Mission completted

I took my neighbour out for a hunt this morning on private land 2 hours from home, we arrived on daylight, left the quad at the first gate and set off by foot so as not to scare any potential game.

We were only after meat animals so when a huge fallow buck stood on top of a hill looking down on us we passed it up and kept looking for something else.

On our 3rd stop to glass the hills I saw 2 fallow deer 550 meters up a steep hill, I told John how I thought the best approach was to getting the animals.
John had his idea but once I explained the reasons why I chose the plan I did he understood (wind in our face and sun in the deers eyes should they look towards us).

We made ground quickly and were soon at the elevation required to move around onto them, once we got around to where we should be the deer had moved onto the opposite face 200 meters away.

The deer were on the move taking a bite of grass here and there, I had a less than perfect rest but with them moving around and further away from us I decided to squeeze a shot off.

After I fired the first shot both deer started to run and were now 250 meters away, I let out a whistle which brought them to a standstill.
They still did not know where we were and they started to walk towards us in the matagoury, I fired a front on shot at the hind and I saw her fall forward and a good solid thud.

My attention quickly turned to the young one which had run out into the open but didn't want to leave mum so I quickly squeezed off another round which saw it gingerly move slightly towards us and a good solid thud indicating a good hit. The young deer was expiring and lay down just in time for John to let rip with the 7mm 08 blowing out both back legs with a might thud.

2 deer were down, mission completed and a happy neighbour who is happy to be taking meat home to his wife. With John only just starting out on his hunting journey he was one happy man.

Here are some photos of the days hunt, even though it was private land it was steep hard country and we needed to do things right in order to get these 2 deer.

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I was using the 223 with 77gr TMK's, John 7mm 08 not sure of projectile.
Happy neighbour which is always good and a great day had by both of us.

Well done.

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Originally Posted by Rushy

Well done.

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Thanks @Rushy jumping in the spa now, amazing how you start feeling the aches and pains as you get older

Autopsy results will be interesting,just the other day you saying too much meat loss with soft .223 load. Bet the 7mm across the arse doesn't do you many favours lol. Oh well that's what mincer is for. Looks like you fellas had fun.job done.

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Originally Posted by Micky Duck

Autopsy results will be interesting,just the other day you saying too much meat loss with soft .223 load. Bet the 7mm across the arse doesn't do you many favours lol. Oh well that's what mincer is for. Looks like you fellas had fun.job done.

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You are right MD, we will cut them up tomorrow but you can already see mince.
I am looking at the positives with this outing, first I was able to teach my neighbour about wind direction and how to use it to your advantage, 2nd was to teach him about having direct sunlight behind you so if they do look up they will be dazzled by the sun, 3rd was stalk and get as close as you can, 4th how not to shoot, 5th a whistle will quite often stop them, 6th shoot mum first and her young will hang around for a bit and 7th even though he blew the back legs to bits at least he hit it even if it was already buggered so hopefully there were lessons learned (the good and the bad).

The other thing is we were only allowed one each and I had a mrs wanting me home so a quick mission was the thought behind it.

But you are correct autopsy will be interesting :thumbsup:

Good hunting guys,enjoy the veni.08s on back wheels I try to avoid,results in a lot of wasted meat.Little deer especially.

Nice!

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Originally Posted by Trout

Good hunting guys,enjoy the veni.08s on back wheels I try to avoid,results in a lot of wasted meat.Little deer especially.

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Thanks @Trout as it turned out his 7mm08 only cut the very back of the legs so 90% of the legs were fine.

We had a good day and John said he learnt alot so that made the day all worth while.

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Originally Posted by inglishill

Nice!

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Thanks mate :thumbsup:

What a great outing. Well done for getting your mate out and teaching him a few things.

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Originally Posted by RUMPY

What a great outing. Well done for getting your mate out and teaching him a few things.

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Thanks @RUMPY I appreciate that mate, yeah I think he is hooked now. He can't wait to get out again but I want to get my son back onto one next.

some range time deer target big cross hair in shoulder area no mistake next time

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Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

some range time deer target big cross hair in shoulder area no mistake next time

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I think the problem was walking 550 meters up a steep hill and being out of breath, so a bit hard to get the breathing right.
Also animals on the move so couldn't afford to bugger about.

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Originally Posted by 7mm Rem Mag

I think the problem was walking 550 meters up a steep hill and being out of breath, so a bit hard to get the breathing right.
Also animals on the move so couldn't afford to bugger about.

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Well that sounds like Eden street up to ardgoin and back each night for a month before getting out again is in order then. Shooting out of breath isn't fun....but it's a learned skill too. Go snot some wallaby with him. Great funny great fitness,great for less than ideal shooting positions too.

Good hunting! Love the 223. Nice shot placement. Enjoy the spoils of your win!! :)

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Originally Posted by Jkprodigy

Good hunting! Love the 223. Nice shot placement. Enjoy the spoils of your win!! :)

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Cheers mate, thanks for that :thumbsup:

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Well that sounds like Eden street up to ardgoin and back each night for a month before getting out again is in order then. Shooting out of breath isn't fun....but it's a learned skill too. Go snot some wallaby with him. Great funny great fitness,great for less than ideal shooting positions too.

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Nothing a few km's playing lawn bowls won't fix, got plenty of that coming up over the next 2 weekends so will see a marked improvement when I go out the following weekend.

Still doing my bike rides to work and back every day as well all be it a bit slower these days :oh noes: