Earlier in the year I shot a nice head when Philipo and I visited the South Island. I decided to get a shoulder mount done by Jason at Ruahine Tanning and Taxidermy. Jason did a great job and 199p...
Liked On: 27-08-2018, 03:09 PM
We have this thing called the interweb. Can find anything pretty quickly.
Liked On: 27-08-2018, 03:00 PM
hey !!! i just bought the wife a 30/30 !!!
Liked On: 27-08-2018, 03:00 PM
No, that didn't work. It just makes people wonder why you have such a girly mouse picture so readily to hand.
Liked On: 27-08-2018, 03:00 PM
Brno .222 meat & velvet hunting in Tararuas 1968-ish ...got 2 that day. http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e44/Cottrill/00760004.jpg...
Liked On: 27-08-2018, 02:59 PM
I apologise and retract :)
Liked On: 27-08-2018, 02:58 PM
When I started in Forest service we were issued Sako 50 gr good round too, later we got Hertinburg which was ok for goats but a bit light on deer but still worked with good shots, one thing about the...
Liked On: 27-08-2018, 02:58 PM
There is a margin of error with the .222 Hit anywhere in the hillar zone with a decent 50 grn bullet a deer will drop. Crease, a bit slower. But still dead. I always used a lung/crease shot where...
Liked On: 27-08-2018, 02:57 PM
There is no margin for error with a .222 or .223.
Liked On: 27-08-2018, 02:56 PM
My brother used a 222 for years on reds bush hunting, he is the shoot them in the head or neck kind of fella, you do that and the animal will drop like water.
Liked On: 27-08-2018, 02:56 PM
A spooked animal can do remarkable things, even if its been hit several times. But a spooked animal with all the adrenalin in the world that has been properly shot in the brain or spinal column isn’t...
Liked On: 27-08-2018, 02:55 PM
It is my understanding that the NZFS started out with .222 Norma ammunition only and then mixed it up with cheaper ammo buys. When that happened the headmen got first dibs on the Norma ammo and their...
Liked On: 27-08-2018, 02:53 PM
That's really interesting, I found an old thread last night that was here by a guy called Scribe. He is an author and old Deer culler and he basically said the opposite. They given a choice between...
Liked On: 27-08-2018, 02:52 PM
that's where I shoot animals with it
Liked On: 27-08-2018, 02:51 PM
Only ever shot one fallow with a treble2....hit it just behind the front leg on the horizontal stripe....bang flop..... 93755
Liked On: 27-08-2018, 02:51 PM