Gave the Bergara s birthday with some better optics, picked up a monarch 3 2.5-10×42 BDC from here, suits the rifle perfectly. 125493 125494 125495
Liked On: 14-12-2019, 07:27 PM
.308 for sure,more margin of error..
Liked On: 13-12-2019, 09:06 PM
There's some good hunting once you reach the first bush edge from the car park. Its a grind over the top to the river. If you just want to get a deer, you will walk past a lot this time of the year...
Liked On: 13-12-2019, 09:06 PM
If you camp above the bush edge you will have to carry water (I think?). Can't remember there being any handy up there.
Liked On: 13-12-2019, 09:06 PM
Around Easter a mate and I had to drop down to the first creek head at the top and it was a gentle trickle
Liked On: 13-12-2019, 09:06 PM
Yea water will be scarce but you can get it up there. There's generally water about 50m before the Bush edge if you drop into the little creek on the true right of the track.
Liked On: 13-12-2019, 09:06 PM
Yeah Bugger going all the way to the waipakihi hut for an overnighter its a big walk with plenty of up. Get up to the bush edge and base yourself there. Shots pretty common at 300plus in there...
Liked On: 13-12-2019, 09:06 PM
308 for sure, have you much experience on hunting animals? Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk
Liked On: 12-12-2019, 10:49 PM
Sweet, slow down, look and look again, defo take ya 308 Gd luck Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk
Liked On: 12-12-2019, 10:49 PM
Get your binos and find a nice spot to sit in the evening where you can look out over some broken bush/open country. Stay until it is too dark to see. Do the same thing first thing next morning. Use...
Liked On: 12-12-2019, 10:49 PM
Or speed up a bit and cover more country, you will soon or a later bump into something
Liked On: 12-12-2019, 10:49 PM
Like shearer said do plenty of glassing at dawn and dusk. The sika should almost have their summer coats by now and should be easy to spot. Definitely take the 308. I haven’t hunted the waipakihi...
Liked On: 12-12-2019, 10:49 PM
Either one will kill stuff, the 3-9 will give you a slight advantage in FOV on 3x, My Mini Howa wears a 1.5-6x40mm. You can shoot very small groups with a 3x or 4x scope, as long as the glass is...
Liked On: 10-12-2019, 06:33 PM
6 weeks ago, I got called into the boss' office at 6.45am, on a Monday, never a good sign when I start work at 7am. The conversation went as follows, "You have too much leave owing and are taking 2...
Liked On: 09-12-2019, 09:27 PM
We must have polished/chopped 20 or more JW15s for people over the years. With a little QC finishing they are very effective wee hunters. Almost all under 0.5" groups at 50m at best - some of them...
Liked On: 01-12-2019, 11:13 AM