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Post by bushfire on Jan 24, 2023 0:23:34 GMT -7
Went out for a hunt a few days ago and managed to stalking into 60 yards of this spike fallow and take him through the shoulder at the Junction of the spine. GRRW leman trade gun in .54 with cast .535 balls, 100gn Swiss 2F, amd Peanut oil soaked pillow ticking patch. Also got to christen my boucheron made by Paranger.   |
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Post by paranger on Jan 24, 2023 4:59:55 GMT -7
Congrats and well done!
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Post by Black Hand on Jan 24, 2023 5:52:16 GMT -7
Excellent!
How do they taste?
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Keith
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Bushfire close but safe now. Getting some good rain.
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Post by Keith on Jan 24, 2023 17:21:19 GMT -7
Went out for a hunt a few days ago and managed to stalking into 60 yards of this spike fallow and take him through the shoulder at the Junction of the spine. GRRW leman trade gun in .54 with cast .535 balls, 100gn Swiss 2F, amd Peanut oil soaked pillow ticking patch. Also got to christen my boucheron made by Paranger. View AttachmentView AttachmentGood one Bushfire, long time since I heard from you last. Well done. Regards, Keith. NSW Australia. |
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Post by bushfire on Jan 24, 2023 23:09:58 GMT -7
Thank you all,
Yes fallow are great eating deer, this guy was quite fat too.
I haven't been around the forums too much lately. Christmas, work and sick kids has taken up my time!
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Post by hawkeyes on Jan 25, 2023 3:45:15 GMT -7
Excellent success, enjoy the harvest! Are you gents allowed one harvest a year or multiples?
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Post by spence on Jan 25, 2023 13:36:28 GMT -7
Good job, bushfire.
I see that fallow deer were introduced into Australia in early 19th century and again late in the century, and now have the highest population of any feral deer in the country. There is a small population of them in one spot in the west of my state, Kentucky.
I also read that our native deer, the whitetail, was introduced into Australia in 1905, do you have a significant population of those now? Are they hunted there?
Spence
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Post by bushfire on Jan 25, 2023 14:25:29 GMT -7
Excellent success, enjoy the harvest! Are you gents allowed one harvest a year or multiples? Every state makes its own game laws. In my state, a $60 annual license gets you a 12 month season, no weapon restrictions and no tag limits for red, fallow and sambar deer. Hog deer (axis porcinus) have a strict one month season and tags for one male and one female. I've been lucky to shoot two stags so far in my life, many people never get to see a hog deer. We have around 20 million acres of public land in my state so it's a pretty good gig in that respect. |
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Post by bushfire on Jan 25, 2023 14:36:06 GMT -7
Good job, bushfire. I see that fallow deer were introduced into Australia in early 19th century and again late in the century, and now have the highest population of any feral deer in the country. There is a small population of them in one spot in the west of my state, Kentucky. I also read that our native deer, the whitetail, was introduced into Australia in 1905, do you have a significant population of those now? Are they hunted there? Spence We have 6 deer species in Australia being red deer, fallow, sambar, hog deer, chital and rusa. I would think sambar to be the most numerous. Estimates are around 1 million in my state alone. Fallow are certainly the most widespread and do congregate in large herds. I think all were initially introduced in the 19th century, chital or axis deer were the first released in 1805. Im not familiar with any whitetail releases, they did try several species that did not survive such as sika deer, Elds deer, blackbuck and eland. We currently have no whitetail. The resource you used may have been confused with New Zealand however, they received a gift of several rocky mountain elk from President Rooseveldt which survive today (although hybridised with red deer), moose which did not survive long term, and whitetail. They have a south island population of whitetail which is quite small and a large population on Stewart Island. Whitetail are one of my favourite deer and I hope to hunt them either in NZ or USA someday with my flintlock. I would not call myself a trophy hunter, though I do appreciate the aesthetics of antlers. But I would like to have a set of whitetail antlers to admire in my hunting room some day. |
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Post by lenapej on Jan 25, 2023 19:46:02 GMT -7
Congrats on the fine harvest.
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Post by bushfire on Jan 27, 2023 12:51:56 GMT -7
Maybe not so traditional but we had some of the venison last night and it was beautiful. Kids kept going back to the meat bowl for more.  Shoulder is generally my favourite cut as I love slow cooking it, but the humble old round ball caused a log of damage and I've unfortunately lost a bit. I have a large freezer and quite a few non hunting friends that enjoy venison so I'm sure it won't be the last flintlock deer for the year as long as I play my part. |
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