Recent content by cooch

Friend. If death is the goal of hunting, then it wouldn’t matter how we got there or the meaning we apply to it. If death is the goal, then I can shoot sheep in my own paddock, and be back in my kitchen before the coffee is cold. Instead, I travel thousands of kilometres and spend every winter...

I do like those fools who like to claim “just get a thrill from killing innocent creatures”. First answer I give is that, No, I only kill the guilty ones. Which usually takes the wind out of their sails because they’ve never thought the issue through. Then I get to ask why I travel thousands...

Little bit different, here. The most common critter I’ll break down will be a Sambar. That’s about a 400lb deer with a hide like a cow. A large percentage of them are shot where you can’t get a vehicle to them, so he common method is to take the legs off, he back straps out, and leave the rest...

The original definition of “sport”, was an outdoor activity engaged in or enjoyment. Hunting was considered a sport before most of the ball games you are thinking of, existed. We hunt because we enjoy hunting. There is nothing wrong with that, and we do ourselves no good by pulling sad faces...

The clear contradiction in the claim that animals "deserve" one form of treatment or another, is that it implies that they have somehow earned it. How on earth has an animal that has never made a moral choice in its life, and never given the slightest heed to the welfare of other animals...

Belief that animals are more than animals - that they are somehow deformed "people" - is one of the older superstitions. Apparently it is still popular.... especially among those who are separated from nature and only experience it through sterile glass windows, lenses and flat-screen tv. But...

That, my friend, is a religious ideology..... just as it took a religious ideology to assert that humans had an inherent value, and that needlessly causing suffering is wrong. It doesn't matter whether we argue over how many accept that idea, if there is one observable fact about nature, it is...

Please note.... There are a LOT of generalisations being thrown around here. Given the number of Jacks that are never hunted compared to the number that are, selection from on-hunting lines can be problematic. GET A CONFIDENT PUP FROM PARENTS THAT YOU SEE WORKING. There is as much variation...

Jim Killem with the first live deer he ever saw. Ran it down after the shot. Now does this for every deer I take. Pushes brush and tall grass for bunnies and fox , whether for the running-dogs or to shotgun. Goes to ground or up hollow logs to push fox out, with enthusiasm. Kills them if he can...

Will admit, hadn't considered asking on a Kiwi forum.... Still need customs forms to import legally.

Many thanks, Charlie, but I'll ask you to keep the idea on hold. I've had another fine and helpful gentleman offer to send me one as soon as I can arrange the paperwork. Appreciate the offer. Big-time. Regards.... Peter.

I don't think so, but given the irrationality and complexity of said laws, who knows? One would have to be distinctly unlucky to get caught.

Yes, Charlie. That's the part. Browning's website links straight to MidWest as the nominated supplier of parts for the B80 . I have tried the Browning importer - Winchester Australia - and they cannot supply a part, either. :cuss: I'm hoping that someone might have one in their spare parts...

Those of you who follow firearms politics will know that the majority of semi-auto shotguns here were confiscated and destroyed some years ago. Likewise, so was almost the entire stock of spare parts. I'm one of the minority granted a licence to retain one on the grounds that - as a farmer - I...

Posted on the site. Most ebay sellers are quoting $40-$60 US. FoxPro quoted my about $75