Going to be Hard to Beat this Year..

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WhelanLad

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Well, I'm tip toeing around looking for Fallow bucks and or Red Stags, mostly the Latter now I have the Fallow buck on the ground.

yesterday I went up for a Camp and walked up a Hind in the early arvo, and continued on hunting but found nothing else that day,
fast forward to this morning and in the Fog on the contours I bump into this Mr Big..

"Kimberly" the 708, buckeled at the knees... needing to be followed up and shot again. hmm

initial shot was app 30m as I walked in behind him, as he turned and sussed me out I put one a bit too far back in the Ribs and he crashed and bounced to the floor before getting up and taking off gingerly. I waited and chased him up slowly, eventually finding him some 400ms away on the same contour.

It seems to happen to me, I scout for Breeding species and end up Shooting a Cracking sambar deer. 3 years now .


I'll Keep Taking it , and If I happen to Luck out on the Red Stag, it may just be a Very quite year on the Hunt..

Anyway....

PHOTOS
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and hows this, hes been previously shot, and not killed nor majorly wounded...unreal. Tough.
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Nice work!! I'm happy for you. (and a wee bit envious) I can't to get into the bush with a rifle. 30 days to go.

Looks like beautiful country where you are. Thank you for sharing.

What calibre is the bullet that you recovered?
 
Awesome stuff and thanks for the story.
Had no idea Sambar were that BIG. Is that an overly large bodied example or do mature stags often reach that size?
Also what did you mean by "breeding species" in your post?
 
Hirsch said:
Awesome stuff and thanks for the story.
Had no idea Sambar were that BIG. Is that an overly large bodied example or do mature stags often reach that size?
Also what did you mean by "breeding species" in your post?
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I think he means the ''rut'' is on when he speaks of breeding species.
Then again I could be wrong.
WL, you bring up an interesting topic.
How many of us have harvested animals that have survived being shot previously?
Thanks for sharing and keep posting when you can.
Rob
 
What a beauty! I really enjoy your postings. I also have to admit that your exploits make me a bit sad that I wasn't into hunting when I lived in Australia.
 
FLHTCUI said:
I think he means the ''rut'' is on when he speaks of breeding species.Then again I could be wrong.
WL, you bring up an interesting topic.
How many of us have harvested animals that have survived being shot previously?
Thanks for sharing and keep posting when you can.
Rob
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Ah! That is probably it. Thanks.
 
Thanks for the replies fellas!

Yes my bad, breeding species meaning the Rut for Fallow deer amd Roar for Red deer, so 90% of hunters would be out chasing those species.

And certainly, thos Sambar had freshly rubbed out of Velvet an had a brown underside showing he has been Rutting himself! Hence they puff up a bit in the neck but You can bet they weigh quite a Bit for a Deer!

250kg would not be unheard of I dont think.

Yeah, how Odd is that with the Deer being shot beforr... crazyy
 
MiG25 said:
He wrote the Jungle Book, yes set in India, obviously an introduced species in Australia since it doesn't have a pouch.
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LOL correct, Introduced but heavily protected so to speak due to the "Game" status, Although since circa 2015 the Game Animal is slowly being shovelled under the rug into the Pest species class, due to the Damage from numbers along the fringe properties...

Still Very much a Game animal in the Forest.

Quite adaptive the Sambar, the thick Forests of Australia are proven habitat for breeding a lot of deer and some big deer at that.


Its a bit funny, the Sambar are living in Jungle like conditions here, as opposed to the Hot desert conditions in the Indian wild.

WL
 
Hirsch said:
Awesome stuff and thanks for the story.
Had no idea Sambar were that BIG. Is that an overly large bodied example or do mature stags often reach that size?
Also what did you mean by "breeding species" in your post?
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Sambar are solid, and the third biggest deer sub species. Moose, Elk, Samber, red deer, size wise biggest to fourth biggest, I have spent a bit of time hunting them in NZ, aren't great eating, compared to fallow and reds, bit course,
But fun to hunt, and very tough, to get the drop on, they also don't die easy, and seam to hang onto life,
that's a pretty good stag, and I like the heavy thick timber on a big samber, well done Whelan.
 
southernman said:
Sambar are solid, and the third biggest deer sub species. Moose, Elk, Samber, red deer, size wise biggest to fourth biggest, I have spent a bit of time hunting them in NZ, aren't great eating, compared to fallow and reds, bit course,
But fun to hunt, and very tough, to get the drop on, they also don't die easy, and seam to hang onto life,
that's a pretty good stag, and I like the heavy thick timber on a big samber, well done Whelan.
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Gotcha. I really like the look of Sambar, very primal looking. I might have to wonder down to Oz and hang around the ranges with a sad look on my face until a local takes me hunting.
 
Yep, for quite a boring brown and 3pt antlers much the same theres something about them, dont know if its the size and the stealth such elusive Animals.

Addiction it is.

WL
 
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