Nearest and deerest

Trying to get two people to line their work/life schedules up is like trying to win Lotto sometimes, especially when both own businesses.

This is what happens most times when I try to hunt with my mate Warrick. We grew up as teenagers together in Victoria, shooting at the local clay target club.

However, our planned visit to a property for some venison actually panned out. We decided to include two Ruger M77s - a .22 WMR and. 17 HMR - for some small game hunting, should the deer action be slow.

We made the long journey to the property knowing the forecast on this trip was to be -3°C with wind chill on top of that.

We arrived at our camp spot and greeted the farmer. The first task was to gather firewood. There had been a lot of rain during the previous days and my chainsaw had decided not to work, even though it had been serviced the week before.

After an hour of pulling it apart and copious amounts