Sambar Hunting Victoria.

[Max_Z]

Hey Guy's & Gals.

I would love to read some stories on Sambar deer hunts with recurve/long bow.

It has been a long goal of mine to attempt to take a Sambar deer with my longbow, I have come close yet not close enough on a number of occasions. id love to know how you are going about the hunt.. sit and wait or spot and stalk. I have been looking at getting up in a tree with a saddle and giving that a go but I'm unsure if I would be able to sit up there for that long.

Cheer's.
Max

[Wheels2]

I saw a lot of interesting animals in my trip to Australia last month but none of these.

[Wudstix]

Australia is on my list.
 

[memo]

Hey Max,
It's been a while, but I used to hunt Sambar quite a bit. From all my years of trail camera work, I'd say sit and wait is not really a worthwhile option, you could get lucky as I've had mature stags visit wallows during daylight hours, but it was always random and no discernible patterns.

Mind you, this was just where I hunted, where you are, sit and wait might be the better option.

Preaching trees or scrapes were far more frequently visited, but if I was to set a tree stand, I'd probably look at the trails leading from bedding areas to feeding areas.

Personally, my preference was to stalk through the main feeding gullies during the last hour of light. Areas with well browsed stands of Prickly Coprosma were my favourite as they provided good cover.

Best of luck mate, you won't shoot them at home so get amongst them and the more you're in the bush, the luckier you get.

I did manage to take one Sambar with my longbow,  here's the link to the story.

https://www.tradgang.com/tgsmf/index.php?topic=97053.0