Here's one i enjoy getting out and shooting some critters with now and again, my 1941 no4 sniper rifle. its not the oldest I have but its by far the heaviest, 11.6 lbs!! Ya feel that after a 1000m...
Liked On: 16-11-2021, 10:02 PM
longshot this I think, was posted here a while back. 182188
Liked On: 27-10-2021, 10:48 AM
Have wanted a "classic" rifle for a while now and kind of kept a half hearted eye on the forum and trademe etc for one to come up and this rifle came up on the forum a few weeks back. I contacted the...
Liked On: 26-10-2021, 07:11 PM
Docking, drafting, lambing beats, crutching, milking etc - all the farmboy jobs. Old man was a dab hand at docking. Dock anything that moved. We had a farm tomcat that was getting a bit...
Liked On: 25-10-2021, 10:09 PM
Got my rings back from engineer today, got him to give them a hoozle up to fit 26mm tube scope and have my recently re-aquired (thanks Mathias ) Nickel Supra 4x36 mounted loosely in them to see how...
Liked On: 25-10-2021, 10:02 PM
I used to haunt that area during the early '70s we called the Bullring. Hauled a lot of deer out of there up the steep part of the track in, where only those with a winch would venture down. Winches...
Liked On: 20-10-2021, 11:57 AM
Our neighbour is 97 now I think. Still very sharp. 30-40 years of hunting trips into Fiordland amongst it all. I love it when I bump into him and he's in a chatty mood and I get a story out of him....
Liked On: 19-10-2021, 09:25 PM
Found this. I think it was the last deer I ever sold. Ruahines out by the Pouranaki. Neck shot with a 22.250 I had. Fried the barrel in the end. ...
Liked On: 19-10-2021, 09:25 PM
Mate after a bomb up with the 303's. Skin hunting. In the Puketois. Bill's foresight was a filed blob solder. ...
Liked On: 19-10-2021, 09:25 PM
Well it took a long time but I finally got to take young Sam hunting. His mum has bought him up by herself to be a really fine young fellow of just 12 (I think). Some time ago i got started on...
Liked On: 17-10-2021, 08:53 PM
Gordan would get around a bit too., I met him in the bush of the Far North in 1999, he was looking for large Kauri to photo in the Puketi Forest, I had a contract possum control job and showed him...
Liked On: 17-10-2021, 08:46 PM
Real men - 1999 – Glaisnock River - John Muir of Feilding with the shaving brush and Les Battersby of Kaikoura/Picton - both John and Les were very involved with management of the Wapiti herd back...
Liked On: 17-10-2021, 08:45 PM
I forgot to point out that those velvets and venisons in that pic are actually on the back of Daves buggy,parked up in the main drag in TeAnau. Here's a better pic of Dave and Gordon and the old...
Liked On: 17-10-2021, 08:45 PM
Ruahines. Mate skinning back the back straps for the carry out. The best price was for the hq and backstops so we would pin bone the hq with the back straps attached, and fold the BS back over and...
Liked On: 17-10-2021, 08:44 PM
Had the pleasure of sharing a hut with Ivan Wilson a few times co inventor of the net gun. A few whiskys and the yarns would flow, he had us all roaring with laughter. He had hundreds of yarns. One...
Liked On: 17-10-2021, 08:43 PM