In reference to the thread about shooting hinds with fawns. This is how it played out - he got a deer in the end (pic below). But that raises another dilemma. Shooting good velvet stags or ones...
Liked On: 13-01-2025, 08:15 PM
Trying to be more active with posting hunting stories, so jumping straight into it on lunch break after a weekend on the West Coast. I have had the weekend just gone penciled in with the...
Liked On: 13-01-2025, 08:06 PM
Since moving south, Ive been concentrating on trying to sus out areas within 30 minutes of home that I can head out and go for a short morning or evening hunt on. There are not that many access...
Liked On: 11-01-2025, 07:11 PM
Been a while, have started to rough out the shape of the stock. Ignore the butt pad and grip cap, they are just placeholders to get the shape. 266631 266632
Liked On: 10-01-2025, 06:10 PM
Back legs and backsteaks Cook the same way as chicken 266630
Liked On: 10-01-2025, 05:43 PM
Weather is turning wet again so, with a couple of trips coming up, thought I would have a general clean and touch up of a few knives I have distributed around vehicle, boat, hunting gear etc. I’m...
Liked On: 09-01-2025, 06:49 PM
Why buy the extra die to neck size when there's no benefit and only possible downsides?
Liked On: 07-01-2025, 07:51 PM
Got lucky last Saturday 266472 266473
Liked On: 07-01-2025, 07:14 PM
Yep..... been there, done that, Boxing day in the Ruahines on a 4 day summer loop Not as bad as last nights dump though, but just as cold and unexpected 266333 266334 266335
Liked On: 05-01-2025, 07:34 PM
Ruahines https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250104/f5efbabfb3544cafed8f6b56f574f19b.jpg
Liked On: 05-01-2025, 07:32 PM
Surely no one thinks that we don't have an illicit gun problem? And a gun crime problem? Don't get distracted by the numbers. They are just numbers. 17K? 10K? 5K? Whatever. There are too many guns in...
Liked On: 05-01-2025, 06:30 PM
With the family away for new year I was free to head to the hill's. I had been keen on exploring some new country for a while. Packing light and taking the better behaved hound for company I set off...
Liked On: 04-01-2025, 07:49 PM
Sons first deer 1/12 tikka 223 shooting Belmont 55gr at 175yards very happy little manhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250103/bf9abc25cd6596328daaba71de5e52d0.jpg Sent from my iPhone using...
Liked On: 03-01-2025, 09:48 PM
Continuing on the tradition of the annual thread. Last year's here: https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.nz/f12/stags-bucks-2024-a-101589/ Show us your stags and bucks, big or small let's see 'em...
Liked On: 03-01-2025, 09:36 PM
There doesn’t seem to be as many stories as there used to be, in the good ole days, so I thought I could knock up another one. We’ve been returning to this area since 2011 and have had many great...
Liked On: 03-01-2025, 09:33 PM