Excellent rifles mate. Have one in .243 and she's well over 600 deer. Excellent quiet and smooth action. (This is the medallion model mind,) Accurate , and lightweight....
Liked On: 16-03-2020, 09:39 PM
Since I've come back to hunting in my forties, I've reminisced a lot about my early adventures. I really got interested in hunting when my family moved to a rural area to run the local country...
Liked On: 11-03-2020, 02:42 PM
260 and Creedmoor are practically neck and neck. If I wanted a short action Sako, I'd go for one of these in whichever one I could get a sweet deal on a factory rifle on, with a preference for...
Liked On: 10-03-2020, 03:28 PM
With a few stags starting to be shot i thought i would kick this thread of again. Late night dealing to these last night both shot in day light but camera was back at bike 132350 132351 Then...
Liked On: 08-03-2020, 08:21 PM
Today was a day that shows just how careful you have to be in the bush and while you out hunting. Decided i go for a bush stalk in a good doc block for a meat animal before i look for a stag for the...
Liked On: 07-03-2020, 11:02 PM
Hi Team. 30 years ago i first started hunting. My landlord dragged me pighunting and after the first hunt when we got a 228lb boar with no rifle and had to grab it after the dogs flew in i was...
Liked On: 29-02-2020, 11:40 AM
If it’s the Hawke scope chuck it. Get a better one Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Liked On: 15-02-2020, 08:48 PM
Synthetic, That’s one of the Classic series Remington made in the 80s. Really good stock design and well made. The scope is quality. A steal at 1K!
Liked On: 27-01-2020, 07:36 PM
Tidy Parker Hale,303,fixed 4 power scope and $2000 worth of ammo will make you a better hunter and shooter than most today.
Liked On: 23-01-2020, 07:56 PM
Finally cracked it. https://stagryan.com/2020/01/10/kotinga-public-land-harvest/
Liked On: 11-01-2020, 05:17 PM
Treated myself to mounting the Leupy 2-7 (courtesy of oxfarmer) on the Win M70 mid 50s Super Grade, seems to be a good match. Think the stock is a Reinhart Fajen, anyone recognise the rifle - I...
Liked On: 03-01-2020, 11:34 PM
It’s already been spelt out on the other posts but the 223 and 7.62x39 will be fine on small/medium pigs, which is what you should be targeting for the freezer. But large boars are a very different...
Liked On: 01-01-2020, 10:04 PM
I shot a lot of pigs years back with a single shot 22, but all were headshots on bailed pigs. Stalking I would be taking the 308, unless I was confident i would only come across small to medium sized...
Liked On: 01-01-2020, 08:22 PM
Stalking pigs is not easy. Make contact with the nearest pig hunting club. There is one at Dinsdale and another in Tokoroa. Search for the New Zealand Pighunting Association (nzpighunting.org.nz).
Liked On: 01-01-2020, 06:11 PM
I usually just hunt them as I would deer,sneak thru likely areas on dusk and dawn.
Liked On: 01-01-2020, 06:11 PM