Sunday Hunt

[mat mighalls]

I went out for a look for a Sambar today. I spent most of the morning glassing all the sunny faces trying to find a stag enjoying the warm sun, after only spotting 2 hinds i decided to hunt some of the thicker country below. I got onto a good game trail with a fresh set of marks on it and slowly made my way around the hill, there were a lot of reasonably fresh rubs along the trail. I had been walking for about an hour when i found a fresh rut pad a stag had just used. I knew he could'nt be to far away. I had been slowly working my way around the hill further when i spotted the stag only 30m away looking away from me. I knocked an arrow and drew back, picking the spot i released hitting him well. He took off down the hill, i gave him about half an hour and then made my way down. I spotted him about 80m away and he was down, i snuck in and gave him another arrow just in case. Unfortuantely he was missing his left inner,but that doesn't bother me i was wrapt.
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[bowhunting4eva]

WOW what an awesome animal. thats the first sambar stag i have seen shot on here for a long time. a big congrats

[HareSplitter]

thats awsome mate, welldone!!:D

[woodstoka]

mate top stuff that is bloody awsome
he looks like a reasonably old stag buy his antler weight
wat sorta penetration did you get mate?
i hope to achieve the same goal shortly
jesse

[hunt or be hunted]

oh so is it that easy to shoot a sambar? cool i might head out tomorrow and get myself a nice set of antlers:P

awesome stuff matt, thats a great animal.

dan.

[Antarcher]

Unreal Matt. That story is a bit of an understatement, that beast is bloody awesome. Very well done mate not too many like that go down to the bow.

[RazorX]

Well hunted mate. You've joined the small club of guys that have nailed one with a bow like Ant said. He's a unit stag!

[spiderbait24]

oh comon that was to easy:confused:

great work mate.

[bowhunterbrad]

Awsome trophy Matt, well done!

Brad.

[snowy1]

well done matt ,
stoked for ya mate ,;)

snowy:D

[rossy]

congrats mate, great stag....I have decided the next committee meeting is at your spot:P:P
D!ckie

[snowy1]

i'll second that motion rossy ,

snowy

[clint]

Well done Matt!
That stag is hugh looks like a bear!

[Jason1]

Yeah well done mate.

[dazza]

Bloody oarsome unreal huge achievement!

[mat mighalls]

Thanks fellas,
Ant sorry im not much of a story teller, i just tell it how it was.

Jesse my broadhead tip just penetrated through the opposite side, there a tough animal. Broadside or quatering away shots are the only way to go its just not worth taking risky shots. Good luck i know your keen to get one.

Dan it realy isn't that easy, you have to be dedicated., put the time in ,learn there habits, expect to have a lot of unsuccessful hunts, try to put it all together and have a lot of luck.

[hunt or be hunted]

yeah mate, i bet its not easy at all. i am yet to see a wild deer so when i get the chance to hunt them there will be alot to learn.

dan.

[Piggy]

Well done Mat a great stag with the bow!

[DavidJHardy]

nice looking stag mate... what broadheads were you using?

[TOMMO]

Really nice animal Matt. Good hunting.

[Sagitarius]

What a beauty, well done!

[WesT]

Wow you're on a roll mate. Two awesome stags this year... that I know of. Fantastic work.

[ds]

Well done on the stag, thats a big beast indeed.

[Bowdy]

That is one "HUGE" achievement Mat.
Congrats on a superb animal and a nice clean kill.
Would luv to see a few more photos!!!
Grant.

[Paul R]

That's a fantastic looking stag, great achievement mate.

[outback preditor]

sweet. what a cracker, youve cracked the hard one, im very envious indeed.:)

[Luke bazook]

mat thats awesome. hes a nice looking animal. what did he measure?

[rory]

Absolutely brilliant mate!

Sambar stag with a bow, sheesh! :)!!

[Mozza]

well done Matt, he is a cracker of a stag:D
You sure have got the year off to a good start

[tomshaw]

well done mate.

[fallowhunter]

Good onya Mat, very nice samba. Thats probably the worst and best part of bowhunting I reckon, waiting that half hour after the shot.

[macka]

Unreal mate thats a solid looking beast! Congrats bloke!

Macka

[Piggy]

Hey Mat you also said you had lots of luck.
To quote Fred Bear "The more chances one creates for himself the more likely he is to be lucky". You made that " Luck " from all the hours , days and possibly even years you no doubt have put in.

Cheers

Paul

[Will S]

awesome stag mate!!!! that is an awesome acheivment with a bow!!!
You make it sound too easy...
i wish that could happen with the deer around here!!

[howie]

Hundreds have tried and only a few have succeeded, YOUR ON FIRE.............

[troy]

Gotta be happy with that mate. Congrats.

[brucester]

Mate a top achievement... well done

[johnno]

Top effort..and a fine animal..well done !!;)

[MaDsHafTeR]

If its that easy, I might just duck out today and bag myself one of them:rolleyes:. Cant be that hard!!:confused::confused::confused: I love the story, its just so humble:P.

Big Trophy, Big smile!!!!

[grimmobow]

wow what an impressive animal congratulations mat,you make it sound simple.

[silent killer]

Well done buddy fine lookin beast!!!!!!
......Cheers alex......

[ozzyshane]

Mat truly great going that think is a beast Thanks Shane

[Roy]

Mat, excellent achievement on taking one of the South Pacifics Premium Game animals,
Jim Corbett the famous maneating Tiger slayer in India said that one would shoot a few tigers before you would a good Sambar Stag!
That is an awsome effort with the bow.

Roy

[fiend]

Majestic looking animal, well done.

[PeterM]

Awesome Trophy mate well done!:P