Thread: Another red deer film

Not really that much to say about this.

Range practice pays off, listening to the professional stalkers also pays off.

Wet, windy and wild.

There's no shortage of animals. What happens to all the venison?

You are a machine , you would never catch me lugging all that gear in then having to lug it all out again with that much venison on top!

mate you good on paper but by hell them deer are in trouble. great stuff

Hamish

Originally Posted by craigc

There's no shortage of animals. What happens to all the venison?

No, it is very different from New Zealand. In the remote and less accessible parts there seem to be a general over-population and there is a fair amount of contract hunters that make a living trying to reach the required cull numbers. The deer are recovered and enter the food chain via professional butcheries.

Originally Posted by madmaori

You are a machine...

Not really. Allthough the film doesn't really show it, I am careful about where I shoot the deer and the terrain is a lot softer than New Zealand. If you look again, you'll notice that all the deer are shot on downward slopes. I do not shoot deer inbetween the big rocks or with an upward drag. On the wet grass and a downhill drag all the way to the access path, it's really easy going compared to what it could have been. The first deer seen dropping fell in a hollow and it was bad enough getting it out from there, just getting it over the egde took as long as a full drag on the other deer.

Originally Posted by HNTMAD

mate you good on paper but by hell them deer are in trouble. great stuff

Hamish

Thanks for that. And please not how basic the exercises I do are (calling shots and LR proficiency test), so this kind of shooting is accessible for everyone.