Category Archives: News

“News is history shot on the wing”. ~Gene Fowler, Skyline

2 Cham at 363 and 330 meters

Posted on September 8, 2018 by Steve

Out for a couple of nights hunting on the Chamois in howling winds but otherwise fine weather.  I got on to three does in an alpine basin at the above distances.  They were obviously onto me so it was a … Continue reading →

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Ah Jeez what? more curry?

Posted on August 29, 2018 by Steve

                    I am pausing to wonder if I am still living in Glenhope or is it Bangladesh! I must call a halt to these freezer ingredients by golly gosh.  Mind you … Continue reading →

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Ingredients for a curry

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Steve

                    With Tahr, Pig, Deer and Chamois all recently added to the freezer it was decreed by she who must be obeyed.  “We lack some goat to make a curry.” More … Continue reading →

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Remy 243 gets a walk

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Steve

                  With my forty year odd VX1 Leupold playing up lately on my equally old Sako .222 I was coerced into taking the newer Remington 243 out in the bush for a … Continue reading →

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Tahr trip 2018

Posted on June 24, 2018 by Steve

Celebrated my birthday this year with a five day hunting trip camped at 5000 ft. The opening couple of days saw strong Easterly winds try and dislodge me from my precarious eerie but the Macpac Plateau tent refused to budge … Continue reading →

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I just had a pig of a time

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Steve

                  Came across this character this morning on the opposite side of a gully I had just sidled into.  He was mooching around some windfall playing now you see me now you … Continue reading →

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Yeah…..Nah

Posted on June 10, 2018 by Steve

Climb max shirt still on hold is the latest!  Sourcing material is proving harder than first envisaged it would seem.   Bugger! …never mind

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9.5″ Cham buck taken in soft snow

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Steve

                  It took all of 90 minutes to retrieve this head.  I negotiated the terrain with an axe and rifle/knife only, leaving my pack behind and also my camera!!!!! Not so much … Continue reading →

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Swazi reproducing the climb-max shirt again

Posted on May 16, 2018 by Steve

Just heard the long sleeved version of the climb max shirt is soon to be available again.  It will be first introduced in a black colour which I would especially welcome  for Winter Cham. hunting and also there will be … Continue reading →

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Chamois hunt with Red deer result

Posted on April 29, 2018 by Steve

                    5 Chamois observed on the first afternoon but unfortunately at a crucial time a venison recovery helicopter buzzed them at the worst possible time  sending the bunch scurrying for sanctuary … Continue reading →

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