Thread: 596 yard deer

I went for a hunt up in the Canterbury hills over the weekend, it was going to be 4 days but we cut it back to 2 days because of the weather.
We had only been walking for an hour and half and were about to turn off into the side stream we wanted to hunt when we decided to have a glass about.


Where the hind was (Photo taken off the video)

Grant quite quickly saw a deer standing out in the open at 10am. It was 596 yards away so I started to get set up for the shot. While I was doing that Grant spotted another 3 hinds further up the scree slope.
I dialled in 9.2 MOA into the scope (there was no wind) and got ready to take the shot. I was using my Model 7 7 SAUM with 162 a-maxs. At the shot the deer reared and up and ran down hill, it's offside leg was broken.


The hind just before being shot (Photo off the video)

After the shot the three other hinds moved off, and then a large 8-10 point stag appeared and followed them. He was 800 - 1000 yds away and moving so no shot was taken.

We headed up to find the hind, which got a bit confusing because another hind ran across in front of us, but she obviuosly wasn't hit and didn't offer a shot. We eventually found the hind after following the blood trail.


The hind

Nice shot, do we get to see the vid?

Well done Stug, glad you found her, looks a nice animal mate

Originally Posted by Toby

Nice shot, do we get to see the vid?

Got to wait until I go back to work, not enough bandwith at home to upload to youtube.

Brilliant Stug.

Good stuff Stu, go the Mod 7 7 Saum

Good skills, nice looking country too.

Great Shot, can I use your photo on our facebook page?

or you could post it on there?

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Originally Posted by stug

I went for a hunt up in the Canterbury hills over the weekend, it was going to be 4 days but we cut it back to 2 days because of the weather.
We had only been walking for an hour and half and were about to turn off into the side stream we wanted to hunt when we decided to have a glass about.


Where the hind was (Photo taken off the video)

Grant quite quickly saw a deer standing out in the open at 10am. It was 596 yards away so I started to get set up for the shot. While I was doing that Grant spotted another 3 hinds further up the scree slope.
I dialled in 9.2 MOA into the scope (there was no wind) and got ready to take the shot. I was using my Model 7 7 SAUM with 162 a-maxs. At the shot the deer reared and up and ran down hill, it's offside leg was broken.


The hind just before being shot (Photo off the video)

After the shot the three other hinds moved off, and then a large 8-10 point stag appeared and followed them. He was 800 - 1000 yds away and moving so no shot was taken.

We headed up to find the hind, which got a bit confusing because another hind ran across in front of us, but she obviuosly wasn't hit and didn't offer a shot. We eventually found the hind after following the blood trail.


The hind

She looks in great condition Stug nice work and shooting.

Get back to work Stug We are waiting

Great shot

Originally Posted by Terminator

Great shot

Monotonous regularity for a saum

But yes great shooting Stug, none of those shots are easy.

Nice country and good shooting
Looking forward to the vid.

Well done and great shooting Stug, a good deal of meat for the freezer. How did the A-max hold up?

That's a long way to walk!!! Let alone shoot... Well done.