Thanks Chris - interesting driven hunting rig!

58kgs - was this weighed whole or cleaned and legs off? If the former, it is a very big fallow indeed (for its age).

The big buck is a very nice one indeed.

Gabriel

Gabriel,

what can I say, my other rifle is in the shop,

@ 5 kilos incl scope that is a piece and then some, but it will shoot.

I would never pass up a shot at driven fallow just because I don´t really have a proper rifle.

I have a rifle being made up to be more suitable for driven hunts, with some luck I´ll have it by late march-april next year.

that was 58 kgs less one lower part of the rear leg but othervise whole.

Still it was a big pricket for swedish measure.

/Chris

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Originally posted by Adam.270:
Just back from a few days Sika stalking with some Irish mates in Wicklow - thank God I wasn't paying for it as it was pretty eyebrow raising finding out what the Danish guys staying with us at the Glenmalure were paying for Sika stags!

I managed to stalk into a couple of nice 8-point stags and to cull a few more smaller stags and prickets too. The weather was kind, the company good and the stags were coming in strongly to the call - what more could you ask for? Can't wait to go back for hinds and a spot of goat stalking in January.

Adam.

Hey Adam, I recognise that rifle! Great to see it doing business :-)

I fought off temptation for a while but now have another .300 Sako (75 this time).

On the hunt report front:

1 red staggie (20cm away as he was a road casualty)

2 muntjac from highseats.

2 12month old ram lambs. Hardly a hunt but I suppose one escaped for while. Now residing in my chiller for the next four weeks

No pictures sadly.

Regards

Gareth

Gareth,

Yes, the old girl is still going strong - the current 180gn load shoots into less than half MOA at 200 metres and could probably do better with a bit more tinkering. After this trip to Ireland I suspect there will a few requests for .300s going in to the Garda...

I keep meaning to drop in to Mike to see if he can reduce the trigger weight to 2lbs but never seem to have the time.

A.

Meanwhile in the wilds of peri-urban Surrey this morning I managed to cull a Muntjac Doe and later a Roe Doe who was foolish enough to believe that because her head was hidden in the leaves, so was her body.
Not really worth putting photos up since they were both quite small and unremarkable.

Second to last weekend of the open season for the use of dogs and we still have two moose calfs to shoot in the disctrict,

well we did see about 8 roe, a wolf, a fox, I heard one or two moose and moose was observed by a dog handler,

I had 5 roe come in next to my high seat, doe and buck, doe and yearling, female and yearling buck,

the first four came in to hard and gave no shot, the last to come in, the yearling buck stepped back from a full out gallop to a quick trott,

at 80 meters I did manage to get in my swing and I had the red dot of the nr 0 reticle about a chest with in front of his shoulder,

bang and flop, shot hit slighly high and forward, taking out the base of the neck just above the shoulder blade.

yes it was -9 degrees C and we were out for a full 8 hours.

/Chris

http://youtu.be/6WlPRsjZa6U?hd=1

Not my shooting but a mates of mine,

the piglet made it about another 60 meters and then gave in,

shot hit low and took out front leg, fragments took out part of te lungs.

Last weekend was the last of the season for driven game with dogs,

still a bit left of the season but it really coming to a halt now.

/Chris

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Originally posted by mouse93:

looks like a tight mount on that blaser!
u like it?

Tight as it gets - I do like it

what scope is it? regular blaser mount?

looks great!

Zeiss Diavari VMV 3-12x56 with rail and regular Blaser mount

A couple fallow does I stalked recently. Late mornings and no cover make for enjoyable stalking but very jumpy animals. They seem to be herding up into larger groups as well.





And a little young'un from back in November.

Gabriel,

that is some nice game for the larder there,

good shooting on your behalf as well..

/Chris

Went to Hungary with Sika98K, here's my report.
Well I'm back and almost settled. Boy what a trip. Two myths put to rest straight away.
1. Hungary is flat - no it isn't ! it may be mostly flat but where we went the mountains, more like steep hills but just as much a challenge walking into position as some other places I've been, see attached picture.
2. Anything less than .30 calibre will not touch driven boar - yes it will. One of the guys used a .243 and shot dead three rather large boar with no trouble at all. One ran probably ten yards and dropped but so did some of the others that had been hit by rather large calibre rifles.
The organisation was splendid, we were given crib sheets to show us where we were going and positions to take and from where the beaters were coming. Mostly delivered to our positions by various 4x4 vehicles, so for some (me) real luxury !!
The accomodation and hotel facilities were splendid and we were well looked after by the hotel staff.
The weather was good, there had been snow before we arrived but we were lucky, all we had was hard frost, bright sun and a bitingly cold wind.
The first day, we accounted for twelve rather large pigs with talk of another two being collected after we moved and a Fallow.
I use the term 'we accounted for' rather reservedly as I could not hit a barn door so just enjoyed the lads company rather than make a contribution to the bag !!
The second day was another driven boar dream !! but again my shooting was not up to scratch but even without my help the gang managed to put twenty six boar and four Fallow in the bag.
I must admit I had so many chances but could not get it right, I gave a foot lead at short ranges and more at further ranges but still only managed to destroy a few trees :-(
When the snow clears the foresters will know where I stood as there will be used brass everywhere !!
One young lad put a few of us to shame.
He had never been on a driven boar shoot and hadn't owned his rifle for long having only just managed to get it a few weeks before we set off. It was a Winchester underlever (cowboy!! ) gun in 30-30 calibre with iron sights.
On one of the drives he was in a good position with a few pigs presenting them selves, probably feeling confident as Pete was a novice !! he taught them a lesson !! I was further down the line and when he started I thought he'd joined a pheasant shoot !! he fired eight rounds and accounted for three large boar. It was like a butchers shop around his peg !! Although I didn't manage to contribute anything to the bag I was very happy with the whole outing but the icing on the cake was seeing the smile on Pete's face when the drive had finished.
On the return trip to the airport we made a detour to the Diana shop in Budapest and drooled over the things we wish we could afford or were available here in the UK.
We then went on to a Hungarian Restaurant where we immediately brought the reputaion down !!
There were obviously office workers, well dressed couples that appeared to be entertaining clients all suited and booted, that included the ladies ;-) and we turned up dressed for travelling.
The food was all typical Hungarian and, for me, was an eye opener. The others had been there before and knew what to expect.
The starter, a Goulash soup served in an enamel 'bucket' was more like an all in stew and would have been enough for a main meal for two !!
Then followed the main meal, we all had various individual choices, but again of such portions to make the average guy struggle to get it down.
Then there were still one or two of the group that had a sweet, how they managed that I will never know !!
The beer and wine flowed all the time so you can imagine how we all felt on the last leg of our journey to the airport.
We all managed to get home and are most probably planning/saving/practicing ready next year.
Not many photos I'm afraid, new camera and a bit too technical for me. I'll take my Brownie with me next time !!

Nice report Eddy,How the feck did you figure how to post those photos up ?
C,mon Brian,post some of mine up to add a bit more haemoglobin to the screen.

OK so, here are further photo's from Angus' trip to Hungary - that will be the trip that I did not attend....

Thanks Brian,do you use Photobucket or what ? Mine refuses to cooperate with me any longer

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Originally posted by SIKA98K:
Thanks Brian,do you use Photobucket or what ? Mine refuses to cooperate with me any longer

I do use photobucket. Very simple.

Hi Brian,
I had a fantastic time with Angus, not sure whether I was only allowed to be an 'Honoury Irishman' because somebody didn't go this year If that was the case you'd better put your name down for the next trip or I might be invited along again and you could dip out
By the way the battery ran out last night on the 'scope I had from you but apart from that it accounted for a nice Fallow.

Wow, thats looks and sounds like a fantastic trip!

I need to book up for one of these driven boar adventures

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By the way the battery ran out last night on the 'scope I had from you but apart from that it accounted for a nice Fallow.

Eddie, given your surname, there is more than a drop of Irish blood in you.

Is the battery on the S&B a CR2032? if it is, drop me your address and I will send you one, I have three or four spares etc. The Z6i uses them also.

Brian, That was a very polite reply to my reference to the battery
I expected something on the lines of "How long do you expect a battery to last you tight B****r"
Thank you for your kind offer but I think postage would cost more than the batteries themselves so I'll scrape by on bread and cheese for a week or so and then I'll be able to buy another myself
My parents were Irish, but from opposite sides so they set up in England to make things smoother, if you know what I mean !! I had five brothers and five sisters so without opening their mouths people knew we were an Irish family
My Father worked all hours God sent to keep us all well shod and now I realise how well off we were, compared to some.

Looks like a great hunt. I especially like the 30/30 picture.

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Originally posted by jonher:
Wow, thats looks and sounds like a fantastic trip!

I need to book up for one of these driven boar adventures

Well Norwegian fly from Oslo to Budapest. Join us for next years palinka sodden adventure

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Originally posted by Claret_Dabbler:

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Originally posted by SIKA98K:
Thanks Brian,do you use Photobucket or what ? Mine refuses to cooperate with me any longer

I do use photobucket. Very simple.

Ok,ok I get the point.So I am a technological dinosaur. I freely admit it.

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Originally posted by SIKA98K:

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Originally posted by jonher:
Wow, thats looks and sounds like a fantastic trip!

I need to book up for one of these driven boar adventures

Well Norwegian fly from Oslo to Budapest. Join us for next years palinka sodden adventure

Sounds good to me

I think one thing about this trip that worked well for us was that we shot off the pricelist.
I,m sure everyone interested in driven boar shooting has scoured the internet looking for it and when you look at the trophy pricelists it can become a bit financially disturbing.

Previously we had always taken a package deal,Board&lodging,transfers and a certain amount of boar or shots to be bagged/fired in a day. It worked quite well,but in some forests it was clear the beaters had no real enthusiasm for the job and really you can,t belt a couple of rounds of 308 into the dirt behing them to spur them on.

This year we shot off the pricelist. We paid a basic fee to cover transfers,lodging,local hunting licence and insurance.After that we paid on a sliding scale for the amount of boar we shot.

I don,t know what the forum members opinions are on this but we were very happy with the way things worked out. It was quite obvious that the beaters were putting their backs into the day.We didnt pay any trophy fees for lengths of tusks or weight either.

February is the month for Lynx hunting in Norway. A very difficult hunt for several reasons. One of them being the animals elusive nature of course. Another being small quotas in a big area. Only two was allowed shot in our area this year. I've never shot one before, and I didn't this year either. Came pretty close on one occasion, but not close enough Our team shot one.

The day after the hunt ended I got a call from a friend. He had found a dead roe and suspected a lynx. Put up a trail camera and got a lot of nice photos. Here's one. Beautiful aren't they?

Anders, do you try calling for them or is it mainly a group hunt with dogs.

One very unlucky doe.

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Originally posted by Boghossian:
Anders, do you try calling for them or is it mainly a group hunt with dogs.

Never tried calling them, only group hunting with dogs. I guess it could work, but it's not tradition. Even though fox calling has became quite a big sport here in Norway, lynx calling is never spoken of.
Not sure, but I think they're more shy than their North American cousins.

Second to last day of the fallow season here,

was out this morning,

has a group of 12, 7 does and 5 calfes right on the boarder to the grounds, at 160 meters and in plain view,

Mr Murphy came to visit, the neighbors on there late way to there stands shooed them off.

My mate Mike did make a clean kill on a buck calf about 30 min later,

nice and plump due to mild winter here.

Well now there are only the crows left for this season.

/Chris

Yesterday - came to call