Is there much in it if you continue on to Murapara and then Galatea / Matahina
Liked On: 28-01-2023, 06:57 PM
A sort tahr hunt back in early spring if anyone is keen on a watch. Cheers guys https://youtu.be/CpJhiJRpsyo
Liked On: 28-01-2023, 06:50 PM
Owaka DOC office has a small whiteboard hanging on the wall next to the counter which has the hunting blocks listed, whoever has booked and what period and the landowner details if they require...
Liked On: 27-01-2023, 02:43 PM
I have to disagree here. Short .243 had annihilated first baffle in less than a box. DPT were GCs about it though.
Liked On: 23-01-2023, 04:39 PM
I had a few days spare so I decided to have a look up Clements Road. Ive been hunting this area for a while now, Normally I walk in about an hour. camp and hunt from there. I know there area fairly...
Liked On: 19-01-2023, 11:17 PM
Out and about. Some pics (and something for stug to look at to help with the boredom). This was a good omen. 214582 I shot this at 340 yards with the 6.5x55. It was trying to make good its...
Liked On: 17-01-2023, 11:17 PM
Had to take a drive to national park on Thursday to look at a caravan so decided on doing a round trip and take a quick look at Clements mill rd considering how much rain there had been and the fact...
Liked On: 17-01-2023, 10:56 PM
I got my first deer yesterday. A nice red stag. After two luckless day trips in the Southern Tararuas and one in the Aorangis, I went for another optimistic armed walk into the Tararuas. I had...
Liked On: 12-01-2023, 11:50 PM
Very interesting Bruce, I meat hunted the Whirinaki area for a while in the mid 70s after culling for the NZFS. Have to say those were some of the best years of my life. We didn’t make heaps but...
Liked On: 10-01-2023, 10:12 PM
More old pics from the meat days... Puketois 214148 Tararua head 214149
Liked On: 10-01-2023, 10:12 PM
These are the first 2 deer that I shot and sold. I was 21 It was in the head waters of the Mangahao in the Tararuas. About 5 hour walk to where I shot them. The rifle is a Brno .222. I shoulder...
Liked On: 07-01-2023, 10:13 PM
"We do not learn from experience... we learn from reflecting on experiences" Thanks all for reading of our journey this far, no more animals seen or shot just a post to reflect on the experience. ...
Liked On: 03-01-2023, 11:06 PM
"A River cuts through rock, not because of its power but because of its persistence" Day Two - Fly camp to Tawa Hut to Side creek bliss Woke early to the sounds of birds, The Eastern Whio link...
Liked On: 03-01-2023, 11:01 PM
Been a while posting something up, too busy training up the new GWP pup for the last 4 months because it’s time to retire the old Vizsla. He got all the basic hand signals sorted so don’t need to...
Liked On: 01-01-2023, 11:04 PM
So I post plenty about vintage rifles and particularly single shots Not so much about my hunting, but I do hunt a lot This is about hunting and gunsmithing so worth sharing My Primary Big...
Liked On: 01-01-2023, 11:01 PM