Thread: First public land deer, and a near disaster

Reminds me of a story my brother tells.

He took a mate deer stalking for the first time when he was at Uni.

His mate shot a stag and was over the moon! So much so he wanted to take the whole thing back.

Well that lasted about 10 yards and he was forced to accept my brothers advice that boning out the back steaks and taking the hind quarters was a much more doable idea, he also still wanted to keep the head as well.

They were somewhere in the Ruahines so fairly steep going, anyway by the time they got back to the carpark he had discarded everything but one back steak.

As you noted shooting them is actually the easy part.