Thread: Another first..Sambar time (meat hunt)

I have a very strong interest in putting meat in the freezer, kind of like having a woodshed full to the roof, it makes yah feel somewhat wealthy and well ready for whatever may come along.
I knew that Sambar were massive animals, and after and unsuccessful hunt on a mates farm in Rotorua for a Rusa, I had chance to hunt a bit closer to home for a Sambar deer, I called on a mate to ask if I could drop one, he said no problem at all but as long as it was a Hind, he had a few trophy stags but wanted to save them for himself, fair call I thought, I was after meat anyway.
I took the 270 for this mission, I felt a long range shot with something a bit gruntier might be the smart option, once on the property and having glassed some likely spots I soon saw my target, a large hind trotted out the scrub about 170 yards out, she was a big bitch! Lining up on the shoulder I squeezed, she dropped, game over. I didn’t realise just how big and heavy she was until I tried getting to my feet, I honestly have never worked so hard to cart an animal back to the vehicle. The amount of meat boned out was insane, beautiful tasting, very coarse meat though which was interesting.


watching, always watching for four legged critters.


(I apologise for the blacked out face, there are people here who know who I am, but I prefer to keep some thing's off the internet and social media for work related reasons)