I see the heading of this post, a thought came to mind, why are we so used too, expectant, almost feel its normal that things should be afraid of us?B...

It simply needs to bite the first one who doesn't hand over his bag. Folks don't realise that wild animals are wild anjmals.

I just remember, an old guy told me that hair loss occur if the carcass was left lying for some time (ex. to fetch a vehicle) and the stomach gasses s...

problem with leaving skin on for long period ageing is that the hair reeeaally come off, falls loose when you skin the carcass.You really need two per...

Maybe due to a combination of good rains and less shooting?Some of the wing shooters in our area are actively supporting the breeding of guinea fowl w...

I am not sure whether one needs a complete new motivation for a renewal. On one of my hunting renewals, I did a one page motivation which basically st...

That could be it - the carcass wasn't fully cooled the previous night.

A good reason to try it? 😉

My old .308 Mauser and 160gr Frontier bullets at sub sonic. Yes, I recall, if you shot away direction from people 20 ft away they did not know you wer...

I shot their 130gr LWHV. Accuracy was good enough for head shots at 120m.

Has anyone done research on using monolithic bullets for subsonic purposes? A hard metal surface would make a sharp cutting edge?

Thanks, that's very helpful, and a good starting point. Out of curiosity, what do you think would work better? large rifle primers or small rifle...

I developed a load for my 308 with 173gr LRN bullets with MP200. It is the only Somchem powder which can safely be used for this application, accordin...

Feedback: the load works. I took a  dove and a pigeon, but the range is very limited. Anything past 20 yards is shaky at best. A pigeon at 12 yar...