Thread: Chamois

Originally Posted by CamFlatt

Na zero blood, I checked very carefully. I ended up leaving it where it was. I was going to cut it open for a look, but couldn't find my knife. Hoping I haven't left it with the deer haha. Hoping its just at the bottom of my pack

You stay out of this discussion - we onto it and will have it all sorted by time you get that pack off your back
Wearing my boots I hope ??

Originally Posted by Sarvo

You stay out of this discussion - we onto it and will have it all sorted by time you get that pack off your back
Wearing my boots I hope ??

Haha good job Of course, second trip with them. Must say I am very impressed!

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Hit a chamois front on and not a spec of blood to be found. Neck was broken by the way it flopped around when I recovered it. Damage was all internal so without dressing it out you may not know. Close range and depending on what bullet there's a fair chance it blew up inside. Or there was something wrong with it. After all it changed from a chamois to a tahr by the time you got to it. A neat camouflage trick but going from one hunted species to another may not be the brightest move?

And that tahr does look very young....

Skin it to find the entry wound? I sometimes can't find the entry on an animal with a thick coat after a clean kill. Failing that maybe open up the guts to inspect for organ health?

A mate was hunting a farm a few years ago and spooked a red spiker, the thing ran into a corner of deer fencing and panicked not being able to get out and drop dead, he gutted it and carried it out and said it was good eating checked its liver and overal condition, must have had a heart attack

Originally Posted by DLW

A mate was hunting a farm a few years ago and spooked a red spiker, the thing ran into a corner of deer fencing and panicked not being able to get out and drop dead, he gutted it and carried it out and said it was good eating checked its liver and overal condition, must have had a heart attack

You failed DLW, to mention that your mate had a 270 in his possession at the time

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

You failed DLW, to mention that your mate had a 270 in his possession at the time

Haha he had a 223 and didn't have to firer a shot at that deer to bring it home. Everyone knows that if you have a 270 nothing stands a chance, it's those silly 6.5s that have issues iv heard, never hunted with one but a mate of a mate of a mates brother shot a deer and it ran away so they can't be any good

Originally Posted by DLW

Everyone knows that if you have a 270 nothing stands a chance, it's those silly 6.5s that have issues iv heard, never hunted with one but a mate of a mate of a mates brother shot a deer and it ran away so they can't be any good

Exactly. I was saying the same thing to my neighbour the other day as I rode the horse and cart into town to pick up 2 guineas worth of salted pork and thruppence worth of tobaccy...these 270s are the only fit and proper calibre a man should use. Like these silly horseless carriages you see on the road now...any other newfangled calibre will NEVER take off, it's just a fad

Originally Posted by Strummer

Exactly. I was saying the same thing to my neighbour the other day as I rode the horse and cart into town to pick up 2 guineas worth of salted pork and thruppence worth of tobaccy...these 270s are the only fit and proper calibre a man should use. Like these silly horseless carriages you see on the road now...any other newfangled calibre will NEVER take off, it's just a fad

We 270 owners might be old fashioned, but we do know that when taking a horse and cart into town the horse is 'Driven' not ridden, the driver being on a seat at the front of the cart.
PS 270 owners don't need to buy their salt pork

No, I mean rode. I was back in the wagon with my 270 and the sheep. The wife drove us, with a Creedmoor on her lap. She lets me ride on the back if I've done all my chores.

Might have had a weak heart. The fright was a bit much for the poor thing.

Originally Posted by headcase

Might have had a weak heart. The fright was a bit much for the poor thing.

I'm inclined to agree headcase..and yes I do recall coming onto thar with similar eye problems while chasing around after them for a crust,,back on a past planet