Thread: A slightly different narrative/ alternate view.

2024 red deer kills by me as far as I can remember

170 m .223 yearling hind asleep, shoulder shot, didn't move
200 m .223 stag, neck shot, bang flop
420m .223 hind, shoulder, dropped
400m .223 hind, behind shoulder, took a few steps
400m .223 hind, behind shoulder, took a few steps
300m .223 hind midshoulder, dropped
320m .223 hind head shot, dropped
300m .223 hind mid shoulder, dropped
250m .223 hind angling down into shoulder from high above, dropped
200m .223 yearling angling down into shoulder, dropped
300m .223 hind mid shoulder dropped
380m .223 roaring stag mid shoulder dropped
330m .223 yearling, quartering away behind shoulder, placed it a bit far back and shot again through shoulder, dropped on that one
375m 6mm stag behind shoulder, ran 10m
485m 6mm hind mid shoulder dropped
485m 6mm yearling mid shoulder dropped
90m 6mm hind neck shot dropped
100m 6mm hind mid shoulder dropped
490m 6mm yearling stag neck shot dropped
50m .223 hind headshot dropped
330m .223 hind shoulder ran 10m

No bush stalking this year for me.

No wounded and lost and no major cockups this year, so far. Longer shots on average than usual reflect hunting some different places to usual this year.

80 ELDM and Targex in 223, 108 ELDM in 6mm