Thread: Wallaby wander with Happy Jack

Got a text from Happy Jack saying he was in the area for a couple of days and had time to get out for a hunt. With my freezer chocka I decided to take him up the hunter hills to do some wallaby shooting.
Drove to the top of Mt Studholme, a spot I'd never been to for a look. Glassed for a while and met a few other people out enjoying the veiws and sunshine although a cold cold easterly was making it a bit chilly.



Not seeing much and going against Micky Ducks advice of where to look we moved along the ridge and did some more glassing. Only 5 minutes at this spot Happy saw a deer sneaking into a small gut below us but although we looked for another 20 minutes or so we never saw it again.
A couple of wallabies were seen here and there but most were out of range with the strength of the wind.



Another couple of moves across the ridge still didn't produce any decent numbers of wallabies so we moved to another area and immediately found an area speckled with these rodents we were looking for. Moving quickly down the ridge we got to a point within range of around a dozen animals.




With Happy finding a spot through the tall tussock he lined up on one of the closer mob of 4 around 120 metres below.
With the light quickly fading he fired but it looked like a possible miss. Now normally a shot spooks the surrounding wallabies a bit but not here, these ones were fully trained and all took cover immediately, something I've never seen before. My .223 was semi ready for a shot but these ones didn't stop once moving.
A bit more glassing hoping something would re-emerge saw the light fading until we were forced to pack up for the day. The trudge back up the steep hillside was paused with a couple of rest stops to catch our breath. Finally at the truck we made our way home, nothing really to get too excited about but still a good afternoon out in a new area with good company.

I call bullshit on the tall tussock.....that's just @Happy Jack standing in normal grass

It was waist high, but of course barely ankle high on @dannyb and @RUMPY

Well I was pleased to hear you two got off hill ok,even if didn't shoot anything.the weather turned rather damp after dark and the mental picture of you two skin n bones models trying to huddle together in wet tussocks to stay warm doesn't look pretty lol. The hoppers up there get thrashed as it's one area folks can drive to.always been that way,but like most places,park n walk for half hour away from track n it improves.goid you two got to stretch those stalks you call legs all the same.

red or fellow deer ?

Originally Posted by IamHackmeat

red or fellow deer ?

I didn't even see it, will have to ask @Happy Jack.

Pretty small so I'm assuming fallow but have only ever seen reds in the flesh. Certainly wasn't a wally as it was moving like a deer browsing

ah yeah ive seen a few fallow in there. dont hang round long in the open .