Hi M.T. Pockets,
Thank you, not all the Deer are that small, my last one which I shot a couple of weeks before Christmas was a Roe Doe. The weigh about 35lbs, and here she is:-
Rifle is a 30-30 Bolt action with 6x42 Schmidt & Bender scope. The weekend before that I shot a Nice young Fallow Buck, he was only half grown but it seems he had lost his Mum otherwise I woudl have left him to grow on, the fact that the freezer was almost empty of Venison also played a part in decideding to shoot.
Oh we have Deer in season all year here, so perhaps I do get a little practice in
The other year I brought a book on Elk called "Elk Country" by Dr Valerius Geist, it was very imformative with some really beautiful photography in it. It was this plus the fact the Elk are the largest of the Red Deer and related to our Native Red Deer which made me think about this hunt.