Picked up Micky Duck at 0530 and headed west to a block we've hunted a few times before. Today we were also accompanied by my eldest son Ryan. Arriving at the block a bit after daylight we...
Liked On: 05-03-2023, 10:39 AM
A friend took his four year old son ( now a grown man) out possuming every day on Mt Oxford one winter ( this was tough commercial stuff, skinning lines and laying new poison lines). He said that...
Liked On: 04-03-2023, 10:42 AM
Sometimes I carry a small sheath knife in my pocket.... the Mora knives with their clip are good for that. Mostly I like to have a knife on my belt. A knife on your trouser belt can sometimes be...
Liked On: 03-03-2023, 03:49 PM
Good topic thanks. I nearly always have a bit of cord in my pocket. You just never know when you'll have the opportunity to use it. And naturally I am seldom without a pocketknife. I take...
Liked On: 03-03-2023, 03:48 PM
The beds in the stream bed / flats grass are probably not 'beds' as such but just places they lay down to cud during the night. They then return to their beds proper for the day which will be 2/3 the...
Liked On: 03-03-2023, 09:57 AM
I really hope you mean dew and are not blaming the Israelis for this.
Liked On: 03-03-2023, 09:55 AM
Not necessarily, I have a cheap X2000 torch brought off dealextreme. Cost me US$7.92 delivered and is still going 10 years on. But, support local is better.
Liked On: 02-03-2023, 10:38 AM
X10 for piercing the darkness. Really helpful with good products. Got a really good little green torch from him and it has pleasantly surprised everyone who has seen it
Liked On: 02-03-2023, 10:38 AM
Not remotely relevant to NZ, but this is my backyard hunt and what I do this time of year. Dared risk the cameras a bit to show more of the weather https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWYE4CV3Qrs
Liked On: 02-03-2023, 10:37 AM
Whole neck recipe : In a large casserole , ( or crock pot but it takes longer)Fry some onions in olive oil till brown. Sear the neck meat ( don't need to remove it from the bone). Chop three or...
Liked On: 01-03-2023, 05:03 PM
If it is an immediate carry I can understand what is being said about leakage but I don't agree. It is not possible to make a perfect gutting job without removing the widepipe because when that is...
Liked On: 01-03-2023, 05:01 PM
I mostly don't. For the reasons you say and its just another entry for dirt and shit. I just make a cut in the thorax and pull it out from the inside. That lets the air in and the blood out but...
Liked On: 01-03-2023, 04:59 PM
Go hunting with Dusty Fog and watch him whip the leg off a fallow deer with 4 swipes from his razor Sharp pocket knife. It's pretty impressive,he even told me to stand back before he started swinging...
Liked On: 01-03-2023, 04:53 PM
Trust the guys that make the things for kiwi hunters
Liked On: 01-03-2023, 01:03 PM
I bought a Mora Kansbol recently and have been very impressed, lightweight, holds an edge extremely well. Bought it through TM for $70 but generally they go for under $100 ...
Liked On: 28-02-2023, 04:07 PM