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I decided to make another thread about hunting in April in Australia, which is when our fallow deer are rutting. On this hunt I took my bow with me for the first time and hoped to get my first kill with it, but I also did plenty of stalking with my .308, and even more with my camera. The following will be some pictures and interesting things that happened for me over the 2 weeks.
I went out a few mornings in a row with my camera to get a bit of an idea of what was about. I was participating in a horse-riding course on the property I was hunting so it was convenient for me to go out and look at deer, and then be back in time for breakfast and catching horses. While I was out, I took photos.
This fella wasn't an impressive head but it was nice to see him keep rounding up his does.
I was stalking another buck in much thicker scrub and was having a hard time getting close to him for a good look because I kept running into his girls.
I made a good stalk in the fog one morning on this buck but just couldn't close the gap to where I felt comfortable potentially shooting him with an arrow.
This fella burst out of the scrub chasing a doe in my direction. She took off and he stopped and wondered what I was. Only a young fella but his croak was huge.
This one popped up in front of me by surprise as I was walking through the long grass. They can hide so well in the thick grass.
The morning after the horse course was over, I went out with my rifle, prepared to shoot some of the bucks that had ordinary genetics to try and improve the quality of the herd. I made a good stalk on this one and shot him with my .308 from about 50 metres. His rack is a nice size but the clefts in his palms show weaker genetics.
More to come later.
I decided to make another thread about hunting in April in Australia, which is when our fallow deer are rutting. On this hunt I took my bow with me for the first time and hoped to get my first kill with it, but I also did plenty of stalking with my .308, and even more with my camera. The following will be some pictures and interesting things that happened for me over the 2 weeks.
I went out a few mornings in a row with my camera to get a bit of an idea of what was about. I was participating in a horse-riding course on the property I was hunting so it was convenient for me to go out and look at deer, and then be back in time for breakfast and catching horses. While I was out, I took photos.
This fella wasn't an impressive head but it was nice to see him keep rounding up his does.
I was stalking another buck in much thicker scrub and was having a hard time getting close to him for a good look because I kept running into his girls.
I made a good stalk in the fog one morning on this buck but just couldn't close the gap to where I felt comfortable potentially shooting him with an arrow.
This fella burst out of the scrub chasing a doe in my direction. She took off and he stopped and wondered what I was. Only a young fella but his croak was huge.
This one popped up in front of me by surprise as I was walking through the long grass. They can hide so well in the thick grass.
The morning after the horse course was over, I went out with my rifle, prepared to shoot some of the bucks that had ordinary genetics to try and improve the quality of the herd. I made a good stalk on this one and shot him with my .308 from about 50 metres. His rack is a nice size but the clefts in his palms show weaker genetics.
More to come later.
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