Over the last couple of years I have been taking my now 11 daughter out hunting whenever I can. She’s (generally) quiet, and just keeps going and going. Last day hunt we covered about 17km over some...
Liked On: 24-09-2022, 11:11 PM
The Marlin model 60 is usually very accurate rifle. Have had many Marlin semiauto variants and two 60s could average well under 0.5" for consec groups at 50. They are particular as to how to use...
Liked On: 24-09-2022, 11:04 PM
A walking stick will save your knees for later on in life. Downhills are a bitch.
Liked On: 24-09-2022, 10:40 PM
Greetings again, From the photograph the edge of the breal looks like classic head separation from excess head space. The crack starts from a groove on the inside of the case and progresses to the...
Liked On: 24-09-2022, 06:26 PM
On the river at 5am this morning scooping in the surf, I ended up with 2 kilo's 206552
Liked On: 24-09-2022, 06:15 PM
One thing I'll add it that the majority of deaths in the bush come from drownings, respect the water and be prepared to wait for river levels to go down.
Liked On: 24-09-2022, 05:56 PM
And always use a decent wading stick when crossing water. There is a tale of a guy that slipped when crossing a river and his knee connected with a rock. What looked like a tiny nick just below...
Liked On: 24-09-2022, 05:56 PM
Yep I subscribed a while back. For the same coin as a hunting magazine, I get a lot more out of it. He seems to put a lot of effort in to researching the topic and sharing the knowledge. He'd make...
Liked On: 24-09-2022, 11:33 AM
If you start having a nosey round at titles near riverbed it soon opens up a whole new world of hunting areas for pheasants and quail etc. Lots of Linz land has been nicked for farming. I know of a...
Liked On: 24-09-2022, 10:37 AM
Had that experience years ago on the north face of Pirongia. Had the maps etc, they disputed it as their land. Was a good spot for goats as rough grass and scrub over a large area, so you could...
Liked On: 24-09-2022, 10:35 AM
I used to be a supporter of farmers and their problems, but the more and more i deal with them the more i dont have any sympathy for them. Its always stuff like, stealing public land, harassing you...
Liked On: 24-09-2022, 10:33 AM
A workmate sold their small block of land a few years back. In the process, they found out a neighbour's paddock was actually theirs! The neighbour had been grazing it for years and knew it was their...
Liked On: 24-09-2022, 10:32 AM
F..wits be it a hunter, tramper or farmer bugger it up for everybody. The simple trick is not to be one. I lease a bit of DOC that all the locals go on to get watercress. The great majority are no...
Liked On: 24-09-2022, 10:31 AM
In those days there was only the one BSA rifle, the BSA Hunter in .222. They didnt start making the others till about two years later, and they were marketed, as shown there, as Viscount, Imperial...
Liked On: 24-09-2022, 10:27 AM
Watch the utube link posted earlier and subscribe to Shays patron. The guy is a true bushman and speaks in an easy manner without ego or fanfare.
Liked On: 24-09-2022, 10:19 AM