I took my son out for a hunt this evening, I said he could go to my normal spot while I checked out some new terrain. I had just lay down ready to glass when my son called me up on the radio and said...
Liked On: 06-09-2019, 08:50 PM
I always turn the deer downhill if I can and stick it like you would a pig (in the thorax) and usually give it a couple of pushes down on the ribs with my boot to push the residual blood out....
Liked On: 05-09-2019, 10:08 PM
It's kind of embarrassing to relate in a forum full of accomplished hunters and some beginners with half a dozen deer racked up, that this is my first. Oh well, better late than never, I suppose. ...
Liked On: 24-08-2019, 10:39 PM
The alarm rang out at 3.55am which was my wake up yesterday morning to throw my gear into the ute and meet my son at 5am for our day’s hunting in public land 2 hours away. As I drove out of town I...
Liked On: 21-08-2019, 09:26 PM
Back in the Ruahine Ranges today to climb this slip I saw a deer on a few weeks back. 118125 Ranged a deer at 369 yard a few weeks ago but had to get off the Ranges and back to work,so I left it....
Liked On: 21-08-2019, 08:55 PM
350m has always been a long shot for me , a high shoulder- backline hold is as long range as I dare go and if the crosshairs are waving around in midair above the animal then its time to get closer .
Liked On: 20-08-2019, 09:01 PM
OK, firstly I would not be too concerned about any form of poisoning from the use of lead projectile in and of itself. Dealing with your second point, there is typically trauma (bruising and...
Liked On: 11-08-2019, 08:26 PM
Sorry, to be clear what I am trying to say is that I reckon it is better to carry less gear, but is of a high quality, than a shedload of gear for every eventuality
Liked On: 01-08-2019, 10:57 PM
My 10c Grab a kti plb for around $300 nz Get the topo ap for his cell phone $10? Find a pack he likes, needs to try it on $4-600 would be top of the line $500 change to you for being such a good...
Liked On: 01-08-2019, 10:48 PM
Hey Team, it's a wet day and rather than sit around moaning about the government I thought I chuck together some recent Fallow deer footage. We see a tonne on the blocks we hunt and I enjoy watching...
Liked On: 20-07-2019, 08:25 PM
That's either a dinky .308 or a jumbo sized cat.
Liked On: 07-07-2019, 07:48 PM
foxhound......its the type rather than the weight...your .223 will be dumping all the energy its got and the projectile will be .....coming apart... whereas you .243 projectiles are possibly holding...
Liked On: 07-07-2019, 06:47 PM
Another quick bush stalking report. After that big stag i got a while ago ive been out and found animals in two or three hunts. All resulted in spooking them, either the darn wind going the wrong...
Liked On: 06-07-2019, 10:59 PM
Wet night tonight. Not very pleasant for hunting. Took the dog an age to find this. Had fallen down a water fall, and then I had to drag it down to a flat spot in the creek to deal with it....
Liked On: 05-07-2019, 07:56 PM
Yeah I can't believe people have such a disregard for animals to even attempt this. Ringing a bit of steel at this sort of range is all anyone needs to stroke their ego. Sent from my SM-G965F...
Liked On: 02-07-2019, 12:32 PM