Long Shot

[hiho 5]

now i dont want to fall out with anyone hear but yes deker i have shot quite a few deer i have a cull of 40 roe does (plus whatever else i can pick out)and 10 bucks aswell as 30 red hinds and 5 stags i have been stalking for 4 years now so yes i have shot a good few deer..

 

hiho have you heard of i high shoulder shot the bullet will hit the upward curve of the spine droping the animal in the spot and it will almost always be dead befor you have walked over to it handy if you are stalking in christmas tree plantations like me or very thick woods but yes if its hit to far back along the spine its back end will drop and it will try and crawl off not a very nice thing at all,as with all stalking the bullet placement is important ..just out of interest whereabouts in cumbria are you from?

renwick/croglin

[Deker 3,491]

now i dont want to fall out with anyone hear but yes deker i have shot quite a few deer i have a cull of 40 roe does (plus whatever else i can pick out)and 10 bucks aswell as 30 red hinds and 5 stags i have been stalking for 4 years now so yes i have shot a good few deer..

 

hiho have you heard of i high shoulder shot the bullet will hit the upward curve of the spine droping the animal in the spot and it will almost always be dead befor you have walked over to it handy if you are stalking in christmas tree plantations like me or very thick woods but yes if its hit to far back along the spine its back end will drop and it will try and crawl off not a very nice thing at all,as with all stalking the bullet placement is important ..just out of interest whereabouts in cumbria are you from?

 

 

I'm not looking for a problem either, but how come you end up chasing your deer all over the country after you have shot them and mine fall down dead...if I have to chase it 10 yards from where it was shot I am pissed off!! I think I have ONE runner of about 50 yards in the last 2 years......something is not adding up here...what are you hitting them with and where???

 

Shot placement..right bullet, job done..we all know deer can, and do run, but with all respect NOT on the whole when you hit them right!!

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How much did it cost :whistling:that,s not hunting.

[perthshire keeper 1,239]

243. and 223 100grn sako for the former and 55grn feds for the latter i almost always take head shots if i can if not its inbetween a third and halfway up the chest in line with the front leg , all hearts are well gone but the bigger stags do take some stoping with chest shots

Edited March 24, 2009 by perthshire keeper

[perthshire keeper 1,239]

now i dont want to fall out with anyone hear but yes deker i have shot quite a few deer i have a cull of 40 roe does (plus whatever else i can pick out)and 10 bucks aswell as 30 red hinds and 5 stags i have been stalking for 4 years now so yes i have shot a good few deer..

 

hiho have you heard of i high shoulder shot the bullet will hit the upward curve of the spine droping the animal in the spot and it will almost always be dead befor you have walked over to it handy if you are stalking in christmas tree plantations like me or very thick woods but yes if its hit to far back along the spine its back end will drop and it will try and crawl off not a very nice thing at all,as with all stalking the bullet placement is important ..just out of interest whereabouts in cumbria are you from?

renwick/croglin

ahh ime from a bit further down sellerfield way

[Guest Catcher]

243. and 223 100grn sako for the former and 55grn feds for the letter i almost always take head shots if i can if not its inbetween a third and halfway up the chest in line with the front leg all hears are well gone but the bigger stags do take some stoping with chest shot

 

 

Had more kit than a carp fisherman. And that takes some doing.

[perthshire keeper 1,239]

the other underkeeper has a bench rest on his landy bonet all the time ant spends 2-3 mins dileing in a good shot!