Thread: 18 months of hunting

Originally Posted by chalkeye

How much shooting are you going to do? What will you do with all the meat?

One or two animals (max) per trip is the goal. Some of the meat I'll keep for myself, and the rest I can give away as dog tucker.

Originally Posted by Frodo

One or two animals (max) per trip is the goal. Some of the meat I'll keep for myself, and the rest I can give away as dog tucker.

Don't shoot animals purely to give away as dog Tucker, I reckon you are better off using the camera more than the rifle and just taking anything that's special or if you really need some meat.

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Don't shoot animals purely to give away as dog Tucker, I reckon you are better off using the camera more than the rifle and just taking anything that's special or if you really need some meat.

Yep, agree. I've sent you a PM Ryan.

Cheers.

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Don't shoot animals purely to give away as dog Tucker, I reckon you are better off using the camera more than the rifle and just taking anything that's special or if you really need some meat.

I agree, i know you haven't shot many animals & it's tempting to get stuck into knocking plenty over but you don't want to diminish the experience or measure it by how many "kills" you get. If you are going to spend 18months hunting then you should set a few animal goals, like only chammy over say 9" with a goal of getting a 10" one, once you have shot a couple of 10pt stags only look for 12+ etc

You learn a lot from watching & letting animals go. All the best

Originally Posted by outdoorlad

I agree, i know you haven't shot many animals & it's tempting to get stuck into knocking plenty over but you don't want to diminish the experience or measure it by how many "kills" you get. If you are going to spend 18months hunting then you should set a few animal goals, like only chammy over say 9" with a goal of getting a 10" one, once you have shot a couple of 10pt stags only look for 12+ etc

You learn a lot from watching & letting animals go. All the best

^^^^ This

The advice above about selecting your kills very carefully is very very important. It’s all too easy to create the wrong impression in other hunters minds as lots of guys have very different ideas about how many animals is too many. Probably the best advice you’ll hear other than make sure your EPIRB is properly registered.

Looking forward to following this, a hunter with morals on an adventure and can write too, good luck

Originally Posted by outdoorlad

I agree, i know you haven't shot many animals & it's tempting to get stuck into knocking plenty over but you don't want to diminish the experience or measure it by how many "kills" you get. If you are going to spend 18months hunting then you should set a few animal goals, like only chammy over say 9" with a goal of getting a 10" one, once you have shot a couple of 10pt stags only look for 12+ etc

You learn a lot from watching & letting animals go. All the best

I do not think the lad is going on a venture of "kill & destroy"
From what I have witnessed from his prior posts/threads etc - he will be a conservationist connoisseur.
This trip is not about “knocknim-over” but about been out there with them !!

Originally Posted by Sarvo

I do not think the lad is going on a venture of "kill & destroy"
From what I have witnessed from his prior posts/threads etc - he will be a conservationist connoisseur.
This trip is not about “knocknim-over” but about been out there with them !!

Just what I was thinking , thinking about a polite way to say it, Sarvo did.