Good strong stag eyeballing me (shape) at 44 yards.

Walking boys from the video.

Really cool!

Yep I think it is too shanks.

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Originally posted by georgeld:


Long time since I've seen a sambar picture
on here.



George

Makes me want to get back and have another crack. Very cool species to hunt. Not many know how hard it is to get photos like that.

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Originally posted by shankspony:
Makes me want to get back and have another crack. Very cool species to hunt. Not many know how hard it is to get photos like that.

Just for you shanks,the lurkers arent bothered. Right click on pic "open image in a new tab"

That last photo. I would even risk waiyting for him to turn round. Projectile through the tailbone and a quick reload. Once in a lifetime stag that one.

The first one deserves blowing up and on the wall.

I like the lighting and focus in the third pic. Not great of the deer, perhaps, but very atmospheric.

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Originally posted by sambarman338:
I like the lighting and focus in the third pic. Not great of the deer, perhaps, but very atmospheric.

Yes,its not easy getting photos in reasonable light.

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Originally posted by shankspony:
That last photo. I would even risk waiting for him to turn round. Projectile through the tailbone and a quick reload. Once in a lifetime stag that one.

He is a rock solid stag mate for sure. I love the weight up in the top tines.

A hind from today on a creek slide.

28x28?

I dont dare mention 30

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Originally posted by shankspony:
28x28?

I dont dare mention 30

dunno mate,hes heavy and big, wider than 30

Heres another one,last light,hes a long way off me.

I remember looking down that long valley at your old place just on dark and seeing a really big guy come out and it was too late.

I also remember that huge one about 450 meters up in the bush from us following that hind i spotted. Near that bloody dirt bike track. he was out of there as soon as he heard a strange sound. They dont get big without reason.

Was it near that track or at that spot we camped out with your mate? or was that the same spot? memory and time are conspiring.

Memory and time do conspire thats for sure.
None of the deer above are within cooee of where you hunted shanks..

Awesome. Thanks for sharing.

I've never seen pictures of sambar that big before.

Hope one of you can collect him and get a good measure, and pictures. A real brute that one.

Thank you for posting these.

George

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Originally posted by georgeld:
I've never seen pictures of sambar that big before.
George

Which one do you have in mind George?

Believe the shadowed one, next one, and one with tail to, horns way to the side, and this hazy long distance pix.
All are exceptionally big compared to the many pictures I've seen.

Sure would have liked to of gotten down there to hunt with Ian Tanner/sambar02 before he died. He killed a bunch of them. But I never saw any racks like these. I offered to be a forwarding buddy for his bunch of hunting mates. They filled my place up with buys from the US that I reshipped over back then. As a tip he sent about 50 Hunt Australia magazines. I enjoyed Harvey's writings most, lots of good articles and pictures. Even those I don't recall ever seeing any racks as big as these.

George

George the pics of the silhouetted deer and the arse end are the same stag. I saw him and others 800 yards away and managed to get to them with some effort and got close and followed them for circa 400 yards across the hill face until I couldn't proceed further without giving myself away.

More stalking skill shown in those photos than from any antlers hung on the wall. Respect!

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Originally posted by the Pom:
More stalking skill shown in those photos than from any antlers hung on the wall. Respect!

From one stalker to another thank you.

Same as one of above,he crossed in front of me and went East as i photographed him,its a pretty good experience seeing these stags up close. Far better than 100`s of yards away..but then even that is good too.

All the same: very impressive bull.

Great photography too mate.

Thank you for the replies.

George

A couple of pics that figure in my memory. I dont know why the pics are so fkn big, best viewed as a right click/open image in new tab.








Yes sometimes I have a crack. 7mm RM as he popped his head up and looked over a berry bush towards me.

What hosting site are you using Gryph?

photobucket

Ah right. I use Imagur and that lets you choose the size.

For those that like a hot drink in the AM.

feeding on way home.

Nice! when you say on way home, is that taken from roadside?
Or more likely they are heading back to bush?

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Originally posted by shankspony:
Nice! when you say on way home, is that taken from roadside?
Or more likely they are heading back to bush?

They are on their way back into the big bush proper. I was on foot.

Can you please post pictures no larger than 1800x1200 pixels?

Makes it much easier to see.

Very easy to reduce the size.

Even those living upside down can do it.

Just ask Tony!

I did explain in an earlier post to "open image in a new tab"
They are ok to view then. I have nfi why PB makes them so large.