Thread: Something to look for

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Nice work mate, definately an impressive animal, I personally know the bloke who posted on the other forum not long ago with his record book sambar and it amazes me the time and dedication he put into that one animal, its been a couple of years since he first got onto him but it finally paid off so I understand how all consuming it can be and hope you can follow suit!

Oh, and just so you all know, the stag im talking about was shot with a 270... Shock! horror!

Just thought I better put that in there....

Alex certainly put in a lot of time looking for a record book head. My father was with him when he shot it and he was certainly ecstatic to get it on the deck. I was up at the taxidermist Pete Livesey's on the weekend dropping off some heads to be mounted and had a good look at it, its looking bloody good and is going to look amazing on the wall.

The 270 may in fact be the best calibre in the world for Sambar or any other animal walking the planet...

Mooseman Re you not seeing one of the stags since April/May - this means nothing, its very unlikely he has been chased out of the area. The last record book head that my father and I had been chasing for the last 3 years only seemed to show up about April each year. Hence my comment about hitting it while he's in the area. They certainly travel a long way and it can be a long long time between sightings when chasing a particular animal.

It seems to be the larger mature stags that do the travelling. The younger stags turn up a lot more regularly on the cameras.

I was out this weekend and a younger stag was chasing a hind around trying to mount her so the first hinds are cycling. The rut should run for the next four-ish months. Now is the time to catch a big fella out.

Good luck!