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Trip Report 2 - Solo Mission
- Got approval from the fam to head out for 3 nights and 3 days solo
- Goals: Explore a new part of a block, shoot a deer with the 223 for the thread :thumbs-up: https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....23-deer-64884/
- Got Friday off work
- Finished work, drove to block, walked 18km to camp
- Arrived in dark
- Somehow I reset my new phone (after destroying my last one on the last trip) and because of having no reception, the time got changed to some random time on 1st Jan
- Woke up at some point in the dark, no idea of the time
- Felt good, rested enough, boots on, packed stuff, bashed way up hill
- Foggy, cold, good
- After 50 vertical meters, cooking hot, glasses fogged
- Kept climbing
- Punched through fog
- Moon bright above, fog like ocean waves
- This is living!
- Kept walking, getting light
- Hit 1000m started to hear hind and fawn
- Watch and wait, too cute to shoot
- Kept going, hit 1300m
- Look over ledge, yearling feeding across basin
- Perfect sniper spot, flat bench, stable rest, no wind
- New stow-it jacket for rear-rest
- Range, dial, 73gr ELD-M loaded and ready
- Breathe, squeeze, bang, deer rolling, then lodged in bush
- Made gun safe, packed up stuff
- Traversed, found deer (far easier than that bloody pig from 2 weeks ago!!!) https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....report-112027/
- Made coffee, took photos, enjoyed view and enjoyed the accuracy of that little Elude 223, what a rifle!
- Heard a hind and fawn nearby, went for a look 10m around the bend to see if I could take a photo
- Hear something behind me, turn back, where's the deer, the rifle... my pack?
- Deer came dislodged and bowled my stuff down the hill, dumb mistake, will never put stuff below deer again!
- Neck-shot, took all 4 legs and straps
- Butchery done, new technique, no hair or crap on the meat, niiiice
- Heavy pack! What the hell.
- Stashed pack in shade, went for a walk for an hour, stunning morning
- Descend and spent the day back at camp boning out meat, eating, drinking water, drinking more water, and swimming.
- This is living!
- Headed back to civilisation in the morning before it got too hot
- Long walk, heavy pack
- Back at home with the fam a day early, everyone happy, more veni
- Back at work
- Missing the bush already
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