Thread: To the Hill

We had stoped.
One in the spout. Bolt closed. Not cocked. Saftey on. Holding in right hand,off to the right barrell facing ground.
GPS (that i was lucky enough to borrow) Holding in left hand, Looking to see where we were in relation to where i wanted to go next ....
Rodsta standing to the left of me.
Hind less than 5m from us sitting in a slight dip amongest the thick shit right in front of us. (where we had come from was pretty open).
We sort of talked (deciding then where to go) She got up looked at Rodsta.
I looked up from the GPS to see her ass, She then crashed off through the bush, No time to react. Sorry.

''A sitter gets to run away, Thats sad" - Yes very true. But not to me, It's only the 3rd deer I have seen up
there and I thought it was pretty bloody awesome being able to get so close to one in it's own enviroment when i wasn't expecting too. Leason Learned.

As for the .303 cocking - One click back on the bolt = locked, Trigger lock's, Saftey Lock's.
Two click's back it's ready to fire. If you slip when pulling bolt on 2nd click it wont go past first click and fire a round.
I tried on purpose in a controlled enviroment (no round) on a mates farm (while i was target shooting) so i new what i was dealing with.
You can never be to careful and can never stop learning. Thanks.

They can be quick little critters, I have probably seen more rumps than heads. Good for you and your mate for taking safety as a priority. The .303 that nearly took my head off while in the hands of a mate cocking it may have had a faulty mechanism.

Originally Posted by Spook

They can be quick little critters, I have probably seen more rumps than heads. Good for you and your mate for taking safety as a priority. The .303 that nearly took my head off while in the hands of a mate cocking it may have had a faulty mechanism.

Sound's like your bloody lucky to be here Spook, That would Not be nice to experience.
Have thought about going up Thompsons for walk, I did ride dirt bike's up there in my teen day's. May have to give it a go somtime, Wait to see how Nibblet goes.