I think the first 10 or so trips i went out, i came out with nothing but rubbish as well. I only got my first deer this year. I guess the motto is patience, persistence, and learning to deal with...
Liked On: 14-12-2021, 05:16 PM
That is a great tip that someone posted on the forum a while back (may have been you?) that I now use doing muttons at home. I still haven't learnt to take a cable tie when I go hunting... To tie...
Liked On: 14-12-2021, 05:13 PM
Using a cable tie is an alternative to tying the tubes, especially if one end or the other has a bit of damage. Cheap, easy and handy for all sorts of things.
Liked On: 14-12-2021, 05:10 PM
I grew up gutting sheep and goats for dog tucker, then graduated to doing the house mutton, and did a few months at the meatworks (cutting the ring gear out and opening the belly of 1085 sheep per...
Liked On: 14-12-2021, 01:22 PM
Big thumbsup for these, ive got them too.....:thumbsup:
Liked On: 14-12-2021, 01:20 PM
Back in October, we managed to get a block in behind Hanmer. A two-hour walk in found us next to a major river and about to pop up onto a little broom covered terrace on a beautiful spring day. I had...
Liked On: 14-12-2021, 10:52 AM
Awesome, thanks for sharing! I always find it bloody interesting how everyone guts, preps and processes their animals differently. Certainly many ways to skin a cat! :thumbsup:
Liked On: 14-12-2021, 10:01 AM
The last time i tried to carry out a small deer like that, i tried putting my pack into its body cavity but that didn't work. Im a rookie at deer hunting so didn't actually think of just letting the...
Liked On: 14-12-2021, 10:01 AM
A bloke who says (or implies) "this is what works for me" can always teach you something, thanks for sharing .. . .
Liked On: 14-12-2021, 10:01 AM
Roarless20 Hope you got your macaroon at the end!
Liked On: 14-12-2021, 10:01 AM
Yeah, I don't get to hunt much anymore, I'm just the supervising FAL holder and guide. I've been on 17 hunts this year, and only 4 of them have been by myself, the others have been with my nephew...
Liked On: 13-12-2021, 10:20 PM
Everyone remembers their first deer right, I’ll never forget mine, but more so I’ve helped a few people shoot their first deer now which I actually find more enjoyable than shooting them myself. None...
Liked On: 13-12-2021, 10:19 PM
This evening. 52 grn ELDM work too. Neck shot @ 177 yards. 3,300fps so it would have stung a bit. 185785
Liked On: 13-12-2021, 07:58 PM
Shot placement with the 80s is more or less whack it anywhere in the shoulder, anywhere out to 300m+ One of 4 the other weekend 200-300m 185759
Liked On: 12-12-2021, 05:40 PM
Sika shot yesterday at 100m with a 64gr Speer gold dot, animal quartering towards, plenty of damage taking out the heart, some lung and liver coming to rest in the gut and expanded very well. ...
Liked On: 12-12-2021, 12:30 PM