Hi, here are 2 photos of my monday hunt, quite close to my place, on a cold morning; the temperature was -7 °C. Luckily for me, there was almost no wind and the abundant snow was very compact, without being icy. After a short stalk, I took two rapid shots at about 220 m. and the deers went down. I used my beloved Tikka T3 Lite, cal. 270WSM, Hornady 130g. Interlock bullets, 65 gr. of Vithavuori N165, CCI Mag primers. The doe was quite stout for the season, with a gutted weight of 19.5 kg. Of course I had a wonderful time.

Waidmansheil!

Glad you enjoyed it and I bet you will eat well for a while non?

Regards,

Amir

Weidmannsheil Wildboar, good job for getting both!

- mike

Waidmannsdanke!

Amir, I've just eaten some roe fillet....really delicious!

Mike, I owe so much to my Harris bipod; even if I cannot get the expected accuracy with it at the range (possibly my fault), it is, IMO, a must for stalking. 4 years ago, I forgot it at home and I had to use the backpack as a rest; the result? A wounded roe buck that we had to track for over 2 hours and that I could shoot again, luckily.

Waidmannsheil.
Or as we say down here Goodonyamate!

Very nice, and a very nice background for the picture. The 270 WSM is a fine round.The Tikka is a great shooting rifle as good or as better than many costing much more.

Thanks to both; Ron, I'm a big fan of Tikka rifles.

Doe and fawn hunting in snowy winter is very exciting. Congratulations to your success and to that fat doe, 19.5 kgs is really a lot.

What do your grown bucks weigh gutted?

DUK, the biggest bucks, during summertime, can reach 23.5 kg. My personal max. has been 22 kg. That doe was my biggest ever by far. It is important to clarify that 19.5 kg. was the weight gutted, but with heart, lungs and liver still inside, MY BAD! It's a common way to weigh game here, but elsewhere it can be different. By the way, I finally bought that M70 rifle; I can't make up my mind on what caliber to have it rebarreled, but lately I'm somewhat partial to an oldie, the uncommon 264WM.

WB- do you tag your game, I do notice there are yellow tags on the games legs?

Best regards Chris

Thanks for the clarification, we weigh them gutted, without any intestines, that confused me a little. I have also shot bucks with up to 23 kgs, it seems to be a similar range to yours.

No name on tags. They have a serial number that is registered to each hunter; I only had those 2. We must carve the tag with the knife by the year/month/day of the killing and it has a special clip; when it's closed, it cannot be opened anymore. We must put the tag prior to gut or move the dead animal.