John Gryphon
Well-Known Member
A couple of roly poly young stags unknown to me showed up today in a long creek gully. The dog heard them as they were having a face off that obviously didn't include antler rattling due to velvet although the bigger of the two looks like he is getting fairly dry in velvet.
I could bino them through the Hazel screen but as usual couldn't get lens glass onto them. I went up and down back and forth looking for a hole in the foliage to no avail. And as usual when feeding they don't lift their heads much when they feel secure.
I got a few bits of video but wanted better.
Each time I travelled back and forth I carried the big heavy camera/tripod with me and after repeated trips I left the friggin thing standing and went to my left about 20 yards away from my tripod. WHOA! That was a friggin mistake that I rarely do and Murphy put his head in.
Something made me look left and ahead and frig me a young half grown Sambar calf ( hind ) was looking downhill approx 80 yards away. I immediately dropped to my haunches as I had to unsling the old push feed 7mm thinking..geezuz I`m friggn glad that i`m not upside down lol.
As soon as the rifle was shouldered in one motion while still on my haunches the crosshairs held true and one was sent. She lurched forward and gravity helped her downhill about 40 yards. The still pic shows the exit.
A perfect eating model that had a lot of fat in her body, she was taken as there was a relatively easy retrieve involving low four and a long rope. The liver is cooling for me atm.
I towed her to a bank,released her then backed up to roll her into the back and on arriving home I weighed her whole with guts in at an even 182 lbs. Nice deer,nice eating model,lovely mornings stroll with the dog.
I had to work quickly to beat the blowies too.
Where she fell
The handy old cabelas scales.
I could bino them through the Hazel screen but as usual couldn't get lens glass onto them. I went up and down back and forth looking for a hole in the foliage to no avail. And as usual when feeding they don't lift their heads much when they feel secure.
I got a few bits of video but wanted better.
Each time I travelled back and forth I carried the big heavy camera/tripod with me and after repeated trips I left the friggin thing standing and went to my left about 20 yards away from my tripod. WHOA! That was a friggin mistake that I rarely do and Murphy put his head in.
Something made me look left and ahead and frig me a young half grown Sambar calf ( hind ) was looking downhill approx 80 yards away. I immediately dropped to my haunches as I had to unsling the old push feed 7mm thinking..geezuz I`m friggn glad that i`m not upside down lol.
As soon as the rifle was shouldered in one motion while still on my haunches the crosshairs held true and one was sent. She lurched forward and gravity helped her downhill about 40 yards. The still pic shows the exit.
A perfect eating model that had a lot of fat in her body, she was taken as there was a relatively easy retrieve involving low four and a long rope. The liver is cooling for me atm.
I towed her to a bank,released her then backed up to roll her into the back and on arriving home I weighed her whole with guts in at an even 182 lbs. Nice deer,nice eating model,lovely mornings stroll with the dog.
I had to work quickly to beat the blowies too.
Where she fell
The handy old cabelas scales.
