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Congratulations, beautiful deer with a beautiful rifle.

Hi there, I am in Rocky Mountain House and I can be there as soon as I shift out of work early next week. I will send you a private message. Thank you

Sounds like an average day out to me! I dry balled my flinter twice in one session last week! Sometimes I wonder if muzzleloaders and my ADHD are at all compatible..

Kia Ora ehoa, Where abouts in NZ are you mate? Definitely a few smoke pole shooters around. Although I've just left my beloved Marlborough Sounds and shifted to Canada (wife's home) 2 months ago. It's always pretty exciting when you've got big red in front of you and a smoke pole in your...

Welcome from Alberta

Thanks, always keen to meet fellow shooters and hunters. Looking forward to exploring your province!

Hi there, great to hear from a black powder shooter in the area! Yes, I've had a look at the range website, looks like an awesome facility. I'll be rolling into town on June 8th all going to plan. Let me know if you want to get out for a shot at some stage. Thanks, BPkiwi

Luckily my brother in law has a dealer in his small town that sells black powder. I have a flintlock and powder awaiting my arrival. I'll be moving to Rocky Moubtain House. Haha that sounds like a man in the know, obviously married too.

Hi there, yes Canada's gun laws are relatively similar to ours in NZ. In Canada a percussion rifle requires a license. A flintlock, however, even modern reproductions are considered antiques and no license is required.

Hi there, Thanks for the response. Yes we are in late fall now. The red deer rut was a month ago and the fallow should be in the tail end of their rut now but we did see any evidence of bucks chasing does anymore. Cheers, BPkIwi

The joys of hunting with a smoke pole. As I prepare to leave New Zealand for a move to my wife's native land of Canada I was fortunate enough to sneak in one last hunting trip. An old friend and I were headed to a public land area to chase red and fallow deer. The foresight on my old CVA...

Howdy from New Zealand. Would love to see how you get on with your long range shooting

Thanks for the positive response team, it was a great day out

Merriam's as far as I'm aware that's the only subspecies we have in NZ

Took my 4 year old son for his first turkey hunt here in NZ. He got to pick the lucky ball out of the pouch. For those wondering there are no restrictions on hunting in New Zealand other than waterfowl, so shooting this Tom with a 45 prb is fair game. We enjoyed turkey fajitas last night!

My .45 does does it all, I enjoyed shooting a friend's .50 recently though

Beaut job, I'm working on my first at the moment too, I'll be a happy lad if it turns out as nice as yours

Awesome. Yes, I would love to get to Friendship and plan on it within the next couple of years

Yep, fortunately I was not affected by the buyback scheme as my guns are all bolt, pump action or single shot. However, I have friends who had to fight tooth and nail to hold onto rifles that were essential for their work (commercial goat cullers etc)

You're in the South Island too mate? Where abouts? I'll be moving to the Rocky Mountain House area, not far from Red Deer.