Thread: Finally did it...kind of

Did you hear the bullet impact? Did he obviously jump or stumble? Didn't run off hunch backed indicating gut shot? If so, I wouldn't be surprised if your stag is dead there somewhere. I'd definitely go back and have another good look, he may be a bit smelly by now. A few years ago the same thing happened to me, I found the stags skeleton and antlers in the fern a couple of years later. I'd walked past him a couple of times while searching for him, and hadn't seen him.

Nice report though, thanks. Huge adrenalin hit when you get an opportunity to shoot a stag in a scenario like that eh!?.

Not wanting to be the "firearm handling police" and noting you mentioned empty guns etc in the write up, but maybe next time, especially with newbies, open bolts and fingers off triggers for photo shoots