Out There Southern Adventures

Home
New Zealand
Cromwell
Out There Southern Adventures

Personal guide, Hunting, Fishing, Tramping, Guided walks, Overnight trips, 4WD trips. W**e Tours, Fa

30/10/2026

Howdy all. So we've got the fi***rm, it's suppressed and with a standard 3x12 Leupold scope. Now what calibre?

First off you need to decide what you are going to be predominantly hunting. Fallow deer, reds, goats and pigs maybe Chamois or Tahr. Is there a calibre that you can use to shoot all of these? The answer is yes. There are multiple calibres that with this fi***rm and suppressor make it very user-friendly. I would go for a calibre that every gun shop throughout NZ would stock it. Off the shelf calibres I'd consider the 6.6x55, 6.5CM, 308, .270. Yes there are plenty of other calibres 'Out There' you could choose but these 4 are abundant on any gun shops ammo shelf pretty much anywhere in NZ.

I have always said any projectile with a bullet weight of anywhere from 130grs to 150grs is more than capable to take any NZ game as long as it is put in the right spot and you are close enough to accurately put it in that spot even under tough conditions. So as long as you can get close enough and put that projectile in the right spot that animal is toast.

For a new hunter/shooter if I was to choose just one it more than likely would be the 6.5CM. Lots of different projectile weights to choice from and lots of different projectile configurations from soft points to very hard construction that hold together and mushroom well on big animals. The long range performance is outstanding and the 6.5 projectile has a very high ballistic coefficiency which makes it very accurate. And in time what can be achieved with hand loads for this calibre. The calibre is accurate, nice to shoot and has great stopping power.

Now I know every hunter and his dog could have a crack at this choice but remember this calibre is for a new hunter/shooter with near zero experience in shooting. The 6.5CM is a great calibre to start off your hunting career with. In time they might want to upgrade in range and power but for now its all about learning and gaining confidence in their new fi***rm. In my opinion its a good choice.

If your interested in a read, check out my Blog page, all sorts on hunting, tramping, safety. Follow the link below.

https://outtheresouthernadventures.co.nz/blogs/news?page=1

If you see any of my posts that you like please share them with your friends it makes a massive difference to my business in supporting it.

If you've got friends coming to New Zealand or the Central Otago area for holidays, you might be looking for a personal guide. I can take you on a guided Routeburn walk, a scenic 4WD tour, Mt Cook or Milford sound, a hunting adventure, perhaps a w**e tour or pick up drop off on the Cromwell-Clyde cycle trail. Got something in mind? get in touch.

Want more information ? send me a email to [email protected]
Give me a call on 020 4144 9272 Or follow the link below to check out my website and make a booking.
https://outtheresouthernadventures.co.nz/.../outdoor...

There is so much to see and do with Out There Southern Adventures !

26/10/2026

Howdy all. For a new hunter/shooter starting out, I would say get the fi***rm suppressed. A suppressed fi***rm reduces a lot of felt recoil. Why not get a muzzle brake? because yes it might reduce recoil but the noise level goes way up and really every time you shoot that fi***rm you really should wear ear protection or if not risk hearing damage. Also some ranges don't allow muzzle brakes on them just due to the excessive noise they create.

A suppressor added to a fi***rm might increase the overall length and add a bit of weight(but not much) but will mean you can shoot it without hearing protection. Because the suppressor reduces felt recoil the fi***rm now becomes nicer to shoot. Physiologically because you now like shooting that fi***rm you will shoot better. Prior to suppressors you would notice flinch on people shooting and that was because they where anticipating the recoil which in turn did not help their accuracy. You would find their first shot would be spot on but from there shots on the target could be all over the place. And this is especially true on young or new shooters or shooters of small body size.

So we've got the fi***rm and now decided to get it suppressed and will say for the sake of opening another can of worms they have a standard 3x12 Leupold scope. (nothing fancy at this stage)

If your interested in a read, check out my Blog page, all sorts on hunting, tramping, safety. Follow the link below.

https://outtheresouthernadventures.co.nz/blogs/news?page=1

If you see any of my posts that you like please share them with your friends it makes a massive difference to my business in supporting it.

If you've got friends coming to New Zealand or the Central Otago area for holidays, you might be looking for a personal guide. I can take you on a guided Routeburn walk, a scenic 4WD tour, Mt Cook or Milford sound, a hunting adventure, perhaps a w**e tour or pick up drop off on the Cromwell-Clyde cycle trail. Got something in mind? get in touch.

Want more information ? send me a email to [email protected]
Give me a call on 020 4144 9272 Or follow the link below to check out my website and make a booking.
https://outtheresouthernadventures.co.nz/.../outdoor...

There is so much to see and do with Out There Southern Adventures !

23/10/2026

Howdy all. Just lately I've had a number of different new hunters contact me asking about 'I'm thinking about buying a r***e and what calibre should I buy'? I think if you asked 10 different experienced hunters what calibre and fi***rm manufacture they used you could get 10 different answers. This is like opening that can of worms.

So over the next few posts I'll give my opinion on what I think a new hunter should look at when trying to make this discission.
As a rule you could say most fi***rms manufactures are turning out a pretty similar r***e. Yes some are probably more accurate than others but for the new hunter/shooter would they be able to get the accuracy out of a 8k fi***rm or a similar one that cost $1500 ?

Really what they buy comes down to budget and is a new Tikka T3 or R***r, Browning, Wi******er or Re*****on or Bergara in whatever calibre in the hands of a new hunter/shooter going to be majorly noticeable in the accuracy department ? Most new r***es would be expected to shoot half inch groups at 100m or pretty close to it. Could you expect half inch groups from a new hunter/shooter ? maybe, maybe 1 inch groups. So for that new hunter/shooter what fi***rm manufacture they choose is going to be down to budget and perhaps fit/feel, left or right handed and looks. It maybe because their mate has one, they shot it and liked it so thats what they are looking at.

So for the sake of this post lets say they decide on a new Tikka T3. Now that calibre? (next post, Crickey)

If your interested in a read, check out my Blog page, all sorts on hunting, tramping, safety. Follow the link below.

https://outtheresouthernadventures.co.nz/blogs/news?page=1

If you see any of my posts that you like please share them with your friends it makes a massive difference to my business in supporting it.

If you've got friends coming to New Zealand or the Central Otago area for holidays, you might be looking for a personal guide. I can take you on a guided Routeburn walk, a scenic 4WD tour, Mt Cook or Milford sound, a hunting adventure, perhaps a w**e tour or pick up drop off on the Cromwell-Clyde cycle trail. Got something in mind? get in touch.

Want more information ? send me a email to [email protected]
Give me a call on 020 4144 9272 Or follow the link below to check out my website and make a booking.
https://outtheresouthernadventures.co.nz/.../outdoor...

There is so much to see and do with Out There Southern Adventures !

21/10/2026

Howdy all. Well well well, I've just had the last few days off as weather was pretty awesome and managed to get out for a wee white baiting adventure. As you can see by the photos, pretty spectacular conditions and it was great getting a few. I think all up I caught about 3kgs. First time I've been out white baiting for maybe 10yrs. I think I need to upgrade my gear if I do it again, my small set net was Dads and its full of holes, not big ones (but it doesn't need to be big for a white bait to escape) And my scoop-net isn't much better. Still it was great and when the weather is as perfect as this it is hard to beat.

If your interested in a read, check out my Blog page, all sorts on hunting, tramping, safety. Follow the link below.

https://outtheresouthernadventures.co.nz/blogs/news?page=1

If you see any of my posts that you like please share them with your friends it makes a massive difference to my business in supporting it.

If you've got friends coming to New Zealand or the Central Otago area for holidays, you might be looking for a personal guide. I can take you on a guided Routeburn walk, a scenic 4WD tour, Mt Cook or Milford sound, a hunting adventure, perhaps a w**e tour or pick up drop off on the Cromwell-Clyde cycle trail. Got something in mind? get in touch.

Want more information ? send me a email to [email protected]
Give me a call on 020 4144 9272 Or follow the link below to check out my website and make a booking.
https://outtheresouthernadventures.co.nz/.../outdoor...

There is so much to see and do with Out There Southern Adventures !

11/10/2026

Howdy all. I did get 'Out There' for a wee sneak about, took the camera for a walk more than anything else. I've been a bit lazy lately so its more about gaining some fitness. Still surprising what's about. A few goats, a few fallow and a red. Yes I did have to cover a fair bit of ground but still that's the price you pay if you want to be successful on public conservation land.

If your new to hunting and want to learn some skills, if you are struggling to find animals and just need some help or even if you would like to discuss gear/equipment or what type of fi***rm/calibre might be best for you or optic whether its a scope or binoculars. There is a raft of things that make a hunter better or more successful and gaining knowledge and skills from an experienced hunter can teach you things that could take you years to gain. Give me a call or email below.

If your interested in a read, check out my Blog page, all sorts on hunting, tramping, safety. Follow the link below.

https://outtheresouthernadventures.co.nz/blogs/news?page=1

If you see any of my posts that you like please share them with your friends it makes a massive difference to my business in supporting it.

If you've got friends coming to New Zealand or the Central Otago area for holidays, you might be looking for a personal guide. I can take you on a guided Routeburn walk, a scenic 4WD tour, Mt Cook or Milford sound, a hunting adventure, perhaps a w**e tour or pick up drop off on the Cromwell-Clyde cycle trail. Got something in mind? get in touch.

Want more information ? send me a email to [email protected]
Give me a call on 020 4144 9272 Or follow the link below to check out my website and make a booking.
https://outtheresouthernadventures.co.nz/.../outdoor...

There is so much to see and do with Out There Southern Adventures !

06/10/2026

Howdy all. How's your week going? I've been busy getting 'Out There' in my other mode as the sales manager for The New Zealand Wh**ky Collection in Oamaru doing a tasting for the North Otago New Zealand Deerstalkers branch. It was a pleasure to get Infront of a great crowd telling the story of TNZWC and the products we sell.

The branch members tried three different Wh**ky's which they are thinking of using one as a opportunely to help fundraise for the branch for an upcoming major event they will be running. All going to plan they will select one and get it custom labelled. All three have excellent flavour and from a special reserve cask. Limited numbers produced for the event and each bottle being numbered. New Zealand Deerstalkers Association - North Otago

If your interested in learning more about how we can help you with a special reserve cask Wh**ky for a fundraising event or if your group would like to do a tasting get in touch. It's like a fundraiser for big kids.

Branch members also got to try the new Oamaru single malt which is only being sold through our tasting room in Oamaru. It is excellent. The New Zealand Wh**ky Collection

If your interested in a read, check out my Blog page, all sorts on hunting, tramping, safety. Follow the link below.

https://outtheresouthernadventures.co.nz/blogs/news?page=1

If you see any of my posts that you like please share them with your friends it makes a massive difference to my business in supporting it.

If you've got friends coming to New Zealand or the Central Otago area for holidays, you might be looking for a personal guide. I can take you on a guided Routeburn walk, a scenic 4WD tour, Mt Cook or Milford sound, a hunting adventure, perhaps a w**e tour or pick up drop off on the Cromwell-Clyde cycle trail. Got something in mind? get in touch.

Want more information ? send me a email to [email protected]
Give me a call on 020 4144 9272 Or follow the link below to check out my website and make a booking.
https://outtheresouthernadventures.co.nz/.../outdoor...

There is so much to see and do with Out There Southern Adventures !

01/10/2026

Howdy all, Its been a busy last few weeks. Getting 'Out There' doing a fair bit of pest control shooting on local Cromwell vineyards. Those 'Pesky Wabbits' just keep on coming. I've shot a few hundred over the last couple of weeks but tis the season. Its interesting in that some properties actively do pest control work while others couldn't care less and wonder why their properties are full of holes.

Out the other night and on my side of the fence, yes there were a few shot on the vineyard property but on the other side of the fence it was moving, I only filmed a small area but there was alot running around on the other side of the fence.

If your interested in a read, check out my Blog page, all sorts on hunting, tramping, safety. Follow the link below.

https://outtheresouthernadventures.co.nz/blogs/news?page=1

If you see any of my posts that you like please share them with your friends it makes a massive difference to my business in supporting it.

If you've got friends coming to New Zealand or the Central Otago area for holidays, you might be looking for a personal guide. I can take you on a guided Routeburn walk, a scenic 4WD tour, Mt Cook or Milford sound, a hunting adventure, perhaps a w**e tour or pick up drop off on the Cromwell-Clyde cycle trail. Got something in mind? get in touch.

Want more information ? send me a email to [email protected]
Give me a call on 020 4144 9272 Or follow the link below to check out my website and make a booking.
https://outtheresouthernadventures.co.nz/.../outdoor...

There is so much to see and do with Out There Southern Adventures !

19/09/2026

Howdy all, Well I had an IRD investigator call around home wanting to discuss what I was paying my employees. He said he needed a list of my employees and how much I paid them. 'I said there is my main guy which I pay him $800 a week plus free room/rent/Sky/Internet and phone. Then there is the mentally challenged guy, he works about 14hr days plus the weekends, he does pretty much everything. He makes about $50 a week, has to pay his own board/rent, well everything and he gets a bottle of wh**ky every Saturday night just to cope with life and he sometimes gets to sleep with my wife occasionally. The IRD guy said 'That's the guy I want to talk to, the mentally challenged one' and I said 'That would be me, what do you want to know? Gottcha.

Ahhhh yes things can be tough sometimes but you just gotta keep on smiling and have a laugh. As long as your healthy and above ground and getting 'Out There' and you are with the ones you love. Here's a few funnies. (No hunting this week)

If your interested in a read, check out my Blog page, all sorts on hunting, tramping, safety. Follow the link below.

https://outtheresouthernadventures.co.nz/blogs/news?page=1

If you see any of my posts that you like please share them with your friends it makes a massive difference to my business in supporting it.

If you've got friends coming to New Zealand or the Central Otago area for holidays, you might be looking for a personal guide. I can take you on a guided Routeburn walk, a scenic 4WD tour, Mt Cook or Milford sound, a hunting adventure, perhaps a w**e tour or pick up drop off on the Cromwell-Clyde cycle trail. Got something in mind? get in touch.

Want more information ? send me a email to [email protected]
Give me a call on 020 4144 9272 Or follow the link below to check out my website and make a booking.
https://outtheresouthernadventures.co.nz/.../outdoor...

There is so much to see and do with Out There Southern Adventures !

13/09/2026

Howdy all, Fallow deer are one of the toughest little deer and even with good shot placement it is amazing how far they can travel even when mortally hit. A cracker of a morning getting 'Out There' for a wee armed tramp looking for a meat animal. This Buck was never going to be anything in the head department, very poor antler growth and genetics and he represents a perfect culling animal. You do not want him breeding and passing on his poor genetics. So a great animal to remove.

Shot placement was just behind the front leg, (165m shot) he dropped and got up and ran about 120m before stopping up. A good blood trail allowed tracking as by the time I got to where he had been standing he had completely disappeared. The key here was going to the spot he had been last seen, looking for any signs of a hit and sure enough, then taking time to look for the direction of travel and slowly following up. And being ready for a follow up shot if needed.

If your interested in a read, check out my Blog page, all sorts on hunting, tramping, safety. Follow the link below.

https://outtheresouthernadventures.co.nz/blogs/news?page=1

If you see any of my posts that you like please share them with your friends it makes a massive difference to my business in supporting it.

If you've got friends coming to New Zealand or the Central Otago area for holidays, you might be looking for a personal guide. I can take you on a guided Routeburn walk, a scenic 4WD tour, Mt Cook or Milford sound, a hunting adventure, perhaps a w**e tour or pick up drop off on the Cromwell-Clyde cycle trail. Got something in mind? get in touch.

Want more information ? send me a email to [email protected]
Give me a call on 020 4144 9272 Or follow the link below to check out my website and make a booking.
https://outtheresouthernadventures.co.nz/.../outdoor...

There is so much to see and do with Out There Southern Adventures !

11/09/2026

Howdy all, strangely enough here in Central Otago the weather is starting to get warmer and with that new growth you get Wabbits, LOTS of Wabbits. Yip they are breeding like Wabbits. I've been doing a bit of night shooting on a few local vineyards and there's a few about. Keeping them under check on the vineyards is a never ending job you can reduce the numbers over a period of time but they just keep coming.

I do keep the back legs as the meat is very similar to chicken. I de-bone and once marinated, slow cooked as a curry it is awesome eating. The last lot I got about 5kgs and had pies made and they are amazing. (Wabbit, mushroom, onion, bacon and cranberry) A very underrated and under utilized meat.

If your interested in a read, check out my Blog page, all sorts on hunting, tramping, safety. Follow the link below.

https://outtheresouthernadventures.co.nz/blogs/news?page=1

If you see any of my posts that you like please share them with your friends it makes a massive difference to my business in supporting it.

If you've got friends coming to New Zealand or the Central Otago area for holidays, you might be looking for a personal guide. I can take you on a guided Routeburn walk, a scenic 4WD tour, Mt Cook or Milford sound, a hunting adventure, perhaps a w**e tour or pick up drop off on the Cromwell-Clyde cycle trail. Got something in mind? get in touch.

Want more information ? send me a email to [email protected]
Give me a call on 020 4144 9272 Or follow the link below to check out my website and make a booking.
https://outtheresouthernadventures.co.nz/.../outdoor...

There is so much to see and do with Out There Southern Adventures !

Address

28 Orient Street
Cromwell
9310

Website

https://outtheresouthernadventures.co.nz/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Out There Southern Adventures posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.