Thread: Bloody hell !

It doesn't look like they're gutted. If not, the n its cull to waste.

Originally Posted by Woody

It doesn't look like they're gutted. If not, the n its cull to waste.

If that’s the case they would of left them there to rot. Must of being a few deer there to warrant that...


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Originally Posted by Woody

It doesn't look like they're gutted. If not, the n its cull to waste.

That's the way we hang them up when they are about to be gutted. Don't want to leave it too long though. They might be going to dog food.
@JoshC is right, in some areas private farmland gets smashed by wild deer if there's a substantial bush block on the boundary. We'll have a session like that in a mild year - like this year - the fawn and yearling survival rate is very high the last couple of seasons. There's a wide run of steep north facing paddocks on the one property with a bush block at the top, you won't see a deer on that land ever during the day but as soon as its dark they come pouring out. We wait for the wind to blow right then set up a couple of hours before dark with two hides either side. Have never used a thermal scope, just use quality torches and a very heavily suppressed .223. Believe me its not much fun, like shooting targets at the fair. The shooting is all over in a couple of minutes, they just bloody stand there staring, a few will run but then they stop again and look back. If they can't work you out, their instinct to get back to the bush seems to short circuit and that's their undoing. Quite sad really, I don't like it much.