Well all, the forum software is now on its last legs and rather than keep it going to an inevitable end I decided to build a new modern forum and start again. YaBB has done us well over the years resu...

1/3/2021. Over the next month or so Im going to try and rebuild the form into a modern system .... its a big job with a million or more posts. Every now and again the forum may be down or act a bit st...

The Roar competition has been decided by popular vote:
The prizes are generously sponsored by Top Gear http://www.top-gear.co.nz/ who have an amazing range of hunting and outdoor equipment online...

Every hunt is different with some just down right , full-on exciting. Today was one of the above. It began in the usual fashion with the alarm seemingly spitting out its hideous blah blah about 5 seco...

Piling our gear into the back of the ute, it seemed like we were moving into the bush permanently with gear hanging off our packs from every strap and pocket. Pulling up in the carpark, we shouldered ...

Life is a funny ole` journey. 2012 had been pretty average on the work front and with three little girls under 5 years old meant that hunting and fishing time was limited.
It had been a long tim...

We had one week to play with and reports of rutting activity in the Kaimanawas suggested it was near on non-existent, so we decided to leave the sika to it and go into the Urewera in search of red ski...

The stag walked slowly along the game trail. The night before had been busy.  He held a prime slice of Kaimanawa territory and had done so for the last 4 years.  He was a big stag with 8 points includ...