Thread: Recent hunting...

G'day!

As I was told that there is no permanent or "sticky" thread for recent harvests on our hunting trips in general I decided to start this one.
I will post such pictures from time to time as long as they don't bore you to death.
In that case, please let me know!

And everybody else is more than welcome to post their nice pictures and a few lines on the latest "mission accomplished".

So... I will start.

From the midst of October to the end of December I hunt a lot for roe deer. Mainly does and fawns.

Standard procedure for me is to look for a doe with two fawns and take the weaker one or the female fawn, if both are of comparable constitution.
This manages to population and is also giving the remaining fawn an edge even before winter really starts.
And from the meat point of view they do not gain much more weight than the winter coat and some abdominal fat in the next months.

This morning I managed to do this twice.
Two different does with two youngsters each.
Harvested the weaker one of each pair.

Stunning morning with the mist and the first slight bit of frost on the gras...
It was a very nice stalk with two clean shots.




Cheers
Ben

neat. keep the pics coming.

They so look like hares eh! Not too difficult to carry out.

...But they are hares aren't they???

Looks like could have shot out of bedroom window of house in background lol...so very different from over here. What's the rifle and cartridge?? Them wee deer look like .222 material.

Nice pics they look about the size of a dog

Originally Posted by Husky1600#2

They so look like hares eh! Not too difficult to carry out.

Yeah. They are not large animals by any means...
The fawns are around 10 kg after gutting.
But even strong bucks in summer are raley more than 20 kg for the carcass.

Delicate creatures and tasty vension!

Cheers
Ben

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

Looks like could have shot out of bedroom window of house in background lol...so very different from over here. What's the rifle and cartridge?? Them wee deer look like .222 material.

Almost...
The house is the only one in my hunting area.
It is a forestry building in the middle of nowhere.
At least by our standards...

But you are right:
The year round hunting here in dedicated areas is way different and often starts just behind the fence of the last garden.

Roe deer can be taken with anything .22 Hornet and up.
Although the legal calibers start with the said .222 here.
I use my trusted .308 Winchester with lead-free deforming bullets for two reasons:

A) Opportunities... In my area you can always encounter wild boar.

B) These bullets are highly accurate in my rifle, are super consistent in performance and do very little meat damage. Entrance wound is caliber size. Exit usually less than 2 or 3 cm. Barley any hemorrhage in the muscle tissue. Very clean!

Cheers
Ben

(By the way: The rifle is a slightly modified Tikka T3x Lite...)

Beautiful countryside and some tasty looking animals. Do you have any hills to train on to get fit for your NZ adventure?
Most of our hunting pictures and stories are in the "Magazine" section of this forum. Have a look through there to see nz hunting pics.

Ben, you are such a clever guy. Tell the Kiwis here more about shot placement, bullet construction and wound channels and maybe ballistics in general!
Cheers LMP

Originally Posted by littlemorepork

Ben, you are such a clever guy. Tell the Kiwis here more about shot placement, bullet construction and wound channels and maybe ballistics in general!
Cheers LMP

Hey... I would not be to sure about the clever part...
But I am pretty sure that I do not need to tell someone else "how it is done".
Just sharing my experience and what works for me with my kind of hunting.

Oh, and I just saw: Munich... Another German here or a "Kiwi" living in Bavaria?

Cheers
Ben