Ruamahanga River Shooting Trip

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RULAMALNGARIVR SHOOTINGTRIF. With fine weather and hopos of its continuence we set off from Wellington and after a briof stop ct Foathorston on to the Ruamahanga River where 8 of us crawled out and sew the others off to Holdsworth. Ten minutos lator WO were at the hut and after a brow hit the sack. How's the bed Rodger? There was a beautiful frost noxt morning so no one was up very earlyo it 9 we left and crossod the most delightful (?) swing bridge to the shoaring shed. Hore we found an old muzzle loading double-barreled riflo in somewhat demaged condition. Does anyone know what happens whon a double charge is placed in a muzzle londer? - wO do! From here wo headed for the bush edgo but some time was lost when some membors thought the easiest mothod was to climb as high as possible and then drop down again.

VIA S Thats a 257 ore 98 Hauieh aci hor, with A. 100:grain hand-loodee/jchs a t 1,950 FF seconds. Were safe I1s zeroed /u af 100yards

We then headod for the Anti Cow Creck arriving thoro in good time. Here our noble leador thought the timo was ripe for a river trip. Here also tho map shous that thoro is a track on the r ight side of the rivor but wO found that it was on the left all the way up. Wo stopped in a su-11 busli clonring to pick camp aftor looking for the grass flats on the river bod which the map shows. Don and Jim wont on up strocm whilo wO mado camp and still found no flats although they reached the forks. Sunday off down rivor again stopping about helf way down for lunch. Wo had good wenther the whole time elthough the frosts were rather stiff. e found ice noarly half an inch thick in places whero it soldom thawed. 48 stated in the writo-up, the maps of the arca ere not reliable. Those on the trip were:- Jim Dawson, Den Collings, Sid Roid, Mel Nanning, Rodger, Joff and wilf Roddington and Don Langford. hile Joy Parsons, Bev Holloway, Agnes Wolls, Dennis O'Neill, Keith Durrent wont to Holdsworth and Phil Phillips nnd ille Hobbs strrted prospocting tho new kitro Flats Track. D.L.