It's only if you shoot them very early in the morning or last thing at night when you catch them cleaning their teeth.
Liked On: 11-08-2024, 11:50 AM
The end of a very long day, trudging noisily up hill to camp. The dog stops and fully locks up. After standing still for what felt like an eternity (probably 3 minutes) I spotted a hind ghosting...
Liked On: 10-08-2024, 01:45 PM
To understand experienced or likely terminal results, we can take predictive (speculative) approaches, or empirical observational approaches using data from actual performance. On the latter, the...
Liked On: 09-08-2024, 04:07 PM
Everything will kill won't it. My point if you read both the post I commented on and mine was just because a projectile expands well it doesn't mean it kills well. A soft cast going subsonic still...
Liked On: 09-08-2024, 04:07 PM
A way to assess effective terminal range is to consider whether your bullet will expand. Based on various sources of information, you should probably expect an ELDM to expand down to around 1800fps....
Liked On: 09-08-2024, 12:06 PM
Without wanting to dredge up my last post I thought I would just thank everyone for the positive feedback after getting my first DOC land deer over the summer. Tahr was right, the game bags are...
Liked On: 30-07-2024, 02:35 PM
Many, many, many times. There are so many anecdotes floating around online if you want to do a search. They are not hunting bullets. They do not have polymer tips to offer some guarantee of...
Liked On: 29-07-2024, 02:34 PM
I am. Sako 85SS S&B PMII 3-12 140gr NBT @ 2820 Very similar setup to yours. Very nice to use but a bit heavy now. I have a smaller rifle with a VX3 4.5-14 CDS in mRad on it, so I like the...
Liked On: 29-07-2024, 10:02 AM
Our adventure began at 4:30am on the Sunday as we set off from home in the Manawatu in the Hilux headed for the 8:15am ferry sailing from Wellington. ...
Liked On: 25-07-2024, 02:53 PM
https://youtu.be/vbdFJIex7j4?si=ltV7lYsjUVhM4ump Here is the link for the video on my YT. If possible ask questions in the comments as this platform doesn't function well on my phone. The...
Liked On: 18-07-2024, 04:27 PM
I think you are lucky it wasn't a Nightforce to be fair too - they might have shoved the stereo out through the engine block with one of those...
Liked On: 18-07-2024, 04:24 PM
I'm using hornady 4DOF, seems pretty so far.
Liked On: 01-05-2024, 10:41 AM
dialling is the way forward
Liked On: 01-05-2024, 10:37 AM
Over the last 11 years I've shot and found 284 deer with a dog helping or a dog with me. For 10 years it was Tilly the wirehair pointer (258). Now it's Bella the Lab. She's 14 months old and we have...
Liked On: 29-04-2024, 02:35 PM
Posted in the stags 2024 thread but here too for record. 4pt shot at 296m required a track and finishing shot due toa ballsup at my end, 8pt shot at 402m. Both using 80gr ELDM, 2720fps. 247291...
Liked On: 04-04-2024, 02:06 PM