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What state(s) do you hunt big game in most often? New Zealand What is your primary long range hunting cartridge? 7MM RUM-------------------------------------- Regarding your primary long range hunting cartridge choice above: Do you use factory ammunition?No If so, which brand and...

Im here too. 7MM rum rules

My 7mmrum is called "elvis"

Hi Jon2 The rifles a HS Precision 2000 series!Nigtforce base with burris sig Z rings.The scopes a Nightforce NXS 5.5X 22 X 56 ! Ive got a threaded HS muzzle brake on the end of it!

Gudday Greg Yep steve got a couple with the total yardage being about 220yds!Good fun on some targets at around 750-800 on the last morning though!The sendero's are impressive-both of them! No chance to play around with other load combos yet but those 175smk's sound good! Thanks for the tip!

I spent the last week in the mountains here in NZ hunting deer.Id shot 2 deer a couple of weeks previously but at 320 and 334 yds not at any real distance! 4 of us got away for the week and hunted some great long range country! The trick was to get up high early which meant 4:3oam starts and...

cheers guys

cheers james,mainly sika deer with the odd red.Ive never hunted whitetail but understand they are roughly the same size!

Gudday guys I have not posted here for a while.Im in NZ,same old ,still hunting.I got rid of my 300WSM and brought a 7mm RUM. Im loading 95gns of AR2225 with 160gn accubonds for inside 400yds and 162 gn A Max bullets for 400yds +.The question being shooting deer past sort of 650yds is...

Heres one of a yearling shot the other weekend.300WSM,150gn nosler ballistic tips,430 odd yards.The impact went through the chest on an angle and exited the gut.Heres the result!

Its summer here still i think That hunt the temp was between 0c and 20c depending on the time of day.We dont have predators in our bush.The biggest killer would be rivers and exposure to the elements.Even though im always in shorts we always go prepared as it can snow anytime of the year.We...

[ QUOTE ] Nice pictures of New Zealand. What kind of deer are you hunting? [/ QUOTE ] Sika and red deer Na i hate hunting in pants.All the hard blokes hunt in shorts

Been taking a 15 year old out with me recently and he is now started to shoot deer with his own rifle.We knocked 3 over last weekend with the young fella getting 2 with his 25-06 at 260m The smile in the pics say it all.Heres a few photos from last weelend anyway.All pics are the kaweka...

[ QUOTE ] Sako5, what would a hunt over there cost for one of those Red Stags. Tim [/ QUOTE ] No need to pay to hunt the public estate here my man Like the previous guy said our government in their wisdom regard deer as pests

I started a thread a little back asking about them.Ive just ordered a 7mm RUM