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SI. Anything goes. :)

Hamish, the hind and yearling were at the bottom of that face in the leatherwood on what I call the Island. So you will understand why I didn't want to go down there and back up with a load on. :)

Thanks for the generous comments.

Just thinking, its actually "222 face". Not "223". I doubt the 223 was even invented back then. It was a .222 BRNO that I had.

And the rifle I used for this...

Of course. Its changed the balance nicely to slightly weight forward and is very easy to shoot.

p.s. I mentioned "fruit cake gully" and ".223 face". There's "venison gully" too. Aspiring hunters should do that...give locations and favourite spots names. Get to know an area intimately and grow...

I took 1.5 litres (750ml of it had electrolytes in it). Camped quite close to a tarn, so boiled another 750ml from that on the second day. I had a thermos of coffee back at the truck and that was a...

She was going like the clappers and the bullet hit her high in the lungs. I think that the whole three of us (me, Tilly and the deer) were damned surprised. Although when I pulled the trigger I did...

its a popular spot nowadays. Best hunted during the work week. I didn't see anyone on Friday, and just met 2 hunters on their way up the track on Saturday.
Still deer there though. The better you...

On Friday afternoon I hauled myself into the Ruahines for the night. The 3.5 hrs was a bit of a haul with a pack on, but I had at least kept the weight down to 11kg all loaded, complete with water. A...