Thread: The latest last night...

Left town at 2pm, home 3am this morning. The usual, usual for me.

Brian and I thought we had it sussed for a deer last night, and we pretty much had. We went straight to a particular gully that I had missed one in last weekend, and staked it out. At 7.30pm I spotted one mooching around in the bush but lost sight of him. Picked him up again 15 mins later but the sun was terrible and we couldn't get a clear view. I mentioned to Brian that he was likely to come out on a little clearing about 100 yards further along the face, so I set up the 6.5 and we waited. It was 304 yards, Then just on dark he stepped out. I was ready, and at the shot he dived into a patch of pungas and disappeared.

When we got close to where he disappeared I let Tilly go and she went straight to where we thought he was, and than dived off to the left for 15 yads and gave a yip. Thats usually a sign that its still on its feet and that she had bumped it, which was the case. I ducked down through the scrub and dispatched it with a neck shot. It was quite funny, 'cos it was laying down and before I finished it Tilly shot down and gave it a bite on the bum, and when it stood up she nearly shit her self and came rushing back to me. My first shot had been a good shoulder shot (140Amax, so not quite sure why it hadn't gone down.

We butchered him and then did the carry out. We had walked 16km for the round trip, so it was great having Brian with me to share the load out.

Good effort, nice wide rack on him.

A nice pre roar stag

very wide rack, did you do an autopsy of the lungs/heat region. Nice work Tilly

Originally Posted by oneshot

very wide rack, did you do an autopsy of the lungs/heat region. Nice work Tilly

I had a bit of a look. The hit was a bit forward and at the angle it went towards the brisket. Too high for a heart shot, too forward for a lung hit. Penetration wan't that flash either.

I stuck the head into my "antler tree". Its not too far from where I shot him.

Nice. Did Brian tell you we bumped into him on spion kop?

Originally Posted by Nathan F

Nice. Did Brian tell you we bumped into him on spion kop?

Yes he did.
He's keen to go to Manson now.
Craig and I are off to your favourite biv/ridge in the Kaweka's on Wednesday for 4 days.
Cheers

you certainly put the hours in and mileage = results.

Well done, thats a nice head.

Good stuff.
Better than last week.

Good work. Maybe you need a bigger gun to kill those inbred reds, something with " issim " in its name. HaHaHaHaHaHa
Keep shooting the cull stags and leave the good ones for your mates, they might even buy you a beer one day. I Would.
I like your antler tree but im pretty sure they wont grow any bigger.

good result

Great skills Thar, you certainly put in the hard yards......well done mate

Nice one