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@Tahr you’re an inspiration mate. Regularly putting your body through the wringer and feeding those who need it with the results. I can’t really think of many better ways to use the wild game resource that all of us have at our disposal.

I hope to be half as persistent as you when I hit that age...I’ve got about 45 ish years ahead of me to prepare.

Great post Bruce you sure do push yourself to the limits. I also still enjoy all the aspects of the hunt which is what drives us to continue pushing the envelope.
I sure hope Tilly is alright after her op as I know how much she means to you, not just finding your deer but the companionship.
Keep it up love reading your adventures.

I spent morning on chainsaws....oh the joy of hearing a big Stihl sing while hoeing through redwood ....by 14;00 I was poked...completely shattered, unloaded 2 cord of big blocks and headed home with tail between legs for shower and spa..... years back I rooted tendons in both arms...feeling it today....but its good to be alive.

Well done with sticking at it Tahr. Good luck with Tillys Op, I hope it's good new for the old girl. I bet she didn't know what you were up to with ya spill down the hill. It's not easy pushing a dog back up the hill either with her sore legs . I used to have to lift my old girl up into my van since she had buggered hips. Not so easy when the Hippo was 65kg.

Awesome stuff Bruce, you are a machine and I hope I can still be doing it at your age.
I'm sure you inspire us all, keep it up.

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Sequel.
Craig and I went for our over nighter.
I was stiffer and sorer than I anticipated but the Gods were kind and allowed me to shoot 2 easy deer

We were on a big rough station. Dry. And too many deer. We had been asked to "shoot a few".
No stags around - I expect that they are up on the range in the wetter bush country taking viagra and tuning up for the roar.

We saw about 14 deer. I was watching an old hind and took some pics of her and she eventually wandered onto a disused track and lay down with her fawn beside her. I wanted meat for sausages for a friend and figured that if I shot the fawn (yummy) I could get the hind when she dallied which I thought she would and then have to get up a bank and through scattered tawhine.
So I head shot the fawn (yummy) with the 300saum at 70 yards. The hind lunged up the bank and stopped and I knocked her over too. She fell right next to her fawn - the fawns are getting quite big now.

Boned them out, hung them in a tree, and Craig came back in the morning and collected them for me Good lad.

Meanwhile Craig was on his own adventure and he shot a hind (had no children) at 350 yards with his .284. So we went home with 2.5 deer. Nice.











Craig got a vid of his shot:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mfd...ature=youtu.be

B.E.A.S.T !! you are

10/10 for landing

Geez man you old fellas are putting us "young" fellas to shame. Well done

Just saw this Bruce, you're a hard nut !

Only 2 questions from my side...

Were you brave enough to wake Mrs @Tahr to show off your injuries ? And did she give you a second beating after the one you managed to give yourself ?

Originally Posted by ebf

Just saw this Bruce, you're a hard nut !

Only 2 questions from my side...

Were you brave enough to wake Mrs @Tahr to show off your injuries ? And did she give you a second beating after the one you managed to give yourself ?

@ebf I rang C when I got back to the truck to say I would be late and tell her what happened - she rang Craig - he rang me to check. Would you believe that he called me a silly old fool??
Didn't wake her - snuck into bed. I don't have a death wish

agree 100% fawn is YUMMY.... hard case in that video it looks like she has legs crossed before shot...sure dropped her in her tracks.

Nice one. I shot a fawn the other day but when I posted up a pic the Mods deleted it. wtf

We went up there on Sat and found his glasses so everything is ok now.

Originally Posted by Brian

We went up there on Sat and found his glasses so everything is ok now.

It was Brian who found my glasses by the tree I crashed into that arrested my fall. After a brief look for them I was off trying to find the deer I had shot before I fell. Never found it.

Shows how much more patience Brian has than me. The impetuous need a mate like him.