I've just spent 3 days in the Kawekas' by myself. Heard 2 x single calls and he-haw. Saw half a dozen including a close encounter with a spiker (still in the velvet) at 10 yards. Got a bit of...
Liked On: 21-03-2016, 08:38 PM
Finding sika stags was testing for my first few years hunting them. I just couldn't seem to find the buggers no matter how hard I tried. After being a bit of a hind slayer I decided I'd leave them...
Liked On: 21-03-2016, 06:17 PM
Finally got my arse off the farm. 47131 About half a km towards the tops I spotted two blaze blue figures. Climbing through the bush to get there. 47132 On arrival I was greeted by another...
Liked On: 20-03-2016, 01:50 PM
How to hunt sika deer by Alan Simmons is a good book. Its a good idea to use binos, even in the bush. Move reallly slow. Stop look around with the binos, move again. You wont move very far (1 or...
Liked On: 16-03-2016, 09:24 PM
Choice Rusky, mate & I on Clements Mill Road, us Gold Card felkas would have to save for years to get chopper now...lol...couple of fellas had a nice 4 pointer, I spooked a youngish sheila, as usual...
Liked On: 16-03-2016, 07:21 PM
Nice work dude - I do so like those sneaky sneaky buggers... My favorite old Kimanawas block was Mangaroa - going in on the fixed wing as we could hunt the mornings and evenings and catch great...
Liked On: 16-03-2016, 07:17 PM
Been a bit quiet on the hunting front since the birth of our first baby in September, although I've been getting out for a few evening and morning hunts, and doing a bit of diving and fishing in...
Liked On: 04-03-2016, 03:17 PM
the problem with the lighter calibers is there is a HUGE difference in killing power depending on what bullet you use . . . the bigger .308s etc have bullet weight which balances out things in there...
Liked On: 03-03-2016, 09:04 PM
Well clearly the ammo was shit or the shots weren't placed where you thought they actually hit as with the 243 ive shot nearly all my animals with one. 100gr powershoks and havnt lost one animal yet...
Liked On: 29-02-2016, 09:12 PM
you need to try different bullets for your .223 - my experience is 200yds is a comfortable range with an accurate .222/.223 - bullet placement is everything.
Liked On: 29-02-2016, 09:08 PM
If primarily goats then get a 223. As said, plenty of affordable ammo and you will learn to shoot well without hammering yourself as you would with a heavy caliber. I've shot hundreds of goats and...
Liked On: 27-02-2016, 08:08 PM
Are you for real? Don't you work it in sports/hunting shop??(correct me if im wrong) What a load of nonscense. Firstly, for what he wants to use it for the most suitable Cal would be the 243, or 223...
Liked On: 27-02-2016, 08:07 PM
Welcome to our world :XD:
Liked On: 19-02-2016, 07:32 PM
There is also a nice Kershaw on a hill above Fairlie where some scrubby matagouri removed it from its sheath. And a Mora (complete with sheath) somewhere in the Hokonuis, I still don't know how that...
Liked On: 07-02-2016, 08:37 AM
in 1993 with Remington 700 ADL .308 http://i68.tinypic.com/16928gi.jpg
Liked On: 02-02-2016, 08:20 PM