Further to forest and bird taking Doc to task over not shooting bulls in the national parks they have released a plan for doing 110hrs flying in the parks shooting everything that moves. This will...
Liked On: 17-06-2020, 08:54 AM
Quite a few years ago I thing 2016 or 17 I was just too late and missed out on owning an as new Mauser in 6.5 x 55 which was actually same cal as my first ever center fire rifle. I loved it even...
Liked On: 17-06-2020, 06:03 AM
Rebarrel your rem mag with an 8 twist bartlein chambered in 7mm blaser sling the 180s easy at mag length at 3060 mellow load and save your self 10 gns of powder per round. The blaser is unreal ....
Liked On: 16-06-2020, 10:41 PM
Greetings All, I have yet to see a better description of options for killing shots on deer than the chapters contained in "The Sharp Shooter". This was a book by Matt and Bruce Grant is the...
Liked On: 16-06-2020, 01:27 PM
Micky Duck yup also had a possum bite me through a heavy leather glove. Couldn't believe hard it could bite. I expected to be missing a lump off my finger. I was supplying an outfit with live...
Liked On: 16-06-2020, 01:23 PM
Me and a group of mates did the NZSSI introduction to mountaineering course at temple basin last year. I’d highly recommend it. In all my winter hunting I now carry crampons and an ice axe. In my...
Liked On: 16-06-2020, 02:02 AM
i currently work at heights and we just had a height safety trainer come through who suggested a harness and rope may come in handy with appropriate training hence me asking here and wondered if any...
Liked On: 16-06-2020, 02:01 AM
Good nature viewing in the hot pools at welcome flat. Maybe less so now with the lack of tourism though...
Liked On: 16-06-2020, 01:01 AM
My Stalking Memories by Major Wilson If you are interested in a bit of history Bruce Banwell early books are a good start. ( e.g. Red Stags of Rakaia, Highland Stages of Otago, Wapiti in NZ) Light...
Liked On: 15-06-2020, 11:41 PM
Hunter Climb High by Keith Severinsen and Deer Hunter by Joff Thomson are both good reads
Liked On: 15-06-2020, 11:41 PM
They sure put in the yards, In one of Ross Curtis's books he wrote of a walk he did in two days carrying green deer hides, I have done almost the same walk in 5 and I thought I had done well. Nope.
Liked On: 15-06-2020, 11:40 PM
I have to agree they’re a bit borderline but with close range careful shots should be OK. Saw on that topic in Aussie hunting magazine: ‘a larger goat has the same body weight as a leopard, how...
Liked On: 15-06-2020, 08:28 PM
There are probably 3 main groups of NZ hunting books: ones from about the 1960s and earlier tell of huge deer and pig numbers before commercial helicopter and foot hunting, eg. "Hunting in New...
Liked On: 15-06-2020, 07:53 PM
Just make sure the first projectile has left the barrel before feeding it another.
Liked On: 14-06-2020, 07:36 PM
you could download with trail boss..eg same volume of powder as normal stuff....it will probably give you 1500-2000fps and be quiet as heck...you will still have a LITTLE shock and some expansion...
Liked On: 14-06-2020, 07:35 PM