Thread: Quick Morning Hunt With The Missus & Lill Bro

All the Mob have headed home after me & the Missus had our week long 30th Anniversary Bash at the new Bach, so l took the Lill Bro ,(who decided to stay with is family ,for a week longer) ,Missus & Dogs out for a hunt in the Jet Boat this morning as he wanted some Venison to take home & share with his In Laws,the missus packed some goodies for lunch on the river as we planned to have just a nice relaxing morning as the Lill Bro heads off visiting In Laws in a couple of days & will base out of our Farm while we stay at the Bach..

Took the Jet Boat up into a spot l have had a lot of success hunting over the years & it is a really pretty bit of country ,that varies from trickling creek/river side fern choked gullies with hunting at arms length ,to open tops with thick vine & scrub choked dry river beds & wash outs, with cross valley shots being common.

These days l get just as much enjoyment out of a hunt putting others onto them & so this trip l carried the early 90's Vintage Rem 700 Mountain Rifle, in 280AI, l was bequeathed by a mate recently, for its first run hunting in Kiwi Land & more as back up for this hunt than anything else . My mate had the rifle worked by a Gunsmith mate of his in the US & l made the decision l will leave all the rifles he left me just as he hunted with them & left them to me ,to keep his spirit/memories with me on the hunts l take them on ,as l am also determined none will be Safe Queens like l do with all my guns .

I have worked up a few Hunting loads for it that give good Hunting Velocity & Accuracy ,this morning l was loaded with a load that proved to be the most accurate of those l had developed so far ,shooting into just on or under 14mm, for 3 shots & most importantly for me on any load selected for hunting, the cold barrel shot was smack on center each time ,with a Barnes 150gn TTSX pushed along at just under 3100 fps.

We had a great time & a few laughs as l had to push the Jets capability to get right up into where l wanted to try ,while l had Lill Bro onboard to help lift the Jet Boat back into deeper water if we ran aground too bad.

In the end we all scored a Deer, as l put Lill Bro onto one that Muttley the Farm Dog /GSP X was locked on ,but it was partly obscured in a thick Fern choked gully & when it disappeared at his shot, he thought it had run off & yelled for me to Quick F##kn shoot it ,my view had been blocked by trees as l stayed with the hound (l never shoot over a dogs head ,even when suppressed, after guiding overseas & seeing dogs hearing ruined )next thing a hind burst through the Ferns going like the clappers & l dropped it with a running shoulder shot .When we walked up we found out we had the Old 2 Deer on the ground roughly 20mtrs apart ,not 1 SNAFU ,where both had dropped on the spot at the shot ,but were obscured by the thick fern/Bush .

After we carried them down to a spot l reckoned l could reach close to with the Jet Boat ,l was lucky to put the missus onto a beautiful conditioned Hind ,as we worked our way along a little feeder creek with a lot of sign ,for a look around & Sako the Vizsla locked on point after scenting a deer from across the creek ,after we crossed & followed Sako in full Slowly ,Slowly Catch A Monkey mode ,Sako locked on point & after our eyes adjusted to the darkness under the thick Bush ,l spied a Deer's ear flicking & moved my missus around the Bush blocking her vision ,the Doe at first had no idea we were there, as it fed with its head down in a big gully ,doing the usual 8 chews & then a quick look around & back to feeding ,Missus dropped it with a perfect shot smack on the point of the shoulder .

So with 3 Deer down & a couple of happy dogs ,with full bellies from off cut rewards , we decided to take the Jet Boat for a bit of a run & explore some new country & have a leisurely river side lunch & couple of Beers with some Home Made Salami ,Smoked Sausages & Venison Pastrami the missus had packed .

It has been great spending time with Lill Bro again after the Lock Downs have kept us apart for so long & he had a ball enjoying the Diving & Hunting the Bach offers & taking home Chilly Bins busting with top quality free range Kai as all the mob at the Bach had .


Jet Boat loaded to the gunnels on the trip home,with hounds taking advantage of sitting on deer carcasses in the back ,so at the same level of their pet Hoomans, so lots of sneaky face licks were shared .



Muttley the Farm Dog /Fence Jumping Horney GSP X, Locked On to Lill Bro's still unseen (By Dumb Hoomans ) Deer in some thick stuff.



Sako scenting a deer on the other side of the creek ,showing Pleb Farm dogs how regal you should look while doing it ,pretty sure Muttley was deliberately making as much noise in the background as possible .



Sako doing the Old Fee, Fi , Fo , Fum ,l tink sumting tasty is on the other side



The pleasure of working over good Hounds, is you get to play I Spy a lot



Jet Boat river side ,while we had lunch & l broke down the carcasses for a not so squeezy trip home ,had these Euro Trash Gate Crashing .