My first sambar stag. I shot it yesterday evening while out peacock shooting with Dad. I had just shot at a peacock at 265m when this guy popped his head up in my line of fire. Dad quickly confirmed...
Liked On: 08-01-2024, 02:46 PM
Took my old man (visiting from Oz) out for a cast up the Wairau on Friday morning. I've caught a few along the river in the past five years but always released them to fight another day, safe to say...
Liked On: 08-01-2024, 02:44 PM
I caught this stag in the open at dawn. I sneaked in to where I could get a good shot of him. Turns out I didnt have my camera! But I did have a bit of paper and a stub of pencil so I did a lightning...
Liked On: 07-01-2024, 04:55 PM
If your'e a skin flint like me toasting up to $12 notes for a branded 1 litre bottle of white spirits/ Shellite/Pegasol/Coleman fuel etc,then save yourself a bob and buy in bulk.I get 20l drums of...
Liked On: 05-01-2024, 02:56 PM
Its tipping down again at base camp…..so much for the El Nino ‘hotter and dryer than normal’ propaganda thrown at us in October. So I thought I’d write up our hunting trip to date: The Nissan...
Liked On: 31-12-2023, 05:01 PM
Heard this wee one just up behind camp yesterday. Mum came and picked her up some time during the day when we were sheltering from the summer heat here in the Kaimanawas :) 239829
Liked On: 31-12-2023, 11:49 AM
Lovely scenic pic.
Liked On: 30-12-2023, 12:34 PM
238201 238202 Couple from this morning up the local Taupo rivers. Been plenty of decent fish with some fresh ones still running.
Liked On: 30-12-2023, 12:34 PM
Bella the 10 month Lab has never been deerstalking. Ive held her back getting the basics right. She hadn't been on a quad or spent the night in a hut. Ive never dragged a skin and had her trail it....
Liked On: 30-12-2023, 12:28 PM
If you're looking at spending decent amount of coin (Tahr XP currently around $520?) You should seriously consider a cactus rain jacket. Bomb proof and 100% waterproof and breathable, or if you want...
Liked On: 29-12-2023, 11:35 AM
Couple of Kaweka Sika with the 75gr eldm. Was trying to get the young fulla his first Sika but bush hunting it is bloody difficult to find an adequate rest quickly enough so unfortunately he missed...
Liked On: 26-12-2023, 01:53 PM
I whistled a few times and James shouted ‘stand up you lazy bugger’, after a couple of minutes of various insults he stood to a whistle, the .284 cracked and it feel to the ground. 240115 On the...
Liked On: 24-12-2023, 07:04 PM
Ignore the advice and keep talking to Jaco. With out the yearning for better we would still be running around with stones and pointed sticks.
Liked On: 19-12-2023, 08:57 PM
A week of suffering and scoffing anti-virals. 3kg lighter. Ive avoided it up to now so have done ok. 5 days after the clear test its time to test the body. Something easy - still coughing and not...
Liked On: 16-12-2023, 04:58 PM
To be fair, although it’s tough to see, most of those stags are shot in a paddock on old mates farm after a 5min walk from the truck in their red bands. For the most part the other 99 percent of us...
Liked On: 13-12-2023, 08:56 PM