Stix wrote:
Not sure what your point is--too small sn area i assume is what you're saying...
In any case, i wouldnt be shooting a Sambar across a couple of acres with a 22 rimfire...
Yep, small acreage here, (10.5). I need to be careful where I shoot. .22lr should be relatively straightforward, but I doubt I will be using the .308 here much at all, and if/when I do I expect to be looking at a deer. I will have to shoot targets/zero it in somewhere else, at least until I feel more confident with making that much noise.
I have a large area/end of our block that backs onto a very large reserve with a good gully with a small dam where I can shoot across and 100% can ensure my bullets start from and won’t leave my property. I might also make some sort of hide up in a tree in order to get a higher angle and get a bit of a wider range I can shoot while ensuring a safe backstop. There is deer sign all over the place and heaps in the gully, poo, rubbing trees, thrown antlers, eaten sweet pittosporum trees, etc. I have not yet seen samba on my actual property but have disturbed some at dawn in some of our scrub and heard their panic honks, and have seen plenty running around on the roads within a couple of Kms. A good friend recently shot two in 15 minutes on his 20 acre block which is only 1-2km away. I have a trail cam out and I need to figure out their movements a bit better, do a little work to encourage them, and then probably put some very patient long hours in waiting... one day, maybe I will get lucky.
Not exactly the true sporting stalking/tracking/hunting that most seem to value (?) but we have to work with what we’ve got, and having the chance to take deer on my own property was one of selling points of this place for me.
I’ve paid for the Anschutz by the way. 1416 model,
Cheers