Nice work AJB - sure looks dry where you are..
Chalked up another couple in the Western District of Vic last night. Both bitches. They're getting down to the sneaky ones...
First one at the top didn't even look at the light. I saw her body moving in the spotlight as she was in a recently eaten out paddock without much cover. She crept out from about 80m to around 120m where she dropped on her belly behind the shadow of a fence post. She still didn't look at the light but obviously thought she was hidden. But I could still see her.
Solid thump from the 223 - She didn't move a muscle.
Second one gave the occasional flash of eyes but nothing more. First spotted her at about 150 slipping away through a big tree lined drain. We drove up a little bit closer and were being shadowed by a fairly loud mob of cows in the paddock beside us so we'd actually figured we wouldn't see her again.. lo and behold another eye flash but a far way further out. I got setup, Dad brought the light around and I could only see the sillhoutte of a head and one eye half open as she was laying on her belly with her head pretty low amongst the shadows almost directly facing us. Bang. No impact sound... but no movement. Hmmm. 'whats the story?' says Dad. 'Well I think it felt good'. Stay here and don't move the light, I'll go for a look. Turns out she didn't move either. Bullet went in just under her chin, through her chest and exited behind the ribs. She was a bit further out than I thought. closer to 200 than 150. But I'll take two for two.