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- Sep 14, 2019 at 8:48 AM
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- Jan 20, 2015
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- Gender:
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- Location:
- Wellington, New Zealand
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About
- Gender:
- Male
- Location:
- Wellington, New Zealand
- Country of residence:
- New Zealand
- How did you find AfricaHunting.com?:
- Web search
- About You:
- I found this site whilst tracking down some of Don Heath's writing. I am (for boring reasons) more o
- I am a:
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- Hunter
- Member of:
- NZDA, NZMSC
- Have you hunted in Africa?:
- No
- Hunted:
- New Zealand
- My preferred weapon(s):
- Brno ZG47 in .30-06; Brno Model 4 (barrel shortened by a philistine); Brno Volkspolizei M98K
- What weapon(s) do you hunt with?:
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- Rifle
- My preferred optic(s):
- Kahles, Leupold, Weaver, Schmidt und Bender
- Gear I cannot live without:
- Mercator folding knife, Silva Sighting Compass graduated in mils and with adjustable declination, water bottle, brimmed hat with drawstring
- My best hunting tip:
- Second chamois trip, which was my first trip to the Charwell river in the seaward Kaikouras
I found this site whilst tracking down some of Don Heath's writing. I am (for boring reasons) more of a shooter than a hunter but I do take the occasional walk with a rifle and have learnt what my strengths and weaknesses are when shooting it.
I started shooting in 1984 (SLR L1A1) with the govt paying for the ammo then joined a smallbore club where a WWII Bren gunner, who started the club, began my real marksmanship training. I was a TF Royal New Zealand Engineer for 12 years, joined a couple of other shooting clubs and stayed with one, where I ended up running that club's rifle range complex, annual prize shoot, etc. for just over 14 years.
I joined the NZ Mountain Safety Council and was a Firearm Safety instructor for just over 16 years, stepping down to Advisor level in early 2012.
I have seen and done a few silly things with firearms over the years, investigated a few apparently nonsensical stories about firearms and hopefully learnt something over 30 years of playing with bangsticks.Interact
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A good shot at close range beats a 'hit' at a longer range.
