New Zealand - World's Best Hunting Destination?
Gentleman pig hunters and far flung brothers aside. Here are a few of the reason’s I want to go to NZ
Staggering Fishing: on the fly and from a kite.
BoB has few failings, most of them of the Hunting and Fishing kind, despite living within walking distance of some worldclass trout fishing he doesn’t even own a rod. For shame. To illustrate the point he and some pals were climbing a rock face that overlooks a trout river, at the end of the session he’s climbed down and was brewing up and packing his kit when a fly guy rocks up with a fish as long as Bob’s arm saying ‘you blokes must be hungry after all that’. I would have eaten it as sashimi, BoB cooked it over the brew-fire. He’s a nice lad but he’s not perfect.
Another form of fishing that I’ve long been fascinated by is Kite Fishing. this is an ancient art, one the cunning Kiwi’s have perfected with a few modern innovations. Using the motor from an electric wheelchair as your winch, and Spectra for your line, its possible to fish out to two kilometres offshore [about 1.2 miles in the old money]. When i found out that there was a type of fishing I didn’t have copious amounts of gear for i immediately set out to rectify the situation, Just as I was about to click the buy now button it occurred to me I’d better check the weather patterns – on-shore winds all year round in the south of England. Bah! Thwarted!
Simple Firearms Laws.
They licence the individual not the tool. Logical huh? Gun can’t fire itself. As a traveling sport you can download the licence application, print it off, rock up at the airport with your licence from home, your rifle, the form and $15 [last time I looked] and they issue on the spot.
A while back BoB was doing some demolition work and needed some explosives, he popped down to his local police station to sort out the paperwork. Told the cop on the front desk what he wanted to do and what he needed for the job.
Cop: “No worries mate we’ll just tack an explosives ticket onto yer rifle ticket”
BoB: “I don’t have one”
Cop: “Why not?”
Bow Hunting:
Growing more popular by the week, you’ll see why when you look at the NewZealand Bowhunting Society’s record book HERE all taken on public land – regs are strait forward and as usual farm permissions more forthcoming than with firearms.
All hunt-able species are invasive. Yep even those Himalayan Thar are a pest you can shoot for free on public land!
BoB has been shooting a little with some pals from work so he needs a rifle, – a left-handed rifle – should he start with a pre-loved Blaser R93 or should he get an AR15 with extra upper’s in .308 and .22LR? While we’re at it What’s the Best Scope for an AR15?
I’ve been in touch with a very interesting fella regarding testing his range of outdoor clobber, which may really be that holy grail of outdoor clothes – light, durable, AND affordable. More news on that when the postie knocks on the door. In the meantime I have to start saving for that plane ticket.
More soon
SBW
A suburban dad blogging about: Gear Freakery, Prepping, Rifles, Archery, Deer Hunting, Fishing, Urban Hunting and Homesteading, Locavore Cooking, and some Storytelling.
Source: http://suburbanbushwacker.blogspot.com/2015/08/new-zealand-worlds-best-hunting.html
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