Got this Te Urewera bush stag this morning. 270450
Liked On: 11-03-2025, 07:22 PM
Left NPL bound for Whanganui on time. Made good time at the expense of an ice cream stop at the berry farm. Bummed.* Arrived 17h45, most of the boys already here, off loading quads, guns, and gear...
Liked On: 10-03-2025, 08:39 PM
Quick trip report for those who enjoy yarns in the bullet point style. I'll return to Trip Report 3, one of those epic late-night punishing hikes, but I'm pressed for time so I'll get this one up....
Liked On: 08-03-2025, 06:46 PM
270122 My boy muzzloader 270123 Nephew rifle 270124 Nephew behind my house
Liked On: 07-03-2025, 06:55 PM
269937 Had to take this one. Back yard visitor.
Liked On: 07-03-2025, 06:53 PM
Over the past couple of years I’ve taken my son out hunting more and more often. We, started with open tussock type hunts, and into bush hunting into the fringes of Fiordland National Park. He’s...
Liked On: 01-03-2025, 01:09 AM
From a gunsmith's perspective (design, build quality, performance) there are 3 standout choices, Tikka, Howa, and Ruger American. I rate them in the order shown but all are good value for money and...
Liked On: 27-02-2025, 06:29 PM
Are you left or right handed. My wife has the following, t3 223, savage 7 08, ph 243 and a krico 22h and wingmaster 12g plus a couple of 22lr
Liked On: 27-02-2025, 06:26 PM
The mushroom myth. Found under the off side skin from a lung shot. 80 grn Targex. 90 yards. These mythical mushrooms are meant to be the holy grail. Nah. My experience is that bullets perform best...
Liked On: 26-02-2025, 06:08 PM
I bought a Tikka T3x Superlite Aspite about 8 weeks ago. I just couldn't resist the rifle when I saw it in Whakatane Hunting & fishing. Alan did a package deal with a basic Burris 3-9X scope. I...
Liked On: 22-02-2025, 03:13 PM
Safe to say accuracy has been restored, here's a couple of 4 round groups I'm pretty happy with. I definitely pulled the outlier in the first group, flinched hard no excuses it still a fantastic...
Liked On: 19-02-2025, 06:04 PM
340 yards, with 74 Targex again. The tip over was a bit slow from a central shoulder shot so it got another one from steep down hill between the shoulders. That did it. I spend way too much time...
Liked On: 17-02-2025, 08:48 PM
My one loves hunting too, but it sure does cut into napping hours. Here's him waking briefly while we're glassing. 268481
Liked On: 17-02-2025, 08:46 PM
69gn Targex. 130m hind quartering slightly away, entry via onside crease, through major vessels of the heart, out via the offside should joint. Offside lung was jelly, hear wasn't attached to...
Liked On: 17-02-2025, 08:46 PM
charliehorse I took a pic of the entry through the ribs with the shoulder peeled back. You can see a bit of lung through the rib entry by my finger. That shoulder was broken and ruined. It didn't...
Liked On: 17-02-2025, 08:42 PM