Thread: Freezer filling

The last week had been rain and snow, but the weekend was looking good. The freezer is empty so I grabbed the rifle and went for an overnight trip.
There were a few deer prints in the snow as I headed to the camp area.


A couple of hours later the tent was set up and a warm lunch had.
I headed out to the hunting area and started glassing. First hind seen was down in the bottom of a steep gully. She was nearly 400yds but fed into some thicker scrub and I never saw her again. 30min later 3 hinds were seen on top of the far basin. I moved closer but they got spooked by something and disappeared.
By now it was near 4:30 and I was starting to run out of time. I moved to another basin and picked up a yearling feed down in the main gut. A quick range showed her at 225yds. Shooting prone over my pack one shot had her down. The mum (that I hadn’t seen) ran off and looked back for her yearling. I was tempted to take another but knew that would have been far too much meat for my pack.



I grabbed all the meat and was back at camp at 6:30pm.

Nice work Stu, be a good frost for the morning

Well done,good temperature for meat cooling.Bet you had a good sleeping bag.

@outdoorlad

@Trout just upgraded to a Macpac Dragonfly 600. Nice and toasty.

Great time of year for getting primo meat home. Good stuff,enjoy

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Brrrrrr.

Great time to harvest meat don't have to worry about flies or heat
Well done

Nice! Winter hunting is fantastic. As long as it's not raining.

Always good to get a nice eater for the freezer. Well Done.

Good on you Stu, thats such a neat little rifle one just like it should be on my bucket list

Thats a stunning rifle!

Good stuff, a nice size to carry out. Not too big but very tasty.

Nice one Stu, whats with the silver scope rings ?

nice trip report, stunning rifle!