Thread: so who has shot a deer with a .308

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

about 1980 Te Tawa 3 of us in the roar did a big trip -you will know the area well - we went down the Waiau from Whites clearing all the way down and came out at Mangataniwha station lower Waiau - bloody decent walk - me mate took his browning Bar in .270 - bloody thing fired one shot and then would not recycle rest of trip - he had effectively a single shot - gave him a bit of stick as me clunky old 742 rem just kept going - I will never tackle that lower gorge before the farmland ever again - damn scary-

Did that trip a wee bit earlier. But cut up onto the Ridge below Sid's and dropped down into a deep eel infested creek then over the top down to the lake. First hut had some delicious trout sitting around all lonely, if you're reading this thank you very much.