Managed to get away for an over nighter,had to be back home by 10.30am the next morning.Got to the riverbed by 9pm.Watched a nice area till after dark.Bugger nothing around,windy rainy night.Next...
Liked On: 20-01-2023, 08:30 PM
I’ve never had a Chronograph but am fortunate to be able to verify on a large plate at 565yds. I zero at 100yds. Gestimate velocity and put it into my app to get me onto the plate. Tutu with...
Liked On: 19-01-2023, 06:48 AM
Yep 10 mins extra work with an 1/8 ball end mill just finished it off.
Liked On: 18-01-2023, 10:16 PM
Anyone dedicated enough to carry 50kg meat through 1000 altitude meters, probably has enough substance of character to make good judgment on their own level of ethics around which animals to take or...
Liked On: 18-01-2023, 06:44 PM
Shhhhh! I am a price gouging unsportsmanlike captalist pig dontcha know!, oh, and a weirdo too
Liked On: 18-01-2023, 11:02 AM
Scalping has been around for as long as money. It’s been a part of our economic landscape since Roman times, probably before. Broadly speaking it is quite an unpleasant approach to commerce, one...
Liked On: 18-01-2023, 11:01 AM
As for 257Weatherby,he had a item i wanted,i had a item he wanted.Items about the same value so we just meet up and swapped items.A good deal for both of us.No ripping off or price gouging.Good...
Liked On: 18-01-2023, 10:58 AM
The primers I quoted were not $1 reserve bidded up to $100 that is the start price, for clarity if people want to bid up to unreasonable prices that's on them. I don't agree with what is quite...
Liked On: 18-01-2023, 10:56 AM
Well sometimes you can't get old parts so you just have to make it from stock. This old Tikka had the bolt release missing and no parts were available so a few hours milling later and all working...
Liked On: 17-01-2023, 06:45 PM
That's why when I do a seating depth ladder I go in 3 thou increments, if you go 10 thou you coupd skip right over a node. Then again you can get luck too, I did a charge ladder last week seated at...
Liked On: 17-01-2023, 05:42 PM
So first I would say that no one should begrudge you shooting any deer you want given your stage of hunting career. You have to learn and you wont learn everything you can by worrying at this stage...
Liked On: 17-01-2023, 03:48 PM
In direct answer to your question, neither animal will make a future trophy so you can have a clean conscience for taking them. The spiker is late and will always be small even as a mature animal....
Liked On: 17-01-2023, 03:46 PM
If you wish to participate more effectively in management for improved herd and habitat, it would be wise to shoot hinds instead. Shooting stags rather than hinds in areas with too many deer...
Liked On: 17-01-2023, 03:45 PM
Nothing wrong with that. You may find this interesting. I was talking to a old hunter recently and he said one of his regrets was not shooting younger stags more. He said the many scrubby 6 and 8...
Liked On: 17-01-2023, 03:44 PM
Second year hunting; shoot anything you can carry. Worry about being a grumpy old man once you’ve shoot 100! Honestly you did the right thing. There’s miles to many deer around, they’re better in...
Liked On: 16-01-2023, 10:04 PM