Thread: Any hunting tips / advice

Yep self taught as well.
Thats why it was three years before I got my first.
Hunt4life is right in that the Kaimias are a challenging place. But I did see plenty of animals it was just i was busted most of the time and the rest where out of range.
From memory I think I was busted five times before I shot my first.
I don't have my dairy's on me but Id say that I was out once a month in those three years
Thats 36 outings, most where just to find where the animals where. So id say 15 where recon. Once I had access to a good spot it still took me the rest to get one on the ground.
One Stag that I missed out on in early on had his head down eating I was aiming at the wrong end but did not want to pull the trigger as I could not identify the kill zone, was not until I moved to get a better sight line that he lifted his head and ran. Not sure weather he saw the movement our smelt me. But very very frustrating watching horns run away.
In the end I very nearly chucked the whole game in but I stuck with it and finally it came right.
I must also say that not long after my first I had a trip down to Stewart Island with the Thames Valley deer stalkers, after all the frustration of hunting the Kaimais it really paid off down there with one on the floor on the first day and three in total for the whole trip.
Keep at it and good luck.