My first rifle was a Tikka M695 in 270win. With a can, 3-15 Burris Signature HD scope, medium height optilocks with bases, and bipod it weighed just shy of 5kg loaded. Full wood stock, flat-bottomed...
Liked On: 24-11-2023, 02:01 PM
Ahh Mistakes, gotta appreciate them bringing you back too earth occasionally. A while back I was doing a bit of guiding and had a young guy along to get his first deer. Got too a high spot...
Liked On: 24-11-2023, 01:50 PM
nah, it's always good to go over. same as pack weight. for myself, i used to carry a bergara b14hmr which, by the time i had a scope, bipod and sling, was damn near 7kg all up. I loved that damn...
Liked On: 24-11-2023, 01:42 PM
Yeah, I have been a bit vague. A bit of a silly post probably. I'm going to buy it anyway and find out. I'm not doing multi-day hikes with this rifle, probably mostly day trips. I'm not experienced...
Liked On: 24-11-2023, 01:38 PM
Light is nice but by no means essential. My 223rem weighs 4.2kgs ready to shoot and I've carried that all over the place and I am by no means a Sherpa. A bit of heft in a more powerful cartridge can...
Liked On: 24-11-2023, 01:15 PM
You haven't given enough information for anyone to give you much advice. What sort of hunting are you planning to do? Bush bashing? Long walks up & down mountains? Short trips in and out?...
Liked On: 24-11-2023, 01:15 PM
I asked my local Vietnamese who deals in all sorts of stuff for Asians as in balut and deer tails and stag balls if there was any market for possums...his reply was that "only those bloody Koreans...
Liked On: 24-11-2023, 11:12 AM
As a famous sportsman once said "The more I practice, the luckier I get", and you don't shoot them when you are sitting at home (usually:)) Sometimes things go your way (for no apparent reason) and...
Liked On: 23-11-2023, 11:21 AM
Went for a quick evening hunt after work yesterday, left home at 6 at the car park by 6.50. Boosted for 45min along the doc track spooking 2 on the way. Decided to cut up a side creek and hunt the...
Liked On: 23-11-2023, 10:16 AM
I don't want to rain on your parade. I am a qualified Hearings Commissioner and Hearings Panel Chair for Resource Consent & Plan Change Hearings. The link to the application on the Auckland...
Liked On: 23-11-2023, 09:12 AM
Cheers guys for the positive and negative comments/ thought's whatever they may be. Firstly I’ll just say that no matter what you do you can’t keep everyone happy. As stated in the video we were...
Liked On: 23-11-2023, 07:01 AM
Great write-up, thanks! You're right, you make your own luck sometimes just by getting out there and giving it a crack.
Liked On: 22-11-2023, 12:17 PM
I've had a couple lucky weekends hunting in November. Heavy on the luck, and light on the hunting. --- Saturday 11th Nov I headed out into the Lewis Pass region to try secure a deer for a our...
Liked On: 22-11-2023, 12:16 PM
I went off dehy food a while back too and have gone to cooking real food. Snags, mince, steak, pasta etc. Tastes way better and feel better for it too. Have been using a little alloy pot and pan set...
Liked On: 22-11-2023, 11:31 AM
Leupolds go back and forth to the States all of the time. The owners seem to think this is a good thing.
Liked On: 22-11-2023, 08:45 AM