Forgaging Edible Plants of New Zealand
Once your basic survival needs are met, it’s time to source nutrition. Meat is pound for pound the best bang for your buck but ...
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Firearms Safety Rule # 4: Identify Your Target Beyond All Doubt
Positive target identification isn’t just for hunters out in the hills. I’ve done it at a field shoot – misidentified my target.
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Maximising Game Meat Quality at Home – Part Three – Alternatives to Aging
The shot, recovery and field handling of meat must be considered before aging. As touched on in my article in the previous issue of NZRod&Rifle ...
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Maximising Game Meat Quality At Home – Part Two – Aging
You have your game home or back to a long-term camp, but still a few small details remain that can have a dramatic effect on the quality of the final product.
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Firearms Safety Rule # 3: Load a Firearm Only When Ready to Fire
Hopefully, by now, you’ve already read my previous articles. If not, go back and read about the history of The Seven Rules.
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“How” is More Important than “Where”
“Guys, I’m heading into … I’m not after anyone’s Spot X, but is there anything around?”
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Five Basic Survival and Bushcraft Skills for an Emergency
This article is focused on the ‘hard skills’ necessary for any emergency situation.
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Maximising Game Meat Quality in the Field – Part One – From the Thrill to the Chill
A roar rings out from the right, distracting you from the stag on the face above. A big-bodied, dark stag charges into the clearing on the far side ...
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Developing a Survival Mindset – Why We React Differently in Stressful Situations – Part One
Mike, whose real name I’ve suppressed, is an old work associate and former Navy SEAL Team Six operator.
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Firearms Safety Rule # 2: Always Point Firearms in a Safe Direction
Remember rule number one? Treat every firearm as loaded. Always point firearms in a safe direction is rule number two. If that’s the case, where is the safest place to point a loaded firearm?
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Buying a Used Bow
It’d be hard to be involved and interested in hunting over the last few years and not notice the burgeoning interest in hunting with a bow.
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Trout Spinning Technique – Made Easy
‘Where, what, how and why?’ That old chestnut! I’m pretty sure the first time I heard that, I was at school.
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