Thread: To the Hill

Cheer's guy's itching to get out this weekend already, Work is so over rated haha.

Originally Posted by BushHunter

Cheer's guy's itching to get out this weekend already, Work is so over rated haha.

Haha ain't that the story

You must have one hell of a misses mate

Im pretty jealous at the amount of time your getting out there. You def have the bug. It looks as though the deer might be reading this and know your coming!!
Like the other guys are saying, not long now…..
Good luck this weekend.

Originally Posted by Sniper

You must have one hell of a misses mate

Im pretty jealous at the amount of time your getting out there. You def have the bug. It looks as though the deer might be reading this and know your coming!!
Like the other guys are saying, not long now…..
Good luck this weekend.

Haha cheer's Yep she's been pretty good, I did get a word or two a few week's ago but as long I can find a few spare hour's here and there im gone, Just mean's I go out at odd time's, But im not worried haha. Looking forward to long weekend, Wifey is away, Baby sitter organised - Gona do one big day, Depending on weather is to which day I go and where I go. It's going to be good.

Well that was a awesome afternoon walk up the hill with RODSTA, 4-5hr trip so not a big one.
We went in along a ridge up top for a bit, Found some sign, Looked around for a bit, Then we headed in, It got thick fast and ended back to almost where we started, Thinking of time I didn't want to go to far as I had a dinner to go to tonight haha.
So we headed back towards the main track then went in along some game trail's, a bit more open than before. After a little bit we come across a hind having a snooze, How she didn't gap it before we got to her because of all our noise I don't no, Up she got Looked straight at RODSTA then off she ran, Fark so close, I could see her ass - Not a good shot but I wasn't ready anyway dam it, So close i'd say less than a 5m shot it would of been. Bloody exciting stuff, Dam keen to get back up now, Cheer's RODSTA.

Originally Posted by BushHunter

Well that was a awesome afternoon walk up the hill with RODSTA, 4-5hr trip so not a big one.
We went in along a ridge up top for a bit, Found some sign, Looked around for a bit, Then we headed in, It got thick fast and ended back to almost where we started, Thinking of time I didn't want to go to far as I had a dinner to go to tonight haha.
So we headed back towards the main track then went in along some game trail's, a bit more open than before. After a little bit we come across a hind having a snooze, How she didn't gap it before we got to her because of all our noise I don't no, Up she got Looked straight at RODSTA then off she ran, Fark so close, I could see her ass - Not a good shot but I wasn't ready anyway dam it, So close i'd say less than a 5m shot it would of been. Bloody exciting stuff, Dam keen to get back up now, Cheer's RODSTA.

yea man she was so close aye it was a good walk pity i didnt have a gun on me or we may have been packing her out owell maybe next time u and i go out we will get one

Good stuff guys

You'll be tripping over them next

You know where she's bedding down now. Try finding where the nearest feeding ground and even better the game trail they are using to go between the two places. If it's hot you might have yourself a good spot in your arsenal

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Originally Posted by BushHunter

Well that was a awesome afternoon walk up the hill with RODSTA, 4-5hr trip so not a big one.
We went in along a ridge up top for a bit, Found some sign, Looked around for a bit, Then we headed in, It got thick fast and ended back to almost where we started, Thinking of time I didn't want to go to far as I had a dinner to go to tonight haha.
So we headed back towards the main track then went in along some game trail's, a bit more open than before. After a little bit we come across a hind having a snooze, How she didn't gap it before we got to her because of all our noise I don't no, Up she got Looked straight at RODSTA then off she ran, Fark so close, I could see her ass - Not a good shot but I wasn't ready anyway dam it, So close i'd say less than a 5m shot it would of been. Bloody exciting stuff, Dam keen to get back up now, Cheer's RODSTA.

Please explain, "I wasn't ready"

had 1 in the spout but the bolt wasnt out (old school 303) and safety was on

Originally Posted by RODSTA

had 1 in the spout but the bolt wasnt out (old school 303) and safety was on

If the plan is to pull the bolt end to cock it, great, until thumb and finger slip on pulling it back...rifle will discharge.

Originally Posted by RODSTA

had 1 in the spout but the bolt wasnt out (old school 303) and safety was on

Why with bolt open do you need the safety on? Doesn't that stop you from being able to close the bolt?
You shouldn't rely on the safety ever ,its a mechanical device & know to fail (often) .Isn't that in the Arms code?
What does the good book say about the state of semi readiness ? A sitter gets to run away , that's sad .

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.