My ol mate Dave,bless his soul..on the right with a few deer and velvets,with him Gordon Anderson,brother of Sandy who supposedly dropped a female Moose during meat hunting.The locals in TeAnau all...
Liked On: 17-10-2021, 05:53 PM
Seems like a long time ago now (and it was really), but shootin pigs and deer ( an possums and goats) to supplement the meagre wages was just a natural thing to do. As a a young fella full of...
Liked On: 16-10-2021, 01:22 PM
Ok. Another instalment of my privilege to spend time with an old school meat hunter. Ian Mitchell AKA Mitch was a meat hunter in Fiordland, particularly Lake Hauroko and around the Tarries, The...
Liked On: 16-10-2021, 07:51 AM
Thanks for posting these pics mate. Ted was a real gentle fella full of 'good'. I used to be scared sh@tless going up over the hills above tok in that land rover. Looked alot older when I was in it.
Liked On: 16-10-2021, 07:49 AM
Wonderful pics! He was character all right. That velvet stag Im holding (above) was over the top in the Managahao from the biv up the creek. Carried it right back to Rider's house.
Liked On: 15-10-2021, 05:37 PM
My old meat hunting days gave me a great dislike for Swanndris. Nothing colder or miserable than the wind whipping into a wet Swanndri on the Ruahine tops while trudging back to camp. Brno .222 ...
Liked On: 15-10-2021, 04:53 PM
Ah, the ‘Purple Onion’ back in the 70’s….
Liked On: 15-10-2021, 02:28 PM
And "Carmen's"
Liked On: 15-10-2021, 02:28 PM
Cool as! This was it in June 180208
Liked On: 03-10-2021, 12:42 PM
180170 Was muttering to myself, wondering why I carry a camera around in the bush, seeing nothing to photograph when this ruru swooped over me down the track. Stepped around a tree and there he was,...
Liked On: 01-10-2021, 07:54 AM
Straight through.
Liked On: 29-09-2021, 04:05 PM
Saw some lights heading up the driveway tonight.Bo nutted off! Lights disapeared behind a tree fern. Made my way down to other end of the house when the lights shone again under my headlamp. .22...
Liked On: 25-09-2021, 08:40 AM
Left home at 7am, back at 8:30am with a feed for a few omelettes tonight, got enough in about 4 scoops, wind came up and buggared it 179411
Liked On: 22-09-2021, 07:29 PM
Koheru all done 179188 179189 179190
Liked On: 21-09-2021, 08:33 AM
In sickness and in health, good wife you have there timeout. Just taken on another project on possum control, shot it the other night and ran a trap line yesterday as sampler for numbers. Did pick...
Liked On: 19-09-2021, 08:49 AM