Thread: My first Roar hunt a "roaring success" sort of.....

So in summary.
I've had a great week, I've gained trust in my ability behind the rifle and that my load and drop charts are spot on.
This is very important as @Flyblown has mentioned, a runner in this terrain would be less than ideal. We don't hunt with dogs so bang flops are ideal.
Every shot I took hit exactly where I wanted it to, results speak for themselves 3 bang flops no runners.
The confidence this has given me is great, we have passed on animals at similar ranges to the red spiker I shot because we weren't confident in our ability to make an ethical shot at that range.
I will point out I have spent a lot of time practicing my technique, confirming my dope chart and shooting paper or steel out to over 500 yards, I do not condone practicing on animals at all. This has taken time and experience gained from this forum and through friends much more experienced than me, you can buy all the fancy gear you like but that doesn't mean you can shoot at longer ranges ethically without putting in the time and effort to become consistent at those ranges.
Sure we heard a lot of Stags, but I'm a meat hunter first and as much as I'd have loved a stag I'm happy with my weeks efforts.
We did get to sit and watch a few stags within easy shooting distance but they were on the wrong side of the boundary of the block we hunt on and we are not poachers.
It was bloody awesome just to sit and watch them for a while and even throw a couple roars at them to watch there response.
Well that's probably all the deer hunting I will do till after opening weekend on the ducks, after a bit of a dry spell my freezer is full and my soul is recharged. Warm barrels everyone.
I'll leave you with some wise words given to me before I went on my roar hunt that really helped me.

"Never pass up an animal at the begining of your hunt that you would be happy with at the end"