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Just got back from a hunt in the eastern alps of Austria not too far from Vienna. Hunted for fallow deer, mouflon sheep, and boar. It was very enjoyable if not rigorous, hunting mainly out of high stands.
All were taken with a single shot from a 257Wby and Barnes 100 TTSX. Fallow was taken after a quick stalk from about 75 yards after seeing it on a ridge. The mouflon was taken from an evening stand at about 125 yards. The boar at only about 5 yards directly below an evening stand.
The boar was the most interesting. It just showed up at the base of the stand. Hans the guide in German accent just excitedly said "BIG BOAR" as it was on his side of the stand. When I closed and latched the door on the stand I had a real hard time getting the door to close all the way. When I attempted to pick up my rifle I found out why, my rifle sling was stuck in the door hinge! I tried a couple times pulling on the rifle a little harder each time. Adrenaline was going now as I only had about a 20 yard window and he was moving directly across it. I basically made up my mind that one way or another that gun was going to come up, heave ho, it did. I cranked the scope down to 4 but the objective was still set at 100yd and all I could see was blurry hair. It wasn't a big deal but I had to find the edge of the boar a couple times to be sure the crosshairs were in the right place. The shot went in near the top of the shoulder angling very sharply down, it turned directly away at the shot but it was down. The guide said to shoot again to keep it from pushing off a ledge so I center spined it.
Some more pics and vids at http://sports.webshots.com/album/574656021WmDhOe



All were taken with a single shot from a 257Wby and Barnes 100 TTSX. Fallow was taken after a quick stalk from about 75 yards after seeing it on a ridge. The mouflon was taken from an evening stand at about 125 yards. The boar at only about 5 yards directly below an evening stand.
The boar was the most interesting. It just showed up at the base of the stand. Hans the guide in German accent just excitedly said "BIG BOAR" as it was on his side of the stand. When I closed and latched the door on the stand I had a real hard time getting the door to close all the way. When I attempted to pick up my rifle I found out why, my rifle sling was stuck in the door hinge! I tried a couple times pulling on the rifle a little harder each time. Adrenaline was going now as I only had about a 20 yard window and he was moving directly across it. I basically made up my mind that one way or another that gun was going to come up, heave ho, it did. I cranked the scope down to 4 but the objective was still set at 100yd and all I could see was blurry hair. It wasn't a big deal but I had to find the edge of the boar a couple times to be sure the crosshairs were in the right place. The shot went in near the top of the shoulder angling very sharply down, it turned directly away at the shot but it was down. The guide said to shoot again to keep it from pushing off a ledge so I center spined it.
Some more pics and vids at http://sports.webshots.com/album/574656021WmDhOe


