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lapua
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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: Bramble]
#104994 - 14/05/08 02:08 AM

That's nice Heym you got there good buddy !

Reg lapua

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Spring
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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: alexbeer]
#104996 - 14/05/08 02:33 AM

While a double is fun to shoot and the loading for it sometimes makes me feels like a mad scientist, it's the joy of taking it to the field on a fun hunt that brings the most satisfaction. While my .470 is overkill for the things I hunt here at home, I have used it some on deer that I hunt at my farm. But it's in Africa that the gun feels at home, and I'm looking forward to taking there again in 3 months.

Tanzania 2005

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walksfar
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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: Spring]
#105037 - 14/05/08 02:36 PM

I agree. I continue to use my .450 no.2 double on whitetails and wild hogs here at home.

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alexbeer
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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: Spring]
#105047 - 14/05/08 04:38 PM

Hello Spring

Great photo! I am really enjoying seeing all these terrains and Doubles, and game and hunters!

Sometimes it can feel it bit isolated here in Tasmania, so it gladens our hearts to hear that hunting is still alive in the core of mens hearts.

So again, Thank you all for your photos and stories.

Spring, what sort of Double do you have and how long have you had it?

Curious,
Laura
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ozhunter
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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: alexbeer]
#105051 - 14/05/08 06:26 PM

A hunt that a big double rifle is ideal for.

Edited by CptCurl (25/11/09 11:19 PM)

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93mouse
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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: ozhunter]
#105058 - 14/05/08 07:58 PM

"..... those great recounts of Selous, Burton, the Muirs in Nyasaland, even Livingstone, their travels into the vastness of an uncharted continent after the riches of ivory. They still linger in our memories and provoke that excitement we all feel when we think of Africa, toting a double rifle over your shoulder and taking on a beast the size of a London bus." - Pete Swanepoel jnr

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Taylor416
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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: ozhunter]
#105084 - 14/05/08 10:45 PM

Oz hunter,
nice mate, very nice!!!!!

cheers
Chris

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Spring
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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: alexbeer]
#105106 - 15/05/08 02:31 AM

Quote:

Hello Spring

Great photo! I am really enjoying seeing all these terrains and Doubles, and game and hunters!

Sometimes it can feel it bit isolated here in Tasmania, so it gladens our hearts to hear that hunting is still alive in the core of mens hearts.

So again, Thank you all for your photos and stories.

Spring, what sort of Double do you have and how long have you had it?

Curious,
Laura
alexbeer.com

Laura,
That pic is one with my best hunting buddy, my son. He's about to graduate from college and we're looking forward to our upcoming September hunt in the Selous where we'll chase around a bunch of critters again.
As for my gun, it's a Beretta 455 and I've had it for 4 years. It's a great shooting gun and I enjoy shooting it at 100 yards as much as the 50 at which it was regulated.

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alexbeer
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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: Spring]
#105156 - 15/05/08 04:01 PM

Hello Spring

Thanks for the reply.
Again I am encouraged -that a son is following in his father's footsteps into the wild! We have 2 sons of our own that we hope will one day take up the sport with keen interest.

Wow Ozhunter what a beast! Just how many hunts have you been on and where?
Please share some stories.

Hopeful,

Laura
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CHAPUISARMES
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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: alexbeer]
#105158 - 15/05/08 05:22 PM

Great Photo Adam, you are a true Aussie Hunter.

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RLI
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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: ozhunter]
#105161 - 15/05/08 05:38 PM

Ozhunter,
Very impressed with with your pictures!, What rifle did you use?

steve

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NitroX
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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: RLI]
#105192 - 15/05/08 09:50 PM

Adam

Again great how you dropped your ele perfectly for the cameraman.

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Marrakai
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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: NitroX]
#105275 - 16/05/08 12:46 PM

...or rolled it upright with a vehicle (tyre tracks?).

Either way, great photo and well worth the effort.

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peter
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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: Marrakai]
#105291 - 16/05/08 03:10 PM

yep

just a bit smaller then Ozhunters

best regards

peter

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wombat
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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: alexbeer]
#105299 - 16/05/08 05:23 PM

Yes Laura,we do hunt with our doubles.
The regular forum members have all seen this video of my elephant in Zimbabwe but you may not have.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCpa8OQRosM#GU5U2spHI_4

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GG375
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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: wombat]
#105345 - 17/05/08 06:13 AM

Hi Laura

I hunt with mine - nothing exotic so far - just the common aussie stuff - pigs, brumbies & scrub bulls so far. Here are some photos.

Krieghoff 9.3x74

Searcy De Luxe .470

Krieghoff again.

Searcy again.

Looking forward to seeing more photos of your work and hope to visit next time in Tassy.

Cheers.

GG

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NitroX
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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: GG375]
#105416 - 18/05/08 04:53 AM

A few more pics. This time with my Valmet in 9.3x74R.

From this thread - "Mad Cow" Cull

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alexbeer
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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: peter]
#105437 - 18/05/08 09:04 AM

Hello Peter

What type of "deer" is that? Is it from your homeland?

Thanks for the photo. What is your Double rifle?

Cheers,
Laura
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alexbeer
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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: wombat]
#105438 - 18/05/08 09:08 AM

Hi Wombat

Thanks for the post, I will watch it soon. I am about at my download limit. I'll let you know when I see it.

What dort of Double do you have?

Laura
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alexbeer
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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: GG375]
#105439 - 18/05/08 09:16 AM

Hello GG,

Thanks for the great photos!

Looks like a top hunting spot. Is it your own land?
How long have you had your Doubles?

We would love to give you a feed next time your're in Tassie and talk hunting!

Long live the honour, the tradition, the timelessness of the stalk,

Laura
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Bighammer
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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: alexbeer]
#105474 - 18/05/08 03:07 PM

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Long live the honour, the tradition, the timelessness of the stalk

Hope Alex realises how lucky he is, Laura!

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alexbeer
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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: NitroX]
#105488 - 18/05/08 05:23 PM

G'day John,

Thanks for the great photos!

So you found that caliber has adequate stopping power? How many shots to take her down?

Curious,
Laura
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peter
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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: alexbeer]
#105495 - 18/05/08 06:27 PM

Quote:

Hello Peter

What type of "deer" is that? Is it from your homeland?

Thanks for the photo. What is your Double rifle?

Cheers,
Laura
alexbeer.com

hi laura

the dbl. rifle is described here: http://forums.nitroexpress.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=86079&an=0&page=0#Post86079

and the deer is a roe deer, the hunt is described here: http://forums.nitroexpress.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=105003&an=0&page=0#Post105003

best regards

peter

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alexbeer
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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: Bighammer]
#105496 - 18/05/08 06:42 PM

Thanks Bighammer!

Chuffed,
Laura
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GG375
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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: alexbeer]
#105497 - 18/05/08 07:36 PM

Hi Laura

I've had these 2 doubles for a couple of years now.

The areas I hunt are properties around where I live here in Nth Qld. Very seasonal up here which means the hunting season is only fairly short. The wet season usually starts around Dec and finishes in April. Then I usually wait until the water dries up and the grass dies back or is burned off so the actual hunting season is from about August to Dec. Best time is Oct/Nov just before the rains come as the ferals are usually not too far from what water is available.

Thanks for the offer of a feed and a look at Alex's work. Jennie and I hope to come down maybe next year or the year after.

Looking forward to seeing some more photos of your doubles.

Cheers.

GG

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