I got my first deer yesterday. A nice red stag. After two luckless day trips in the Southern Tararuas and one in the Aorangis, I went for another optimistic armed walk into the Tararuas. I had...
Liked On: 11-01-2023, 10:17 PM
Was going to get 7mm08 ended up with a 308 due to more ammo around for it.
Liked On: 09-01-2023, 05:13 PM
RUMPY took me out today.rifle is zeroed.no more excuses to miss.the trust bank special 30/30 is a winner[ATTACH]
Liked On: 09-01-2023, 05:12 PM
Not much of a hunting story really. Left home at 6:30pm last night. We walked half and hour from a road end on heavily hunted DOC land. The wind was perfect to stalk a clearing I go to from time to...
Liked On: 08-01-2023, 06:33 PM
Happy New Year. Thought I'd post about lubricants and corrosion protection for hunting and fishing gear. I'm also interested to learn what others do about oil in their rifle bores. When I...
Liked On: 07-01-2023, 12:44 PM
With our family Christmas having been disrupted due to COVID sickness I found myself in the unbelievable position of having a leave pass to head for the hills as soon as Xmas lunch was dusted. ...
Liked On: 07-01-2023, 09:46 AM
I had a few days at Neilson this time last year, plenty of goats and good pig sign, no fallow seen. River was easy to cross but it’s the 20-30m down the bank that made it interesting. Flyblown great...
Liked On: 06-01-2023, 05:08 PM
thanks everyone for your input checked out a few of the spots but no luck, can’t get lucky every time
Liked On: 06-01-2023, 05:08 PM
I used to hunt Tongariro a lot and one of the tracks I used to access my hunting area was very popular. I was not uncommon to see literally hundreds of walkers on the way in or out when camping out....
Liked On: 06-01-2023, 05:05 PM
Once you cross the river there’s a huge plain. An old bench from the earlier river. The wallaby are in the low scrub there. But they’ll pop up and be gone really fast.
Liked On: 05-01-2023, 08:06 PM
In what has become an annual tradition mopheadrob, uk_exile and I headed in on a 4-day hunt into the Puketeraki area. 3 years ago on this trip, I shot a deer using mopheadrob's rifle but could not...
Liked On: 05-01-2023, 08:05 PM
Been a while posting something up, too busy training up the new GWP pup for the last 4 months because it’s time to retire the old Vizsla. He got all the basic hand signals sorted so don’t need to...
Liked On: 05-01-2023, 10:19 AM
At the moment the haka stone hopping area only running about 1-2 cu/secs.If you are quick,youd be lucky to get yr ankles wet.
Liked On: 05-01-2023, 09:29 AM
its a bit of a weird set up really.....heck of a lot of country is in effect landlocked unless you want to do a long walk back in from haka side.... interesting just how many arrows I have found up...
Liked On: 05-01-2023, 09:28 AM
Definitely no issues crossing the Haka at this time of year, might not even get your feet wet!
Liked On: 04-01-2023, 10:44 PM