Na, sounds like he actually got outside and did some real learning, then asked some valid questions.
Liked On: 30-10-2022, 04:15 PM
just dont do it to a collectable 30-30 ....... a remlin or rossi is fine you wont devalue it too much more than natural depreciation
Liked On: 30-10-2022, 02:43 PM
Cheers everyone, feeling adequately educated now. Appreciate the photo Micky Duck, good to know I'm not looking at an oddity. Will hopefully collect one soonish and will post an update.
Liked On: 30-10-2022, 01:38 PM
I have killed plenty of deer with my 44s over the years,kills well at bush ranges ,can load mild loads for the kids to shoot using cast bullets and trail boss powder,a heavy cast bullet going at...
Liked On: 30-10-2022, 12:11 PM
The one in the centre of the photo looks normal and fine. The condition of deer, cattle, even dogs can be judged by looking at them from the point of the hip to the base of the tail. An animal in...
Liked On: 30-10-2022, 12:06 PM
they're all out feeding, so they're not sick. pick the one that looks in the best condition to you and take it home for the pot. hunting sometimes doesn't give you this kind of chance to study each...
Liked On: 30-10-2022, 12:06 PM
They’re fine mate. Possibly the odd slightly skinny one, but as others have said pick a good one. Unfortunately your experience with the farmer is all to common. I’ve said it in previous related...
Liked On: 30-10-2022, 12:05 PM
I hear ya, and couldn’t agree more but one of my stronger personality traits is at play here. When I do something I like to do it well, some might even call it being anal:D
Liked On: 30-10-2022, 11:51 AM
Yes, had a play with focus adjustment but doesn’t resolve my issue as the reticle in my short sight range. I can compensate for this with glasses but then I can’t focus through the scope out further....
Liked On: 30-10-2022, 11:51 AM
Option 2 is pretty much what I have done. Nice short supressed 17inch 308 for bush hunting and kept my 7mm-08 at 20 inches with a more forward supressor for open tussock hunting when i don't want to...
Liked On: 30-10-2022, 09:28 AM
Since this time last year DoC Nelson Lakes has been opening up the southern end of the NLNP to helicopter hunting access twice a year (spring and the roar). This initiative is an attempt to control...
Liked On: 29-10-2022, 08:39 PM
vego campfood, i would rather eat the possum off the top of the DOC hut !
Liked On: 29-10-2022, 08:32 PM
One thing i have noticed is the bush is getting thicker and more unhuntable for a bush stalker in some ares that used to be good for a stalker. Think its reduced animal numbers from the green rain...
Liked On: 29-10-2022, 08:25 PM
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/130306585/legendary-hunter-author-and-a-great-kiwi-bloke--peter-harker-was-a-man-who-knew-how-to-have-fun
Liked On: 29-10-2022, 07:34 PM
205873 HARKER, Peter John Kendrick: Peter passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 8, 2022, with his wife June and sister Pauline by his side, aged 80. A beloved father, stepfather,...
Liked On: 29-10-2022, 07:29 PM