Big old venison freezer filler.

[Bob9863]

Went out with a mate to scout around a new property we just got access to. It goes from the hills right down to the water, so I've got a private boat launch for a out of the way section of the lake, and I've got ducks and a lot of deer too. 

Apparently there's some big cod hanging around as well along with trout. 

Looks like my freezer is always going to be full and I've got a new potential fishing hot spot. 

[Andrew_P]

In the words of Jimmy Carr:

”Venison’s dear, isn’t it?”

[Bretto77]

There's some tucker.

[Bob9863]

The back legs were so heavy I had them on a hoist last night to cool and they broke the rope holding them up. I hang whole fallow bucks on that hoist and I've never had a, problem. 

That's a lot of meat, there was 15kg just in the back straps. 

[Sylvathorn]

that's a lot of venison from that!

is it a Sambar?

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Wow, nice work, that’s a massive deer.

[ellicat]

That's a beauty ! Great score on getting onto a fruitful sounding property.

[Bob9863]

1 hour ago, Sylvathorn said:

that's a lot of venison from that!

is it a Sambar?

Yes it's nice Sambar stag, the owner reckons it's one of the best ones to come off the place, so I'm very happy with it. 

Although now I'm spending a rainy Sunday cutting up a lot of stir-fry meat, and making sausage out of the trimmings. 

[Sylvathorn]

37 minutes ago, Bob9863 said:

Yes it's nice Sambar stag, the owner reckons it's one of the best ones to come off the place, so I'm very happy with it. 

Although now I'm spending a rainy Sunday cutting up a lot of stir-fry meat, and making sausage out of the trimmings. 

haha @Bob9863, there's always a price to pay, but still it's a productive and hopefully a satisfying way to spend a rainy Sunday.
I'm mostly doing rod repairs today

[Bob9863]

It's clearing up a bit so we're going for a fish now the work is done. 

[kmcrosby78]

Nice stag, enjoy (for a fair while ).

[Bob9863]

I got his skull ready for mounting, gotta say he turned out pretty good.

[ellicat]

Looks good and impressive.

Is he destined for the lounge-room wall or at the entrance ?

 

 

[Junky]

What's your weapon of choice there Bob? 

[Bob9863]

1 hour ago, ellicat said:

Looks good and impressive.

Is he destined for the lounge-room wall or at the entrance ?

 

 

Funny thing, the only place it will fit inside is above our bed, the wife isn't on board with that for some reason.

So he is going to be mounted on a big pine tree beside the house. 

55 minutes ago, Junky said:

What's your weapon of choice there Bob? 

Blaser K95 in 30/06, it suits my style of hunting. One shot so make it count and the 30/06 is big enough without being unpleasant to shoot from a 6lb set-up. 

He cut up really well too. 

[Bretto77]

30/06 is plenty big enough... I had a Winchester model 70 in 30/06 years ago. Powder guzzler to get @100 fps muzzle velocity on a 308... But definitely did the job.

 

[Bob9863]

I find it a nice in between calibre, it's, sort of the biggest of the medium and smallest of the big calibres. Has good energy out to 350m which is about as far as I would shoot these days and is plenty flat out to 500m. It's, no magnum but then like that fallow goes to show, it's less about what you hit them with and more about where you hit them. 

[dnardy]

Nice one Bob.

[Angus]

Glad to see some hunting reports here as well. Nice.

 

Love my venison and been a while since I had some in the freezer!

[Bob9863]

Might pop out again tomorrow actually, mostly because I think I left a kayak paddle out there, but I might as well have a bit of a hunt while I'm at it. 

[Bretto77]

Could be a deer operation to get that paddle back

[Bob9863]

4 hours ago, Bretto77 said:

Could be a deer operation to get that paddle back

I see what you did there.

Might actually go Sunday actually, that will let me get a few things sorted out before I go. 

Give the quad a bit of a final adjustment, get the new rifle ready to zero, get an extra waterproof meat bag in my backpack ect. 

I'd love to catch him a trout, but I hate fishing on the weekend.