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Chital Stags are very vocal when they find a hind in season, with a hollow high pitched whistle, threatening any potential challengers to keep clear. Fighting is fast, vicious and often fatal, with antlers being broken in the conflict and all caution forgotten, it is possible to walk up close enough to photograph the contestants, bring your video.
May, June, July the deer skins are a full rich chocolate colour, highlighting the white bib and spots making the chital trophy a must for every trophy room.
We hunt early morning and late afternoon in semi cleared hills and creek flats driving the ridges to locate and assess a suitable trophy stag, then stalk into firing range, 100 to 150 metres. Lance can back up the hunter with his rifle should a deer be wounded.
The $500 trophy fee is paid to the property owner in advance and refunded in full if no deer are shot or wounded.
Deer hunters need to be able to shoot a 5 shot group on a 150 metre target no larger than 6 inches (15 centimetres) in diameter taking a rest off the bonnet of my Land Rover before going after the deer.
Sight your rifle in to hit the point of aim at 150 metres and spend time practicing with your rifle before coming on safari.
You need to wear full cammo clothing including face mask and gloves or wear one of my cammo full length nets to get up to 150 metres maximum shooting range to place your bullet low in the stags chest to hit the heart/lung area breaking both front legs below the shoulder.
The 7mm08 calibre using 140 grain soft jacketed bullets works perfectly.
You need a pair of 10 power binoculars to assess the trophy from front and side plus estimate the length (when the stag is grazing you are looking for six inches of antler above the stags backline for a 30 inch trophy length).
The deer usually start feeding out of cover at 2.30pm.
We have had many successful hunters waiting in cover for the deer to walk into range as the breeze usually blows consistently from the east direction.
The deer are feeding out from cover looking into the setting sun which works against their excellent eyesight, there for most hunters get their trophy.
Lance can prepare, freeze or salt down head skins ready for taxidermy, butcher and pack venison. |
