So my eldest turned 17 today , yesterday I suggested perhaps a birthday hunt could be in order to try & curb her wicked vegetarian ways , surprisingly the suggestion wasn't met with an instant frown as is often the case with my suggestions !! .
An arvo hunt was planned to avoid the whore frosts we've been having her bf tagged along as well , I was really looking forward to a hunt its been like 2.5 months since id been for a shot & man birthday hunt just had that little ring to it , so we left home at 3pm sharp 10 minutes latter I suddenly realised id left something rather important behind ..no not the bolt or rifle ..the bullets so now we were behind schedule , 1 hour latter we pulled up to my little possie & gave the briefing no talking or being noisy..& don't slam the doors !.
It was a really nice evening sun was out with a brisk wind that appeared to north east so off we went with little sign about we quietly wandered along a game trail glassing along the way heading for a prominent ridge to see what was or wasn't on the other side , there was some brief squawking along the way seemly teens don't like gorse , 30 mins latter we quietly peered into a sheltered scrub basin & straight away I spotted 2 hinds they turned into 4 pulling the range finder out they were 226Y away the 308 is zeroed at 200 so we were in business , I got her set up with a pac on a tussock she said she was comfortable so I suggested a dry fire just to be sure..all go she lined up on the first deer to turn sideways and squeezed of a shot , boom flop :thumbsup:
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First deer a blooding is in order ...she wasn't quick enough to escape :)
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