Thread: Two for one

My own Snee Rd again...

Went out to check the game camera last night but never got to it.

Tilly winded into a big patch of Tawa bush so I sat and waited. Eventually she winded over her shoulder and there was a spiker sneaking around behind us. It disappeared into a gutter but five minutes later she picked it up again and was staring/pointing at it. I got in behind her and followed her line of sight and there it was again grazing in the bush but it had climbed up to the bush fringe. 98 yards. So he copped a 270wsm in behind the shoulder...poleaxed.

The spiker ended up in a hell of a place to recover and I had to drag him out of a heap of stinging nettle. I got stung to hell, but Tilly had dived in after him and was un-affected. I will post a pic of her and the deer in the nettles tomorrow.

At the shot, a Fallow buck bolted into view. His head was pretty spindly (I had seen him last weekend, and he was a mature buck), so I shot him too (155 yards). He was likely the first one she had winded.

At the shot he carried on running without a falter and then after anther 15 yards he lost the battle with gravity and came tumbling back down.

It was well dark and late by the time I had finished dealing to them so the camera will have to wait for another time. Maybe I should leave my rifle at home (or show some constraint ).

Show some constraint man, leave some deer for the rest of us mere mortals.

Originally Posted by Pengy

Show some constraint man, leave some deer for the rest of us mere mortals.

I try. But the damned things are made out of meat.

That buck looks fat as

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You know what they say about grocery shopping while you're hungry...
Better take a sherpa next time.

Great stuff as always, thanks for sharing with us.

In this pic you can just see Tilly and the spiker amongst the nettles. She just dived headlong on to get a hold of it.

You go out for one evening hunt and smash two. Your son leads me up down and around all manner of hills for 5 days and can't even put one on the deck! He clearly still has a thing or two to learn...

That fallow buck looks tasty

Originally Posted by Dorkus

You go out for one evening hunt and smash two. Your son leads me up down and around all manner of hills for 5 days and can't even put one on the deck! He clearly still has a thing or two to learn...

I might be old, but at least I'm cunning.

Good stuff good sir

Get that man a beer. Well done..

Another long day eh Bruce well done, did you borrow some core lokts off Brian

Originally Posted by nor-west

Another long day eh Bruce well done, did you borrow some core lokts off Brian

Ha! I do have some 130 grn core lokts but I'm afraid that they might just drop out of the barrel and land at my feet I'm using 140 grn Nosler BT. Neither of the bullets went right through either. Maybe a bit close because it looked like they expanded pretty violently. One bullet was just under the off side shoulder skin of the Fallow, but I forgot to fish it out.

Nice animals alright you probably already no but for those that don't stinging nettle & dogs are bad news especially when they are panting , tongue,s out had 1 nearly die once.
Cheers.

Nice skills to put two in the boot.