A great thing about the 6.5 is its SD and penetration. And at moderate speed. Its one caliber I reckon you don't need premium bullets with. Cup and core work just fine. I use 140 Amax and they are...
Liked On: 10-03-2020, 04:24 PM
A great stalk onto a red stag during the roar can be retold again and again, doesn't really matter about how many points on the antlers. But can't really say that when hunting velvet stags of any...
Liked On: 10-03-2020, 04:21 PM
Only got one set of antlers, the one's left on my avatar 8 point Red, public land....roar bush hunt, i was shaking like a shitting dog after the shoot... the memory of that hunt means the most to...
Liked On: 10-03-2020, 04:21 PM
I took photos of trophy heads on the walls at Moritzburg Castle in Saxony going back to the 1600's. There are some great heads but also some unusual deformed antlers, oddball stuff all are still kept...
Liked On: 10-03-2020, 04:21 PM
A throw away line but, the Trophy is in the eye of the beholder. As Gimp was saying, prime example flew the old man up for his 60th. He shot a 9pt red in the Ruahines during the roar, it's not huge...
Liked On: 10-03-2020, 04:21 PM
Ive caught a Marlin. Got it mounted on my wall. Looks awesome. Not really that much of a trophy for me though. I was on a charter and just had to sit in a chair and wind. I have gained much more...
Liked On: 09-03-2020, 09:13 PM
The conditions of the of hunt constitute the trophy, my best trophy is a 6 pointer shot in the tararuas with my brother,it was the first roar stag we got together, we hard bush stalked all day and...
Liked On: 09-03-2020, 09:13 PM
There are little t trophies, kept items of significance or momentos, then there are big T Trophies, representative examples of heads that meet objective scoring criteria used to measure size or other...
Liked On: 09-03-2020, 08:57 PM
All my rifles will shoot sub moa, day in, day out! But I'm buggered if I can shoot sub moa all the time, hell I'm super happy with 3 shots in 1.5moa. But given an animal within the 300-350 range,...
Liked On: 09-03-2020, 08:23 PM
He does look pretty skinny in that photo but wasn't in bad nick. Freezer is well full with pork and venison now so the hunting is going to be a bit more selective for a while. Might even take the bow...
Liked On: 09-03-2020, 08:23 PM
Can't turn that down... Going over on Fri.. Hope they got some left! I'm wondering if they're going to stop making them.. It's getting hard to find them, last time I bought a pair farmlands had to...
Liked On: 09-03-2020, 07:54 PM
The production cost of a ruger barrel is around the US$50 mark.( read in an American magazine a few years back). They shoot pretty well for the price.
Liked On: 09-03-2020, 07:40 PM
I have about 50 wood lathe chisels that have had the handles burnt off.... Doubt the fire would have gotten hot enough to retemper steel. Anyone want a couple to play with?
Liked On: 09-03-2020, 07:38 PM
Tried something new; small hunting knife made from blonde oak thanks @gonetropo (https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.nz/member.php?u=5175) , brass pins & green micarta linings and stihl brush cutter...
Liked On: 09-03-2020, 07:38 PM
132297 This has been sitting around on my bench for a few months and needed to be sorted out and finished. Kitchen knife in 14c28n, dyed black poplar wood from the Ukraine stabilized. Used a full...
Liked On: 09-03-2020, 07:38 PM