Thread: Mission accomplished

The farm hunting debate after my last post was entertaining. I decided to give this public land "proper" hunting a go myself.

As I stepped onto the public land, all sensors went haywire. The DEER ALARM went off immediately. By complete luck, I happened to cross the boundary between the farm and DOC land right where a red deer had been bedding down. It stank of deer. OK, good start, carry on.

Moving out into the scrub, I sloshed my way down through a labyrinth of trails to try and find a spot to cross the creek. It had been raining hard on and off for three days. The hills were shedding water everywhere. I bum slided and swore a lot. Everything including the rifle was covered in papa mud.

The idea was to make it to a spot where a spur angled down towards the creek. That spur had looked like a deer highway to me, in the binos from the other side of the valley. Getting onto the spur and some ways up the other side was easier than I thought, despite the heavy rain. I was blowing that fucking hard that a rest-stop was forced upon me.

With the rain at my back I could glass up the spur without getting the optics all wet. Nothing doing. About to move on, when with the (blurred) naked eye I could of sworn I saw movement. Quick check. OK, right, calm down, go into tactical mode.

Not going to bore you with the details of tactical mode, suffice to say there was a great deal of crawling through mud and shite to get a decent pozzie from which to take a steep uphill shot off a hummock. And then a lot of fucking around with the bipod. Easily the worst shot to take, farkin' hate uphill shots. But credit again the DPT chassis - it just works.



Pole-axed. Just lay down. A handsome, symmetrical (give-or-take) 12-pointer with fat as back steaks and hindquarters. Lots of gutsy effort followed, trying not to die of a heart attack on the way out but all good. Carry an EPIRB, just in case.

great stuff..that is a head to be proud of no matter where it was taken... good on you.

What a beautiful wild stag . I would put that on the wall if I shot one like that around here

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Nice work, always good when the workout in the wet pays off!

Nice foto. Couldn't fit the smile in as well .LOL.Choice.

Well done, very nice even 12.

Wicked stag, well done.

Sika tops?

Well done Fb,bloody good effort and a buitifall wall hanga.
Love the photo.

Very nice stag , Have to be happy with that !

Very nice. Good stuff

Thats just plain awesome !!well done

Good stuff FB. Nice stag.

Bloody ripper

Nice. How long is the head?

Its amazing how much respect you gain as a hunter by just walking an extra 100 yards across an invisible line.