Born Hunter
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And the smoking!
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I fully expected that anecdote to end with you pushing her in while she was harassing some other drowning child, stealing her last fag and then beating her with her own stick as she tried to get out!
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Not free range, that I can remember. I got the impression shooting deer over there was a bit like rabbit shooting over here, ie no big deal. Well, other than during the roar or in high country, that's considered somewhat prestigious. But yes I did see plenty of Reds....... on the deer farms. TONS of deer farms! I also saw Whitetail and Elk. Both firsts for me. What you have been told is correct. Though, the total freaks often come from private land high fenced 'hunting'. But tbh I find those heads pretty grotesque. Public land over there is producing some utterly fantastic natural lo
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My outfiiting bear/deer guiding year 2019 ### pic heavy ####
Born Hunter replied to Ted Newgent's topic in Big Game Hunting
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Did anyone correct him and inform him that we're all fully aware that we just had a de-facto second referendum? "You lost, again, Tony..."
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And I think that's brilliant.
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It sounds so obvious but how buoyant you are makes a hell of a difference. It's frustrating when people who are naturally buoyant and gone on to be confident swimmers tell me that I "must not be relaxing". It all became very apparent when my instructor had me doing a few lengths of just kicking with one arm stretched out and the other by my side focusing on rotating to breath. She told me "your ear should be flat on your shoulder at all times to stop you lifting your head and causing your legs to drop" (legs dropping is the bane of my life in the pool ). So I said hesitantly "okay, but h
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I had an i-Pad thrust upon me for a facetime chat with an ex-pat living in Oz a few months back and he was telling us that one of the states do pay a half decent bounty on predators (scalps or ear I think ). He reckoned a keen young fella could earn a wage from it in some places. I'd imagine their fur value is very little due to the warm climate.
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Funny this topic should come up... I really want to be a good swimmer, not just swimmer but good in and under water, have done for a few years now. I mean I can swim to save my life but not competently and that is not something I'm happy about. Anyway, a few months ago I swallowed my pride and signed up for 1-2-1 tuition with a local Uni and have been having 'lessons' every Saturday. I've found out so much shit that was wrong with my stroke and now have a much better grasp of things, technically. I've also come to realise I'm not naturally suited to water which is probably why I ha
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Is that a Jagd? Do you know details mate? Rifles I assume. Christ the native fauna will be better for seeing that lot gone.
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Lol, I’m really not a very technical person. I know, I’m a confusing individual!
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Re Tahr hunting... There's no two ways about it, it's hard work! I consider myself quite capable in the field and it was pushing me, physically and mentally. Most active people would manage the terrain, untill later into the winter when ice axes and crampons are needed, but it is the packing in and out with the kit that really multiplies the difficulty. Kurt is an experienced tahr hunter and has a more robust build than me (about 15kg heavier). Ascending I was right with him always. We'd do a fair stint and then have five minute water break/breather. But on the way down with much heavier
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It must be frustrating. All the best with it though.
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Thanks everyone. Makes the effort of posting worthwhile. Glad to be able to share.
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Both! I’d like to return, it’s a sportsman’s/outdoorsmans paradise really. But there’s loads of other stuff I want to do and four or five ‘leads’ that might result in similar adventures so who knows. Im away stalking now, not been in six months and really loving it. Ive seen a ton of roe, had a decent morning and hopefully add a few more to the chiller over the next 24hrs. Roe bucks in the rolling hills of England are quite different to Tahr in the Southern Alps but it’s still charming in its own right. Two of three from before breakfast.
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He seems to have had a few 180lb-ers over the past year or so and maybe some two toners. He's got one shoulder mounted in his living room which must have 4" tusks on it, real brute. He was telling me how pig hunters get to know certain 'educated' pigs which become sort of special to them, worthy trophies, that mounted boar in his house was one of those. He was also telling me about a DoC contract he had a few months back for experimental pig clearance on one of the small conservation islands. Good earner for him by all accounts.
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Thanks mate and I hope not! ha No mate, no wallaby. Kurt didn't reckon much to it and I wasn't fussed but he said when he had spaniels he used to basically hunt them like we would rabbit over spaniels. The dogs would flush them from tussocks on the hill to shoot with shotguns. Under £3k. Bit more if you include the kit I bought, puffer jacket, 4 season sleeping bag, over-trousers, base layers, boots, fishing rod it'd be more. But I don't count that stuff because it'll get plenty of use anyway. Nothing was bought exclusively for NZ. I reckon a self guided Tahr/deer/chamois trip cou
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Then the hard work started again. Well it wasn't that hard, it was about a 120lber and not that far from the truck. The boar was gutted, tied, dogs fed liver and we packed out.
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Now for the red letter day! Maybe not for a proper pig hunter, but for a English fella who just wants to experience a proper pig hunt it was! We were back at the deer farm and on foot hunting the bush. Three dogs, the two experienced trusted pig catchers and a youngster. Basically we set off into the bush and the dogs cast off hunting around us until they hit some scent and then hunt away. Kurt's focus then goes to his tracker and he assesses what is going on. If he moves, I follow. At this point I should explain a few things. Kurt's dogs are holder/bailers, rather
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We had a few minor jaunts out pig hunting to kill a few afternoons but nothing much happening on them. The real action was all on the dedicated days planned for pig hunting. One of these jaunts was driving native bush forestry roads, dogs on the bonnet and they jump when they wind something. If it looks promising we might hunt them on foot for a bit. Another time we went out to a deer farmer (shit loads of deer farmers in NZ) who's got a pig problem. It was late and the forest is massive so again we blanked. Next we had a full day at it. 4:30am alarm, long drive to a
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Before going Tahr hunting I decided to buy a little travel rod set from town to chuck in the truck so I could fish the canals up that way. Not fished in years tbh but I half fancied a travel rod for some opportunistic hunter/gathering on my travels so now was the time. I struggled in the canals. Had a decent fish follow right up to the bank but nothing happening otherwise. I started off with these fuzzy looking imitation egg things on a tiny hook, not sure what they're called but they're apparently the way to fish the canals with a weight just bouncing them along the bottom. That wa
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I think we finished on around 70. Kurt was a fairly talented duck/goose caller and at high tide we'd get a visit from other duck shooters in their boats to see how we were getting on. On the Sunday we had a 'heap' of ducks to process. His mum had roasted up three for our tea the night before (they were bang on too) but the rest we breasted to be sent to the butcher for salami.
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I don't think I need to go into too much detail. I'm sure you can image what it was like. The crack was savage, the ducks were relentless, the gas cooker kept us well fed, barrels were hot etc etc. The tide came in and went out... It was a full day affair. Before the tide was high enough to use the boat for retrieving we took turns in the waders.
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As I said, I did more things than just Tahr hunting. A few days after I arrived was the opening day of the duck shooting season. I didn't appreciate what this meant before I experienced it so i should try to explain for everyone else that hasn't experienced it. Basically opening day of duck season is a NATIONAL EVENT! It's all over the TV, all over the papers, everyone is talking about it and excited about it. Every pond, estuary or puddle has a mai mai (hide/blind) built next to it and at the crack of dawn on that Saturday the mai mai will be filled with drink, food, cartridges and camouflage
