Rifle is a PH 98 action,26" S/S MAB in a bedded fiddleback maple stock built for me by my mate in the US,he is a self taught amateur worker and it was a real gift.It shoots so good too.

JH you are so right,retrieval is so fkn tough in some of the joints and even before my current injury I was reluctant to take a deer by myself.I do believe if you are going to roll one you should take it all out even if it means miles of up and down slog.But age catches up and now i only roll them where retrieval isnt a chore.

Remember at the bottom where the wallow you visited is? Imagine carting a big stag out of there..we have done a couple and one is so fkn sore for days and it is a relativily easy place.