Thread: Meat Hunting block - Otago

Ya can keep that spot now im not going in there again...found my self a neew spot the drought has broken the dreaded hoodoo has gone hoora , im pleased my old mate was with me he turned 60 a few weeks back iv been felling a little bad no meat has come home these past weeks & hes willingly come into some testing country couldn't even find a goat for the freezer last week now he didn't say it but im certain he was starting to doubt my skills...but this evening ooo what fun spied around 12 reds at distance mostly hinds scattered through the scrub but was cool to just watch them 1 promising stag by him self but then I spotted a yearling hind guesstamated 500 so aiming high bang ...naturally I figured id missed but handed the gun to my mate & said wait here while I scurry up there for a look yep no sooner had I entered the bush & there was a deer standing there looking at me 60 meters away fat prego hind , as it turns out my shot was low but after a wonderful evening we didn't care so quitley headed for home just on dark after around a k I spotted movement 50 meters away in high crown fern 30-06 went BOOM BOOM 2 spikers on the deck & my number 4 shaver all ready to go