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The Sambar Thread!
      #158225 - 05/04/10 01:57 AM

A good Sambar stag, probably the greatest trophy to be taken in Australia and taken free range in the wild under free chase one of the world's great trophies.

Ladies and Gentlemen, post some of your sambar pics here please.

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Re: The Sambar Thread! [Re: NitroX]
      #165613 - 03/08/10 07:10 AM

A game camera pic of a freshly rubbed out sambar stag,needs a few years yet to mature.Although most hunters wouldnt hesitate to drop the hammer on him.



although not a deer of course,this is a Koala from the same cam,diff spot.Posted for the OS readers.



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Re: The Sambar Thread! [Re: gryphon]
      #165941 - 09/08/10 09:09 AM

A road kill sambar spikey picked up and rolled into the GF`s car.




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Re: The Sambar Thread! [Re: gryphon]
      #165942 - 09/08/10 09:10 AM

A young stag posing for a perfect side on shoulder shot at 140 yards...he lives!



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Re: The Sambar Thread! [Re: gryphon]
      #165943 - 09/08/10 09:12 AM

My 358 Norma M resting on a very fresh wild cherry rub tree in typical bracken country,plenty of wallow mud has been rubbed onto the tree as well.




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Re: The Sambar Thread! [Re: gryphon]
      #165944 - 09/08/10 09:15 AM

A feeding hind with a spikey..they live!



same hind



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Re: The Sambar Thread! [Re: gryphon]
      #165945 - 09/08/10 09:17 AM

Big old "gone back" stag caught out of heavy cover in fringe farmland.You can see that certain "toughness" evidenced here.
Oic taken through evening rising mist.



Ex with a young one and my Sako 300 WM



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Re: The Sambar Thread! [Re: gryphon]
      #165946 - 09/08/10 09:20 AM

The effectiveness of wearing cam`s shown here,in my own mind a real asset for hunting/photographing sambar.



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Re: The Sambar Thread! [Re: gryphon]
      #165947 - 09/08/10 09:23 AM

Probably the only photo of wild red and sambar stags together in the one shot.



A knobby caught as he is about to bolt.



My favourite tucker,sambar calf!




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Re: The Sambar Thread! [Re: gryphon]
      #165948 - 09/08/10 09:27 AM

A cover shot.



He came to look at what I was,some of my favourite old pics.



Shoot through the wire hole???



He is hiding from me



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Re: The Sambar Thread! [Re: gryphon]
      #165949 - 09/08/10 09:29 AM



Shoot `em when you can see the 'whites of their eyes' spikey caught feeding




he`s carrying a scar, caught heading back to the bush at daylight



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Re: The Sambar Thread! [Re: gryphon]
      #165950 - 09/08/10 09:33 AM

This pic turned out




as this pic




another cover job



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Re: The Sambar Thread! [Re: gryphon]
      #165951 - 09/08/10 09:37 AM

A robust hind



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Re: The Sambar Thread! [Re: gryphon]
      #165955 - 09/08/10 12:10 PM

Y'know, it always amazes me that rub trees are only ever photographed with rifles leaning against them.

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Re: The Sambar Thread! [Re: Well_Well_Well]
      #165956 - 09/08/10 01:31 PM

It amazes me that a bloke go`s through the effort of loading pics for others and they dont actually notice that there were some reasonable sambar pics amongst the " rub trees are only ever photographed with rifles leaning against them."

Well try this


and this



And just to annoy you even more is that there is not only a rifle at this rub but a bloke too.




Now show your own hand cobber!


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Re: The Sambar Thread! [Re: gryphon]
      #165958 - 09/08/10 02:03 PM



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Re: The Sambar Thread! [Re: gryphon]
      #165963 - 09/08/10 05:34 PM

No rifle on this tree either!



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Re: The Sambar Thread! [Re: gryphon]
      #165986 - 10/08/10 01:25 AM

Great pics, Gryphon.

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Re: The Sambar Thread! [Re: DarylS]
      #166046 - 11/08/10 10:33 AM

Keep up the good work Gryph!

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Re: The Sambar Thread! [Re: Well_Well_Well]
      #166052 - 11/08/10 02:26 PM



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Re: The Sambar Thread! [Re: gryphon]
      #166053 - 11/08/10 02:32 PM

Late in the day

lives

knobby walking away..lives



three content ...live



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Re: The Sambar Thread! [Re: gryphon]
      #166072 - 11/08/10 08:56 PM

First class. I respect the skill shown in taking live pics of sambar as I have tried and failed. It is more difficult than shooting one IMO.

Thanks for demonstrating your skill.


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Re: The Sambar Thread! [Re: Ghillie93]
      #166077 - 11/08/10 09:09 PM



Thank you Ghillie93 I must say that they must ring your bell (sambar) as this is your first post since you registered on 08/28/09 05:33 PM ,welcome!


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Re: The Sambar Thread! [Re: gryphon]
      #166078 - 11/08/10 09:19 PM

A well used wallow that happens to have a calf by it



same wallow in the fog



hind and calf..live



calf in the pines


closer


closer again



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Re: The Sambar Thread! [Re: gryphon]
      #166079 - 11/08/10 09:20 PM

Great photos and dedication to the species.

Amazing to see the red and sambar together, how much overlap do the two species have in Vic NSW?

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