Thread: Walk in a southerly

It was a miserable night out on the Wairarapa coast last night but my son-in-law was keen for a hunt so off we went. Its a 5 hour return drive and we got home at 12.30am.
Going for a hunt is a highlight of his trips down from Auckland, and he's shot 3 deer for 3 shots with me.

The southerly was blasting in from the sea but it didn't deter us and we did quite a big walk with lots of detours getting the wind right and sussing the sheltered spots. My 'phone said that we walked 18.8 km.

It rained most of the time and the mist was right down too. But when it cleared from time to time we did get a bit of a look around, but we mainly stalked the clearings.



At about 6.30pm Tilly was winding up a track and a quiet stalk took us within 20 yards of a young sow which SIL shot in the neck with my 7-08.



Later in the evening I left SIL to see if I could find a deer for him to shoot and I left him at a look out telling him to shoot whatever came out so long as it wasn't a hind. I hadn't left him long when I heard a shot - he had missed a yearling at about 180 yards. Oh well, shit happens. So we trudged back to the truck but at least we had a piggy on board.

Mean good shit @Tahr

Nice.

You're a good FIL, keeping that T3 latte 7mm08 just for your Aucklander SIL.

😉

Originally Posted by GWH

Nice.

You're a good FIL, keeping that T3 latte 7mm08 just for your Aucklander SIL.

😉

Between my Grandson and SIL the A7 latte gun had shot 7 deer and a pig for 8 shots...until SIL's miss last night.

Looks like some great country to hunt! 18.8kms is a serious evening walk.

Nice one, did he have a look if he missed it, deer can run abit ...just saying. But yeah, shit happens, good effort for a evening hunt in average conditions

Originally Posted by deer243

Nice one, did he have a look if he missed it, deer can run abit ...just saying. But yeah, shit happens, good effort for a evening hunt in average conditions

@deer243 I came back and took the dog over. She would have found it if it was a hit. No blood, and Tilly back tracked it for a couple of hundred yards.

Great pictures!

How do you add the photos between paragraphs of text?

Tell the lad and family to do himself a favour and move far South of Auckland. Hunting is much better down this way.

Originally Posted by norsk

Great pictures!

How do you add the photos between paragraphs of text?

There are instructions on here somewhere?
The pics were just taken with my apple phone.