Under the first-shot-is-your-best-shot the one up the spout doesn't need to be a flat nose...just need to know where it shoots compared to the others.
Liked On: 19-04-2020, 05:50 PM
Only bit of schooling I can offer is to NOT pull a lever action apart. Unless you know what your doing. Pulled apart my old Winchester 88, right down to every last screw. Took 2 of us a whole day...
Liked On: 19-04-2020, 11:41 AM
I think that the qualities of a true hunter are intrinsic rather than extrinsic. Its the stuff you can't see that is important. Empathy for the quarry - you won't have that if you don't have it...
Liked On: 19-04-2020, 11:37 AM
It's almost impossible to define, everyone has an opinion on it. I got admonished by a Kiwi "hunter" because my history of hunting is shooting pigs and foxes on the Hay Plains in NSW - pure pest...
Liked On: 19-04-2020, 11:37 AM
"NZ First MP Shane Jones said he had been "plastered" by people in the Far North wanting to fish and hunt, a call he supported." "I have no formal responsibility, other than as a Cabinet minister...
Liked On: 19-04-2020, 11:10 AM
Topuni Forest at Wellsford has been good hunting for pheasants in the past. Access permits are issued through the Fish & Game Northland office.
Liked On: 18-04-2020, 10:50 PM
It's an artificial construct with no absolute answer
Liked On: 18-04-2020, 10:46 PM
A true hunter? Only you can answer that question and fuck what anybody else thinks.
Liked On: 18-04-2020, 10:46 PM
i think a true hunter is a combination of a few things some of these would be a genuine interest in hunting not just out there for some pics to put on social media respect for the animal and the...
Liked On: 18-04-2020, 10:46 PM
Barrel fluting really does not save you a lot of weight. Think 100-200 grams... You could easily save that much weight by going to a lighter scope, with ZERO impact on harmonics... If you do...
Liked On: 18-04-2020, 10:44 PM
Surplus gear is pretty average in my book. You'd be much better off waiting for the inevitable sale at Macpac, and buying 1-year old technology at low prices compared to 30 year old technology at...
Liked On: 18-04-2020, 01:00 PM
The concept with their new 277 based cartridges is to replace both 556 and 308 with an intermediate cartridge capable of fulfilling the role of both.
Liked On: 18-04-2020, 12:56 PM
Oh ffs , this thread doesn't need another argument of public vs paid , if someone wants to pay for a hunt or to shoot a trophy good on them who gives a flying fuck there's so many different people...
Liked On: 18-04-2020, 12:28 PM
Results is the answer. Like anything in life it takes a lot of practice/experience to get good at something and even then its probably only a 50% success rate for public land hunts. Id say half the...
Liked On: 18-04-2020, 12:26 PM
This would be part of the reason I have used them in the past. And it has a few other things in its favour for me. I work shift work so my days off almost never line up with anyone else I know and...
Liked On: 18-04-2020, 12:26 PM