John Gryphon
Well-Known Member
Three boys for those that understand Sambar hunting addiction.
Sub titled **** videos but beaut birdsong.
Out the gate at 4.30,onsite walking at 5.10 and was immediately sprung by one and a half deer that went up the opposite side....yeah right,thanks for that!
Dog and I moved further upstream into the katabatic breeze and bush fire smoke for another K then simply walked into three young stags...it was a wtf moment as I had almost given up even though a few times the dog showed an interest. It was as if he could whiff them but knew they were well off...
Dog was more interested in ****ing on wild dog marks/scent posts it seemed. I know when he is on deer of course and was letting my guard down as one does.
****! they were opposite me,more or less at the same height above the creek but going downstream at a steady pace. Every time they were exposed and the camera was set they moved again which was really ****ing me off ha ha. They were in a line moving like ghosts through the thick **** on a line that would take them downwind..****!
It was as if they were on a mission to get somewhere only momentarily stopping to pluck a gobfull.
So with 9.3 over shoulder,camera/tripod in one claw and binos in the other I tried my best to get in front of them without being sprung,back tracking my own marks trying to be quiet.
Ranged at 68 yards at one stage I could see that one of the stag`s was a big bastard,solid as but he didn't come through at least not in my vision.
The lead stag (spikey looking but has brows) must have got a whiff of me and suddenly propped warily and quickly and as usual that was behind a tree,number two propped as well in a stand of Hazel and other schitt and they stood for a long time assessing the situation.
The hunter has to take his hat off to sambar for their rat cunning wariness and stealth which comes to them naturally.
I look at the action of Sambar in my videos and it reinforces my thoughts on how many deer have watched me walk past them while they remain unseen. That young stag by the tree is barely visible yet has a commanding view of his surrounds and probably even saw me too.
Eventually I lost sight of number one then turned and saw number two heading back upstream from tree to tree and away....SPRUNG!
First video is schitt but demonstrates how these deer are swallowed up by the bush...the birdsong is wonderful.
Sub titled **** videos but beaut birdsong.
Out the gate at 4.30,onsite walking at 5.10 and was immediately sprung by one and a half deer that went up the opposite side....yeah right,thanks for that!
Dog and I moved further upstream into the katabatic breeze and bush fire smoke for another K then simply walked into three young stags...it was a wtf moment as I had almost given up even though a few times the dog showed an interest. It was as if he could whiff them but knew they were well off...
Dog was more interested in ****ing on wild dog marks/scent posts it seemed. I know when he is on deer of course and was letting my guard down as one does.
****! they were opposite me,more or less at the same height above the creek but going downstream at a steady pace. Every time they were exposed and the camera was set they moved again which was really ****ing me off ha ha. They were in a line moving like ghosts through the thick **** on a line that would take them downwind..****!
It was as if they were on a mission to get somewhere only momentarily stopping to pluck a gobfull.
So with 9.3 over shoulder,camera/tripod in one claw and binos in the other I tried my best to get in front of them without being sprung,back tracking my own marks trying to be quiet.
Ranged at 68 yards at one stage I could see that one of the stag`s was a big bastard,solid as but he didn't come through at least not in my vision.
The lead stag (spikey looking but has brows) must have got a whiff of me and suddenly propped warily and quickly and as usual that was behind a tree,number two propped as well in a stand of Hazel and other schitt and they stood for a long time assessing the situation.
The hunter has to take his hat off to sambar for their rat cunning wariness and stealth which comes to them naturally.
I look at the action of Sambar in my videos and it reinforces my thoughts on how many deer have watched me walk past them while they remain unseen. That young stag by the tree is barely visible yet has a commanding view of his surrounds and probably even saw me too.
Eventually I lost sight of number one then turned and saw number two heading back upstream from tree to tree and away....SPRUNG!
First video is schitt but demonstrates how these deer are swallowed up by the bush...the birdsong is wonderful.
