Author Archives: Steve

Wilson and me read the forecast and decided we would get out for a hunt before the rain came. We entered the bush after first light, I was carrying my Remy 243 as Sako is getting a face lift barrel … Continue reading →

The forecast was good a fine day it would seem.  Nothing is what it seems though. It rained heavily the night before so as soon as me and my buddy strode into the greenery on first lite we were welcomed … Continue reading →

This winter has produced a lot of wet weather and thus has limited our bush hunting forays. However it can’t rain forever! We snuck into the bush just after full daylight and made our way carefully up a ridge looking … Continue reading →

  Walking the dog in the late afternoon when I spotted this would be tractor turfing my ground up, as if there was no tomorrow, and there wasn’t for said pig. A mad dash to the house a rummage around … Continue reading →

                  What breeze there was was certainly up our backsides.  It was of little difference really as altitude was our prime concern.  We were travelling up a sharp ridge and so relying … Continue reading →

                    A three day high.  One up, one for hunting and one down.  It was a grind packing in, and my lack of water en route did not help matters one … Continue reading →

                Walkabout was the aim and walkabout was the game, we didn’t stop for the full 4 days. Perpetual motion, resulting in man and dog totally spent of all energy.  A trip to … Continue reading →

                  Three stags seen so far but only one shot.  Here I am pushing through soaking wet bush on hunt day 6 early on in the morning. My hands are numb with … Continue reading →

The bastard little Germans are still about, but I reluctantly have to enter the bush to celebrate the roar I suppose. Just the other day…… I had just stumbled upon a wallow, that to be honest had not seen a … Continue reading →

                  The odd wasp here and there signals to me that it time to rest the bush hunting for awhile.   Temperatures too are getting up there at last.  The bush today is … Continue reading →