Thread: Wet Whisker Crossing Hunt & How To Make A Venison Fart Cushion

Looking at the weather forecasts last night for the next few days & looks like we have rain & wind settling in for the next week, so we decided to get in a early hunt this morning & then head off taking the Deer,Goat & Pig carcasses from our hunts over the last few days over to the mates chiller to hang in readiness for the next big Salami making week end & help him with rotating the Salami's etc we made at our last session while the floods/cyclone fronts were going through last week .

So we were up at 4am & then after a hearty breakfast of home made Bacon & eggs & with a couple of cups of caffeine under the belt we were off for a pre dawn run in the Jet Boat down to what in the past has been a very productive river flat ,to try to get another as requested Velvety for the up coming Salami & Sausage making session . With the river being up from the recent floods l knew we would have no problems with any of the usual rock/sand bars & would just take it easy under the Jets light bars .

We timed it to perfection & the further we pushed up the river ,as the false dawn gathering light grew, we could spot the odd Deer out feeding already ,so l took it nice & steady as we got closer to the selected river flat ,after finding a suitable spot to leave the boat out of the current we headed off through the bush to creep in on the river flat . Sure enough there were 8 Deer out feeding on the sweet river flat grass & a good looking fat Velvety at just 86 mtrs away ,the only problem was its body was obscured behind some bushes while it was slowly walking along feeding .I told her to get a good rest on a handy tree branch in front of her & wait until it stuck its head up for a look around at what the other deer were up to & take a neck shot ,while l backed her up , once she was settled in behind the rifle it only took a couple of minutes for the deer to stick its head up above the bushes & she dropped it on the spot , even with her Yahoo & the dogs getting in on the celebrations as we walked over to where the fat bastard laid in the long grass, another 2 hinds burst from the bush as we disturbed their breakfast ,but with the Chiller back at the Bach chokkers they were safe for now.

The 280 AI & 150 Barnes at just over 3000fps did the job again, nearly decapitating the Deer at the base of the neck & making sure both shoulders would end up in the Salami mix .