Back in the days "When men were men and wimmen were wimmen and thank god for that"
Liked On: 15-10-2021, 07:59 PM
I first started hunting pigs with a guy who was 58. I was 17 at the time and he was 58 (my age now!) and he seemed ancient! We'd be up at 3.30am and have a big bacon and egg breaky at his place and...
Liked On: 15-10-2021, 07:59 PM
My contribution. I reckon Venison Hunters is the best book I’ve read on that era. But… About 40 years ago I was really lucky to spend a weekend with an ex West Coast culler, Selwyn Bucknell. He is...
Liked On: 15-10-2021, 07:58 PM
Yep yep all good stuff there. Rex wrote a few good chopper books and one guy well mentioned in those books would take me away into the hills for missions, scary being a whipper with him and his pilot...
Liked On: 14-10-2021, 09:47 PM
lol.. I am. Got a nice hind 30 mins after we spoke
Liked On: 14-10-2021, 09:42 PM
Had a schoolteacher a bloke Colin Luff? that was into hunting. School trips to Waikarimoana, Waipakihi with hunting included. It was magic. Mind you i left school in 1976/7. The kids next door...
Liked On: 14-10-2021, 09:42 PM
We were supposed to go up North in the second week of the holidays but that couldnt happen, so Oliver and I went hunting instead. We picked it good. If we have left it any later we would have been...
Liked On: 14-10-2021, 09:41 PM
I think the best book about the chopper era is Mike Bennett’s “The Venison Hunters” (a widely held opinion to be fair). But another good one that seems to fly under the radar is Dave Ratcliffe’s “An...
Liked On: 14-10-2021, 08:54 PM
Yes I got the late Din Collings to re-chamber a mini 14 to .222. The increased magazine capacity made it a great rifle for goat shooting. I had been told that Mini 14's weren't particularly accurate...
Liked On: 14-10-2021, 08:53 PM
Urethane a handle to it. (glue)
Liked On: 14-10-2021, 08:48 PM
Big ass industrial magnet/ magnetic handle. Maybe something like this? https://www.trademe.co.nz/3303110291
Liked On: 14-10-2021, 08:47 PM
I have a full box. https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/t148/empiresafaris/B0014AF9-EA85-4BB6-8E73-673736258602.jpeg
Liked On: 14-10-2021, 08:41 PM
Got sme Sierra 125g 30-30 bullets today,gonna try 36g 2206h an see how they go,if no good I willl use them for subsonics small game loads.
Liked On: 14-10-2021, 08:39 PM
Thanks, I'm hoping to learn from a few here. I was of the understanding that NZ is easy going. Not sure of the whole plan but hoping we can get a cpervan and sightsee and get on a hunt in one or...
Liked On: 14-10-2021, 08:33 PM
Bring your own sandpaper when you do get over.......
Liked On: 14-10-2021, 08:32 PM