Thread: A Good Hard Hunt

I have been wanting to check this spot out for a while now, about the middle of the week I gave my boy a call and asked him if he wanted to come out with the old man for a hunt.

He said he had nothing on so he was keen, he asked what time we would be leaving so I told him 5am he replied 6 so I said ok.

This morning we headed out in the Toyota hilux with a bit of Berlin playing on the CD, my boy had a bit of a laugh at my choice of music as we made steady progress towards the hunting spot.

We arrived at the spot and started heading over a few hills, we got to a likely looking spot so we stopped to take a break and a look around. It wasn't long before my boy said I see about 4, I took a look and sure enough there were 4 fallow deer so I said since you spotted them you get first shot then after that it's all on.

My son lined one up and dropped it on the spot, soon after he fired I pulled the trigger and over my one went beauty! not even 7am and there are 2 on the deck.

We decided not to shoot any more as it was going to be a hard carry out, so as he is younger and I am now wiser he carried out the bigger one and I took the wee one.

Back to the truck by 11am and a real sense of achievement and enjoyment with my son, I decided to try my first hand load at a target 100 meters using the same recipe I am using now but with all my own reloading gear and it was bang on so that made me happy as well.

A great day all round, hung the deer under the house, put the riffles away and had a cold beer to celebrate.

Me with the wee fallow deer


My son with the bigger fallow deer
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I need to teach my son to carry the heavier loads!
Good yarn.

Originally Posted by craigc

I need to teach my son to carry the heavier loads!
Good yarn.

I knew we had a big up hill climb so I didn't offer I just picked up the wee one and set off, I felt a bit guilty but it will save him going to the gym for a day or 2

Cool story. But….not really ‘big’ though are they…


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Originally Posted by tiroahunta

Cool story. But….not really ‘big’ though are they…


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I take it you meant both, the hills and the deer...

But anyways, great stuff lads.

Originally Posted by Slug

I take it you meant both, the hills and the deer...

But anyways, great stuff lads.

Depends where the hills are I spose…


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Originally Posted by tiroahunta

Cool story. But….not really ‘big’ though are they…


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Small but sweet

Originally Posted by Slug

I take it you meant both, the hills and the deer...

But anyways, great stuff lads.

Big hills little deer, just the way I like it

Originally Posted by craigc

I need to teach my son to carry the heavier loads!
Good yarn.

Me too

A nice easy hunt and good rewards at the end of it, nice to have a young deer packer for the hard work. Should be good meat , enjoy it.

Originally Posted by Tahr

Me too

Im sure Craig would carry the heavy ones for you Tahr, if not try a bottle of Jim Beam that usually does the trick

Originally Posted by Mooseman

A nice easy hunt and good rewards at the end of it, nice to have a young deer packer for the hard work. Should be good meat , enjoy it.

Thanks @Mooseman the venison will be yummy. Can't wait to have steaks on the bbq with my son, daughter inlaw and my 2 wee granddaughters.

great stuff,sometimes the ducks just line themselves up.enjoy the venison....and do not feel guilty...after all YOU carried son all over the place for number of years,pretty sure HE hasnt carried YOU anywhere yet.....fair is fair.....

Nice one chap, I'm sure he would have offered had you not scooped up the little one first

Originally Posted by charliehorse

Nice one chap, I'm sure he would have offered had you not scooped up the little one first

Yeah he is a good bugger, cheers mate