Hunting
Sika Hunting Tips & Info: Kawekas; Kiwi Saddle, Jan 2017
By Nik Maxwell- 28th Aug, 2020
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Even the best laid plans can fall though and unfortunately that is what happened with our Thunderbolt/Rangitikei trip...
Sika Hunting Tips & Info: Kawekas; Back Ridge, Nov 2016
By Nik Maxwell- 12th Jul, 2020
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One of the main attractions for me when I’m chasing sika is the exploration of the country they live in...
Sika Hunting Tips & Info: Kawekas; Te Puke, Harkness & Tussock Huts, Sep 2015
By Nik Maxwell- 30th May, 2020
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Over the last few articles, we have hunted and traversed some of the most iconic sika hunting areas...
Sika Hunting Tips & Info: Kaimanawas/Kaweka; Oamaru, Tussock and Boyd Huts, Jul 2015
By Nik Maxwell- 30th Apr, 2020
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I have to admit to being pretty excited when the time came to head away...
Sika Hunting Tips & Info: Kaweka Ranges; Middle Hill, Ballard & Makino Huts, Mar 2015
By Nik Maxwell- 19th Feb, 2020
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It had been a few years since I last visited the Kawekas...
Sika Hunting Tips & Info: Kaweka Ranges, Spion Kop, Apr 2019
By Nik Maxwell- 4th Dec, 2019
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At around 7.45am I picked up on a mature sika hind bedded down just on the edge of a...
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Stag of a lifetime!
By Dave Irving- 14th Oct, 2020
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Pyke River Roar
By James Passmore- 30th Dec, 2020
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Sika Hunting Tips & Info: Kaimanawas/Kaweka; Oamaru, Tussock and Boyd Huts, Jul 2015
By Nik Maxwell- 30th Apr, 2020
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Sika Hunting Tips & Info: Kawekas; Kiwi Saddle, Jan 2017
By Nik Maxwell- 28th Aug, 2020
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Bushnell NZ PHOTO COMPETITION
WIN A PAIR OF BUSHNELL PRIME 10X25 BINOS!
We have opened up the photo competition to include both hunting and shooting so pics of your rifle, scenic, human interest etc are all welcome!
Please note that the photo comp runs continuously, meaning you are always in with a chance to win a prize! There are also chances to win One Year Subscriptions to NZGUNS and NZGUNS T-Shirts!
Entry is easy! Just email your photo, including a brief description, to: nik@nzguns.co.nz
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WIN a pair of Bushnell Prime 10X25 Binos!
Send in your favourite 2020 deer, pig, goat, chamois, tahr, rabbit or wallaby hunting pic for your chance to win!
Simon Jones
Simon, and his dog Moki, secured this sika spiker during a hunt off Clements Rd in the Northern Kaimanawas.
WINNER: NZGUNS T-Shirt!
Harry Stam
Harry sent in this pic of his mate Zak Jacobs with a red hind harvested during a winter hunt in the North Canterbury region! The rifle is a Tikka T3 chambered in .308 Win.
Adam McGrath
The 'Fiordland Boys' taking some time to enjoy the view on the Fiordland tops!
Michael Kenyon
Michael Kenyon with a great pic of a fallow buck taken during a recent hunt!
Hayden Clarke
Hayden secured this chamois during a hunt in Central Otago. He shoots a Browning X-Bolt chambered in .308 Winchester.
WINNER: NZGUNS One Year Subscription!
Shannon Kubala
Shannon with a ripper fallow buck that he secured with his Tikka T3x chambered in .308 Winchester.
WINNER: Bushnell Prime 10x25 Binos!
Jack McCabe
Jack McCabe (9 years old) with his first bull tahr on the deck using his Dads 22-250. A very proud moment for both Jack and his Dad.
WINNER: Bushnell Prime 10x25 Binos!