:38 PM
Hunting has takin a back seat last few years, got into LR, had a fair few rifles with teething issues and really took the fun out of it all But been trying to get back on the wagon Hitched a...
Liked On: 26-03-2017, 04:32 PM
Might be a long shot but have you had a look at the WAMS website - https://www.wams.org.nz/wams_desktop/index.html Might be a paper road or some such which would allow you access??
Liked On: 25-03-2017, 04:18 PM
Set up a game cam in a likely spot, and wonder no more
Liked On: 25-03-2017, 01:22 PM
I am sure some of the older forum members may have experienced this, and don't come across all perfect and say "nope": - Aged ~ 12 yrs, visiting parents' friends property on the edge of town....
Liked On: 25-03-2017, 01:09 PM
a few early morning trips over the top of thier land in say a hughes 500 to drop firearms off to you once on land...and again to pick them up afterwards might upset the apple cart a tad. politely...
Liked On: 25-03-2017, 12:57 PM
If the access is a legal right of way easement then unless the terms of the easement specifically exclude firearms they have no legal right to say whether you can or not. You would have to get the...
Liked On: 25-03-2017, 12:26 PM
I'd get the terms of the easement checked to see if he has the ability to stipulate that.
Liked On: 25-03-2017, 12:26 PM
It is possible there will be some sort of legal access easement into the forestry, as is often the case with blocks like that marooned from open access.. In which case a rifle may possibly count as...
Liked On: 25-03-2017, 10:54 AM