Jump to content

fangster

AH Members
  • Posts

    2,567
  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    9

About fangster

  • Birthday 13/05/1970

Profile Information

  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    Southern Darling Downs Qld weekends & homeless weekdays
  • Interests
    The terminal performance of hollowpoint NERF ammunition against wild farmyard rabbit
    When there's foam in the air there's hope
  • My Guns
    Belt-fed LED/laser equipped NERF

Recent Profile Visitors

4,051 profile views

fangster's Achievements

Grand Master

Grand Master (14/14)

  • First Post
  • Collaborator
  • Posting Machine Rare
  • Week One Done
  • One Month Later

Recent Badges

  1. G'day mate, was just reading the scarey bush stories thread and noticed you lived up near Glenlyon Dam area. 

    I work for Sunwater. You wouldnt know Brendon Swan at the dam would you? I'm his supervisor but based in Goondiwindi.

    Anyway mate, next time im up in that area Id be keen for a catch up. Some great hunting up that way too. 

     

    Cheers, Dave

  2. G'day Duncs! Not sure about the network intricacies but the Mrs has been going out doing feeding when I've been stuck elsewhere, and she calls my mobile each time as a "radio check" I suppose you could call it. Test, test your gear, your life may hinge on it. We were caught up in an unfortunate incident which reinforced how important it was to carry some essential gear when out away from medical help. One piece of that gear I believe it's mega important, wherever you are, to be able to reliably call for emergency medical help immediately. Nothing is infallible all the time, but when you are flat on your back hours away from the nearest helping hand that's when you appreciate how important it really is.
  3. Hey Farmgirl if you see us on the weekend ask to look at our satphone we carry around, it's an Iridium on a $30/month telstra plan with calls at $1/min. Use it when in the paddock in case of emergency, we regularly use it to test it's working and has never failed, still manages to keep a lock on satellites if I wander inside and it can see one through a window. It's not to replace an iphone for someone addicted to texting and facebook, it's a potential lifesaver here, where we don't have mobile coverage.
  4. I always carry a pair of Leupold Golden Ring HD 10x42's, they have copped a beating for years. They come in the ute everywhere and on all walks. They are outstanding in the dark or when waiting for the sun to come up whilst glassing into the wind. I tried a few harnesses and dont like them particularly with layering of clothing we do now and taking the harness off/on due to that. Best for me now is the hunting jackets and shirts I wear that have a vertical zippered pocket next to the zip/button up front that lets me sit the binos around my neck on the supplied strap and sit them neatly in the shirt/jacket compartment. Protects them somewhat, too. Seems to be a good compromise between size and magnifiication. Comparing the 8x42's on the market as well and hunting with a mate that has some, I can't quite imagine me ever having anything other than 10x42's.
  5. fangster

    Knife Laws

    National park isn't a shopping centre though, they may just have kittens because a machete is used for slashing through scrub, and in NP's all fauna and flora is protected (repeating Gaf) so I cannot imagine why you'd be allowed, or require one unless you were doing what isn't allowed.
  6. fangster

    Knife Laws

    Ah yeah, forgot about the little tool kit. Lost mine somewhere. Main thing for me is the knife, scissors and pliers themselves.
  7. fangster

    Knife Laws

    I carry a Leatherman 7 days a week, except when I'm going out on the town. Whenever I have workwear on I have the tool in a Kent pouch, on a belt by the same maker and it looks natural. But I guess I don't look like a troublemaking stereotype (hey I don't make up the stereotypes). Out on the gas and oil fields everyone wears one on a daily basis, and this includes in towns. I was in a local Qld national park though with the missus bushwalking recently and grabbed my hunting bumbag. A park ranger saw me and stopped me - I had a sheath knife on it still and he said they were not allowed in the park, I said I'll take it off and stick it in the bumbag and he flatly said no, they are not allowed at all. Rather than start a problem and wreck the day I left it in the car. Never officially checked out whether he was just bullshitting though. Be buggered how you fix anything on a motorcycle with a Leatherman though, except for cutting off zip ties.
  8. That battery looks the money alright. Is it sealed? There are guys here who are almost addicted to the newer LED lights for walkabout and I agree, there are some amazing tiny lights that throw 2-300m (useable in a scope) which if we are honest, nobody I know can accurately shoot from a hasty on-foot position at game at night at even close to that range. And man, some have 3-4 18650 batteries and they are incrediblly powerful and light, can mount to your gun and hardly be noticed. Reflectors only up to 50mm in diameter anfd smaller than the old D Maglites, only 25mm diameter bodies... and no batteries to have to separately carry or leak. Fenring seems to have his info togther on what is the go on all this and it's addictive.
  9. Same deal for me here. Did a bit of checking and found they were shipped on the 2nd/12th. So now to find them.
  10. I ordered some 17670's and somne 18650's from a HK supplier four weeks ago, no delivery yet. Not having much luck with this stuff, so I'll give up I think. BCF has Alum bodied twin AA LED's on sale for $15 that cream anything I've bought so far in an AA torch, young bloke bought one to go to cubs camp and it's so good the missus went and bought six of them for kids presents, guess I need to steal some.
  11. Got the 3 LED adaptors, they come from Hong Kong. But they don't fit any of the torches they're supposed to, too long. Same diameter, but totally different at the back. Did my dough, so let the buyer beware getting something without being able to physically check. Got to figure out whether it's even worth trying to sort it out.
  12. Thanks I'll be doing that straight up. That'll get rid of those power chewing glow worms.
  13. I too bought a Ridgeline jacket, at the end of the winter before last. a Rozor Back soft shell jacket. Wore it once, and hung it up in the cupboard. So then comes last winter and I start to wear it, anbd the main front zip fails. It's a strange stiff sort of sealing kind of zip. The alloy zip carrier that slides up was as soft as lead, and opened up and came off. I tried to put it back, but it just kept bending and just broke in half. The alloy it was made of was this really large grained soft rubbish. I then tried the zips on the pockets, they too were the same. I contacted Ridgeline on a few ocasions, even Mick Matheson from Sporting Shooter contacted them but to no avail, they just didn't care obviously. Had my money. I was working in China at the time and had brought it over to wear, and couldn't do anything else about it over there. Honestly I will never buy their stuff again, even though the Roar jacket I have with the plastic zip is fine. If they don't care about their customers, even to contact me to tell me to get stuffed, why take another risk. Make sure what you buy from them isn't faulty, check every seam and zip, and check that if anything fails the supplier can help you because, from my experience Ridgeline don't give a rats.
  14. The HID lights are superb if you have the dosh to buy them, more light means you can potentially spot more game. Don't forget, if you find a skittish animal that doesn't want to look at the light (and experienced spotlighters know this happens with halogen or HID, white or "yellow"), use the centre of the beam to find the animal, then swing the beam off centre slightly and use the small amount of wasted light right on thre edge of the beam to keep their eyes glowing and try to stop them looking away. Lightforce ligfhts are great for this feature because you can focus the reflector to give you a bit more of asofter edge to the projected light. The feature is there for you to use. Takes away that "HID are too bright, hurts their eyes" story. You can use the super strong beam to find them better, and the softer edge to hold them. If that doesn't work, no light was going to keep them looking at you, some animals are like that and that's just the way it is. I find this works great, but that's me.
  15. Ah yeah, you're right. 6V. Looks like the two rechargeables. Not really needing to buy LED upgrades, when I worked in China last year I bought too many LED torches. Too many... 1/4 the price you get charged here for the popular ones.
×
×
  • Create New...