Last Week's Adventure...

[Andy the Aussie]

LOL... he already has a lovely pair of them on the wall. We will be on the North Island as well..

 

[Noxious Fumes]

It's just what you are use to I guess mate. I like tents but they are just not practical walking great distances here either. Any extra weight carried really does need to be water. You do get a bit of a funny feeling when you hear/feel something crawling/scurrying across your bivvy in the night though...I have learned (after many years of practice) how NOT to squeal like a teenage girl at those moments...

You make a very important point. I've hiked in the outback. It is recommended that one drinks one litre of water per hour. That is a lot of weight. Never slept out of doors while in the outback though. I'd typically carry 4 to 6 litres .... Hardly anything else. A net to put over your head is mandatory. Hat, sunscreen as well.

Cheers !

 

[Hard Knocks]

LOL... he already has a lovely pair of them on the wall. We will be on the North Island as well..

Ha, I should have known! Also, I'm going to give that shyster trying to take my deposit on a North Island chamois hunt a piece of my mind

 

[Andy the Aussie]

Ha, I should have known! Also, I'm going to give that shyster trying to take my deposit on a North Island chamois hunt a piece of my mind

.....it's OK mate, an enterprising Kiwi will be able to knock up a paper mache "adaptor" for a sheep and you will never know the difference...

 

[Hard Knocks]

.....it's OK mate, an enterprising Kiwi will be able to knock up a paper mache "adaptor" for a sheep and you will never know the difference...

Mate, even I know enough to get suspicious when 'sheep' and 'adapter' are used in the same sentence

Have you ever hunted red deer Andy? In either New Zealand or Australia?

 

[Andy the Aussie]

This Kiwis do love their sheep....

Yep, when I am hunting Black Fallow I am also by default hunting Reds, they are prevalent in the same area but not in the same numbers. I see Red Stags most years there just not a big enough one to go after, just over the range (in my old back yard !!) some monsters have been taken. I also hunted them up in Queensland some years ago. A guy I know was just in the UK and (through a whole chain of linked events) was able to take a 29 point Red ...it is just a monster !!

 

[Hard Knocks]

I think that's the thing about the red deer that is so impressive, just that one could be such a freak of nature. I don't know how I missed that you were chasing reds with the Black Fallow. Probably pictures of Black Fallow bucks lured my attention away from the text

Good luck with the Sika hunt my friend. I'll look forward to the results as always.