Nothing on the ground but we explored a new area and bumped a nice big sambar hind. This area we will be hunting a little more. All in all a good morning.

Some of the best hunts you don’t fire a shot.
Out walking with a friend, talking getting out about.

My sambar hunting over 50 years has been mostly that. Expecting to lose, it comes as a big thing when you do get something.

Had a bloody ordeal today. Went to an area that I'd shot a hind before. Tried another spot and heard a shot followed by someone yelling. It came from the direction of my car. Thought I'd check it out and instead of back traing the easy was I thought I'd take the direct route....FARK ME....it took me 1 hour to cover 500 meters! The shit I had to bash through. My legs gave out at one stage. I was thinking "This shit will stop soon surely....FARKEN NOPE!

The area I was in today

Old wallow

Yep, that sounds like sambar country.

I watch out for copses of any bushy trees and try to go around them, often where they meet a copse of some other species, even if it is pricklier.

Lakes? Don't come across them so often.

Thats a swamp behind sand dunes of the 90 mile beach. My next area I want to check out is across that water.

Sorry, bakes, I should have noticed how flat it was there.