I think the warming of the seasons is having a definite impact. More seed and more food more often and milder conditions means more pests and greater survival of their young to breed again too. And...
Liked On: 25-11-2019, 01:58 PM
Wallabies too. They are causing some serious damage to the tussock lands and spreading in leaps and bounds :) Shooting can seem to hold the numbers to target population levels but not the spread....
Liked On: 25-11-2019, 01:57 PM
It's what happens when the food on the ground thins out, rats turn to birds. I've seen 3 of the kōkako nests I've found and monitoring raided by rats so far this season, and it's early days yet...
Liked On: 25-11-2019, 01:56 PM
Yep have seen same things with rodents. Remember seeing a plague of rats a few years back too. If you are seeing them out and about there are a million of the wee buggars there. I also noticed the...
Liked On: 25-11-2019, 01:54 PM
The only reasons to go for a 6.5-284 over a modetn 6.5*55 are: To attempt to shoot a stag at 700 instead of 550. To burn out the throat faster. To use more powder. To pay more for brass. To...
Liked On: 21-11-2019, 03:57 PM
Up coming knives in progress, Kitchen already gone but some hunters maybe available, PM if interested. I now have started an Instagram / Facebook account under Medusa Knives.............need all the...
Liked On: 21-11-2019, 03:54 PM
I have heard them "roaring" in November before.Its not hard out cos they aint quite ready, but from what I understand it has something to do with the hormones / pheromones the hinds give off when...
Liked On: 17-11-2019, 07:58 AM
Here's the silly bugger from the other day.. I have a video of him too, just stood there and watched me for a good minute or so 124160 124161 Then he finally got a whiff of me and he was see ya...
Liked On: 17-11-2019, 07:57 AM
I saw a logging trucks next Xkm sign in the Marlb sounds full of bullet / buck shot holes outside a village. When I mentioned it, I was told the holes had occurred when it was at a logging site when...
Liked On: 11-11-2019, 09:06 PM
This is why the new arms amendment has provisions such as shooting only on a designated range, and this is also a big part of why the average firearms owner is public enemy number one in the eyes of...
Liked On: 11-11-2019, 09:05 PM
people in different parts of the world eat different foods depending on what grows there or lives there etc. That doesn't mean that every population has a good diet. What it does mean is that we can...
Liked On: 08-11-2019, 04:42 AM
Great thread ,everyone has different metabolisms , I have mates that eat stuff all and go all day , I need to graze every couple hours to keep energy levels up , WillB I’m Fodmap and Lactose...
Liked On: 08-11-2019, 04:41 AM
Umm. Oops. No, shorts over the long johns. :D
Liked On: 07-11-2019, 07:45 AM
I have been thinking about making up a couple of meat bags that are designed to fit onto the side straps of the hunterway. Something lightweight that can be rolled up small and stashed in the bottom...
Liked On: 07-11-2019, 07:44 AM
I put an old fleece vest over my canvas packs to stop the hang ups and noise issue,also it’s blaze orange for safety.
Liked On: 07-11-2019, 07:42 AM