HUNGARY: Roe Deer On The Hungarian Plain And Mouflon Of The Bakony Mountains - Or, How I Came To Despise A Bolt Action Equipped With A Suppressor

[UpNorthMI]

Thanks for sharing details about your great hunt and trip. Beautiful Roe bucks and a very nice boar.

 

[Datchew]

Congrats!
Excellent write up on a great hunt.

 

[Nyati]

Congrats on a great hunt !

 

[deewayne2003]

Excellent report and pictures

I have to ask… Was the .300win destructive to the 40-50lbs deer and what type of ammo were you using?

 

[Sika98k]

@Red Leg thanks for a great write up. You got some great roe bucks there. The mouflon is drop dead gorgeous! One of those is seriously on my bucket list. That’s a great boar your mate shot.

 

[Red Leg]

Excellent report and pictures

I have to ask… Was the .300win destructive to the 40-50lbs deer and what type of ammo were you using?

180gr bonded RWS bullet. Where these were hit, it made a 30 cal entrance wound and 31 cal exit wound. It was like shooting a reedbuck with a .300. I deliberately avoided centering the shoulder.

 

[mark-hunter]

Yes, shooting behind the shoulder is traditional European way.
The bullet should be chosen wisely.

In one of my "change bullet" moments I switched to Sako superhammerhead bonded bullet, 150 grains (in 30-06).
My thinking was, velocity close to 900 m/s will initiate expansion on impact, and bonding will hold bullet together when hitting tougher animal like boar. I was in search of "ideal all around bullet".

Results on roe deer where - clean pass trough if hit behind the shoulder, no expansion at all, no instant effect (like fmj), and deer going away from place of hit, with tracking on spoor required. (also very small blood spoor)
When hit in the bone, result was explosion, and large exit wound on a roe deer.
So, bonded bullet affair was done for me, after two seasons and I went back to nosler ballistic tip for roe deer, usually trying to place the shot behind the shoulder, which make very good shock effect, with high percentage of DRT.

 

[Kraut]

Thanks for the great write up. Brings back memories of a visit of the national museum at Budapest. While being at the university home in Germany I had shot some roe bucks and three or four wild boars. Watching the giant trophies at the museum, my mouth started watering.
Being a twentysomething with near to no income, I could only dream...
It is an absolutely impressive exhibition!
Waidmannsheil on your bucks and the ram!

 

[Tucketed]

Great report. I need to hunt Europe

 

[Doug3006]

A wonderful hunt, @Red Leg! Thanks for sharing it with us. Hunting in Europe is my next quest and your report provides a lot of great information. I used the same 2-point shooting sticks in Namibia last week and, as you said, they are like shooting from a bench rest. Your critique of screw-on suppressors on a bolt gun confirms my notion that unless you cut the barrel back you’ll ruin the balance of a good rifle. Not to mention making it long enough to pole vault with! Once again, congrats on a fine hunt.