joeD2J
05-31-2007, 02:16 AM
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Yet another successful finish to a well hunted season. Headed up again for my last hunt of the season with 4pointer and HighCountry. We arrived Friday night so all we really had time for was a quick bite then off to bed. The next day about 7am I made my way down a road which HighCountry had mentioned seeing quite a bite of scat. Lots of fresh green grass along the roadside and the frequent piles of scat gave me a good feeling that morning. Since this was my last tag of the season I wanted to make sure to find me a nice sized fella. The plan was to find some open areas to do some glassing for a bit of the morning. I must have only been about 2 maybe 3km into the hunt when I heard some scuffling and branches breaking about 20 yards int the bush to my right. I took a glance and what do you know, I had spooked a large brownie who had bedded there. So off he goes at a slow walk downhill. Ahead of me I could see the road turn to the left and around to his direction of travel. Since I didn't spook him into one of those frenzy death runs I knew he wasn't in a hurry so I headed down the road to catch him before he crossed again below. Just as I round the corner there he comes walking up the road towards me.
At this point there must have only been 30-40 yards between us. So he stops quartering forwards towards my left and I feed him a round of 7mm WSM 160 grn FP Nosler Accubond and off he goes into the bush. I was positive about my shot placement so I gave him some time then went after him. He expired about 10 yards into the bush with the bullet penetrating his heart.
A perfect ending to another much anticipated season!:mrgreen:
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Yet another successful finish to a well hunted season. Headed up again for my last hunt of the season with 4pointer and HighCountry. We arrived Friday night so all we really had time for was a quick bite then off to bed. The next day about 7am I made my way down a road which HighCountry had mentioned seeing quite a bite of scat. Lots of fresh green grass along the roadside and the frequent piles of scat gave me a good feeling that morning. Since this was my last tag of the season I wanted to make sure to find me a nice sized fella. The plan was to find some open areas to do some glassing for a bit of the morning. I must have only been about 2 maybe 3km into the hunt when I heard some scuffling and branches breaking about 20 yards int the bush to my right. I took a glance and what do you know, I had spooked a large brownie who had bedded there. So off he goes at a slow walk downhill. Ahead of me I could see the road turn to the left and around to his direction of travel. Since I didn't spook him into one of those frenzy death runs I knew he wasn't in a hurry so I headed down the road to catch him before he crossed again below. Just as I round the corner there he comes walking up the road towards me.
At this point there must have only been 30-40 yards between us. So he stops quartering forwards towards my left and I feed him a round of 7mm WSM 160 grn FP Nosler Accubond and off he goes into the bush. I was positive about my shot placement so I gave him some time then went after him. He expired about 10 yards into the bush with the bullet penetrating his heart.
A perfect ending to another much anticipated season!:mrgreen: