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FATBOY404
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Good weekend.( Red deer and Cod).
      #178698 - 10/04/11 07:06 PM

I have hunted twice in Africa and once to NZ but have not done much with Red deer here in Oz.
My Father got us onto a place in SE Qld to look for a Red.

I went to Dads place a day early to pick him up,so I took my rod and a few spinner baits to have a go at the cod after the floods.

I caught six Cod and one yellowbelly for the arvo.

Here is the best Cod. He was 80cm.



The first morning at the place we could hear four stags roaring. Two were on the one ridge,so after looking at the first one I moved onto the second fella.

I worked on him for a while and eventually I got him to thirty yards. One shot with the 9.3x62 sorted him.



Edited by NitroX (11/04/11 01:33 AM)

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FATBOY404
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Re: Good weekend.( Red deer and Cod). [Re: FATBOY404]
      #178699 - 10/04/11 07:13 PM

I used a 286 grain Woodleigh PP @ 2360 fps.
After I caped him this was the exit hole.




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mauser57
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Re: Good weekend.( Red deer and Cod). [Re: FATBOY404]
      #178700 - 10/04/11 07:21 PM

Well done
Top trophy together with some very nice fish got to love that
the woodleigh pp works a treat to
Carl

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FATBOY404
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Re: Good weekend.( Red deer and Cod). [Re: FATBOY404]
      #178702 - 10/04/11 07:29 PM

Here is a photo of a double 4 that I roared up to about 15 yards. Keep in mind I took these photo's with my phone.







Then I culled this stag.





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Cinghiale
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Re: Good weekend.( Red deer and Cod). [Re: FATBOY404]
      #178706 - 10/04/11 08:15 PM

Great work Neale!
Didi the cull have an issue on his left rear leg by any chance?

Glad to see you got a nice 5x5 and some good knife handles out of the cull stag too.

Regards,

MOG

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FATBOY404
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Re: Good weekend.( Red deer and Cod). [Re: Cinghiale]
      #178708 - 10/04/11 08:24 PM

Cinghiale.
I don't think it was a genetic problem,just damage to his head when young (maybe).
Didn't notice that he was lame. He had two females with him but he was fairly poor.

I did keep the antlers for knife handles as well,you are right.

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Cinghiale
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Re: Good weekend.( Red deer and Cod). [Re: FATBOY404]
      #178713 - 10/04/11 08:36 PM

Cheers for the reply, I have heard that sometimes an injury on the rear opposite causes malformed antler growth. I just wondered if that was the case here?
His pedicle is in a very wierd spot to.

Very glad you practice QDM mate, important for all species.

How did the Cod taste?

Regards,

MOG

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FATBOY404
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Re: Good weekend.( Red deer and Cod). [Re: Cinghiale]
      #178715 - 10/04/11 08:58 PM

"PEDICLE" thats the word I wanted.

I left the cod for Mum and Dad for Easter. You sound as though you know your deer Mog.

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CHAPUISARMES
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Re: Good weekend.( Red deer and Cod). [Re: FATBOY404]
      #178717 - 10/04/11 09:20 PM

Well done Neale, a good result both with Fish and the Red Deer. I am also pleased that Dad was with you, did he have any luck?? Are you going to have the head mounted as it would look nice as a shoulder mount.

Cheers Mate,

Jeff

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Re: Good weekend.( Red deer and Cod). [Re: CHAPUISARMES]
      #178720 - 10/04/11 09:27 PM

Thats a bloody nice stag mate!! well done!!

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Re: Good weekend.( Red deer and Cod). [Re: FATBOY404]
      #178721 - 10/04/11 09:32 PM

Well done Neale. The cod is a ripper and so is the Stag.

Love the performance of those Woodleighs.

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Ben
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Re: Good weekend.( Red deer and Cod). [Re: Rule303]
      #178722 - 10/04/11 09:35 PM

Terrific hunting, Neale. You are no-doubt very happy with that effort. Well-done.

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Re: Good weekend.( Red deer and Cod). [Re: Ben]
      #178723 - 10/04/11 09:41 PM

Well done ! That was a great week end , with a real hunt & Wild Stags !

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Re: Good weekend.( Red deer and Cod). [Re: Cinghiale]
      #178727 - 10/04/11 09:48 PM

That cull is more than malformed antler defects, it has a skull defect, as Neale says, with the antler/pedicle growing out of the side of the skull. I would guess some skull damage at birth or when young.

Neale,

Good stuff on the fish and two deer. Some nice venison there, and a free range fair chase trophy.

Good work with the phone camera too.

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Cinghiale
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Re: Good weekend.( Red deer and Cod). [Re: Sarg]
      #178730 - 10/04/11 09:56 PM

Mate,
I have hunted a few deer, mainly fallow and a fe reds up that way. Honestly I have read a lot more about it than I have done it!

I will be down next week so hopefully the roar is still on in the Valley.

Good work again mate. BTW maybe you need ANOTHER BRNO in 7x57 or 30-06 as a dedicated stalker rifle...

MOG

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FATBOY404
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Re: Good weekend.( Red deer and Cod). [Re: Cinghiale]
      #178768 - 11/04/11 06:35 AM

Mog.
Tony Small has built my 8x68s on a Brno but the stock maker only gets back Wednesday from the nationals.
I would have loved to have had it for the hunt. Even though both Stags were under 100 yards there could be some really long shots if you wanted and I was wondering how far I could stretch the 9.3.

Jeff.
As to Dad. He is not as mobile as he would like.
The country is grassed quiet heavily and steep. The cull I shot and the double 4 were roaring with two others.
I owe my little bit of success to my father for his advice as well as keeping them roaring and interested while I circled round the hill and got into position.

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Re: Good weekend.( Red deer and Cod). [Re: FATBOY404]
      #178775 - 11/04/11 06:51 AM

Great shooting there Neale. I'm going to have to try a different batch number of those PP's. Awesome performance.

Your also lucky to have a Dad like him.

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450_Ackley
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Re: Good weekend.( Red deer and Cod). [Re: tophet1]
      #178798 - 11/04/11 05:14 PM

Good on you Neale, a good weekend by the looks of it, should be more of them.

DC

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Re: Good weekend.( Red deer and Cod). [Re: 450_Ackley]
      #178800 - 11/04/11 05:37 PM

Congrats mate,
I love the start of a new hunting season.

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Re: Good weekend.( Red deer and Cod). [Re: ozhunter]
      #178805 - 11/04/11 06:08 PM

G'Day Fella's,

Congratulations Neale, well done to you also!
A nice Red Head (and venison) and a nice feed of Cod to boot!!!

Doh!
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FATBOY404
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Re: Good weekend.( Red deer and Cod). [Re: Homer]
      #178810 - 11/04/11 06:45 PM

Thanks for your comments fellas.

I,like a lot of you wish for a bit more time to do more of this especially with my father.

Look forward to reading posts of other peoples hunts.

Cheers Neale.

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Re: Good weekend.( Red deer and Cod). [Re: FATBOY404]
      #178868 - 12/04/11 06:38 AM

Well done mate. I'm jealous
Did you take them using open sights?

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Re: Good weekend.( Red deer and Cod). [Re: AFRO408]
      #178870 - 12/04/11 06:52 AM

AFRO408.
I could have used open sights for sure but I didn't.
There was a chance of some very long shots if you wanted to.
To be honest in the heat of the moment I forgot to remove my scope in the timber when stalking.

You know "keep it simple stupid".

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Re: Good weekend.( Red deer and Cod). [Re: FATBOY404]
      #178877 - 12/04/11 08:53 AM

Great stuff Neale!
Is that the knife that broke?
Looks like it is still quite capable of getting the job done.
Well done mate.
That bloody phone of yours takes very good quality photos!

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Re: Good weekend.( Red deer and Cod). [Re: 4seventy]
      #178885 - 12/04/11 05:11 PM

4seventy.
This is the knife I am useing at the moment that I made.



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This is the last one I made for 450Ackley as a swap for a 404j ND.



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