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WhelanLad

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Mornin started off cold foggy with light drizzle, perfect for sambar i rekon.
I was cruisin around hopin to find one out in the open on first light, i couldnt glass as visibility was low in most patches.
I cut up into the bush to check out some rubs i know of, but had to stop for 10minutes to cut Blackberrys so i could pass thru on future hunts, i was confident there was no deer in the immediate area an planned to circle around for a while an head back to the ute.
As i contoured the rise i paused to look around an spotted a Sambar inbetween a gap in the trees, i knew it was a stag because of body size but he paused with the rack behind the trees an with this being the only clear moment for a shot i flicked the safety off the 35 an aimed at the stags shoulder, it bucked at the shot an the noise comfirmed it was a hit, i waited ten minutes and followed him up from where is last seen him, he run 20yards and expired.
225 Woodleigh exited an appears to have done a wonderful job from just under 100m i guesstimate.

pics to come photobucket playing up atm
Very happy hunter.

WL
 
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gday,
Not "feral", but listed as a "Game animal", but Yes they can be hunted all year round, no bag limits an such, just need a Game license in whichever state your hunting an a Cal over .270 an be in daylight hours an your away.

There is alot of Talk, pointing toward these great deer may soon be on the "pest" list, which would mean spotlighting them would be fine with any gun anywhere (almost), Which would be bloody sad to see, as spotlighting deer is like feeding the Sheep/cattle..

cheers
 
WhelanLad said:
gday,
Not "feral", but listed as a "Game animal", but Yes they can be hunted all year round, no bag limits an such, just need a Game license in whichever state your hunting an a Cal over .270 an be in daylight hours an your away.

There is alot of Talk, pointing toward these great deer may soon be on the "pest" list, which would mean spotlighting them would be fine with any gun anywhere (almost), Which would be bloody sad to see, as spotlighting deer is like feeding the Sheep/cattle..

cheers
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I wish we had pests like that to hunt year round...:D
 
Thanks for the post WL. You seem to be frugal with the letters.
Do tell?
Why 270?
How big are they to our game over here?
DETAILS MAN!!!!!!!
Give it up. :)
 
WhelanLad said:
cheers for the reply, thought there would be a bit more interest on the sambar from over the other side.
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Well, you got MY interest!!! :p

They really are a magnificent looking animal -- shaggy like a waterbuck, or maybe more like an nyala, and all that with the antlers of a miniature elk. Being able to hunt them year round is a remarkable privilege -- make the most of it!!!
 
WhelanLad said:
gday,
Not "feral", but listed as a "Game animal", but Yes they can be hunted all year round, no bag limits an such, just need a Game license in whichever state your hunting an a Cal over .270 an be in daylight hours an your away.

There is alot of Talk, pointing toward these great deer may soon be on the "pest" list, which would mean spotlighting them would be fine with any gun anywhere (almost), Which would be bloody sad to see, as spotlighting deer is like feeding the Sheep/cattle..

cheers
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Quite sad. The Sambar is a magnificent animal.

At his point in time, the Sambar population in my native country has almost been poached into extinction!

During the early 70s, as a 14yr old, I had shot my first big game animal - an enormous Sambar stag - in the Himalayan Foothills along the Burma/Assam (Indian) border. It was sheer luck and not much skill involved in the process as I had simply happened to be in the right place at the right time. I had used a Westley Richards .470 NE double and still remember the cruel buffet that I had received in my face from the recoil.
 
just exactly what did you do to your dad to piss him off enough to hand a .470 N.E. to a 14 year old? ouch.. dam would I ever like to have that double though.
Ahsan Ahmed said:
Quite sad. The Sambar is a magnificent animal.

At his point in time, the Sambar population in my native country has almost been poached into extinction!

During the early 70s, as a 14yr old, I had shot my first big game animal - an enormous Sambar stag - in the Himalayan Foothills along the Burma/Assam (Indian) border. It was sheer luck and not much skill involved in the process as I had simply happened to be in the right place at the right time. I had used a Westley Richards .470 NE double and still remember the cruel buffet that I had received in my face from the recoil.
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