On the board for 2014

[keen fella]

We had the new years bash at home this year with some family and close friends.

My Sister and her Husband were down from AKL for the Christmas break and I had floated the idea of getting him out in search of his first deer.....He was super excited so plans were set for new years day, what could go wrong?

After a bit of a night on the booze we headed away from CHCH after lunch time for a evening hunt, still feeling a little under the weather.

He had the opportunity for a shot at one deer which he clean missed. After a bit of banter and bull s*#t we sat down for a breather. I did say that one shot won't really stir up the area too much especially with the winds gusting at extreme force. Low and behold but 10 mins later 3 deer walk out on a face 500mt away.
A quick steam up a wee ridge and we are now at 420 meters away and not able to get any closer.....enter the Tikka 7mm Rem Mag, Leupold VX6 scope and shoota app.

A quick range finder check of the deer, shoota app calculation, dialing in the scope, bipod adjustment and we are in action. God I love this new found style of shooting with long range shots made "easy". BOOM, the deer disappears. After a quick discussion we opted for taking the shortest route to the deer by crossing a steep creek and attempt some bush bashing to break free into the tussock on the other side. What a friggin joke, bush lawyer, matagori, gorse! The legs took a hiding.

Anyways we got to where we thought the deer last was and sent the almighty dog on a search mission. 42 seconds later and a bush is vibrating with excitment with my labs tail sticking out and indicating that he had found the deer.

High 5's followed with the usual formal hand shake and a pat on the back and my Brother in law had nailed his first deer. What a cool evening out!