Fantastic Buck Hunt with .223 Rem and 55gr Soft Points Tikka T3 GRS Stock with Dog Tracking

A fine Scottish hunt for roe deer and a huge buck taken while being swarmed by midgies, bugs and flies. Fast stalk in to catch up with a buck moving fast that ran when shot but Labrador retriever blood track finding deer quickly. Hunt scouting with a Pulsar XP50 Thermal Imager. Other vid shows 308 winchester and nosler with nosler. Chevreuil chasser Reh Hirschpirschen Jagd

[@mattroberts1664]

Brilliant - wish we could use the .223 for roe down here. I felt for you with the midges… horrible little sods.

[@duanehamilton3247]

You need some Avon skin-so-soft to keep those bugs at bay. Worked for the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[@teggwynlewis9803]

Brilliant stalk, Scotland looks incredible!

[@mr.j5919]

I’m from America and on a whitetail deer which is a bit larger that wouldn’t be where you’d want to shoot it we try for right behind the shoulder a good bit lower than where you placed it
What’s the reason for your placement?

[@letshuntdinner]

Through the upper lungs is where I like smaller calibre shots, makes a really clean carcass with minimum damage but can get long runs after the shot. It's just the diaphragm curls back the higher you hit so if you pull a little it's still a clean carcass. Cheers

[@joeyphillips1181]

I'm sure he didn't mean to almost clip the spine lol not everyone always gets that perfect hit they want.. I doubt he meant to put it there

[@TheBamayaker]

Good shot!

[@vitalshok2238]

Tikka is a hell of a rifle

[@carfvallrightsreservedwith6649]

Title says .223 Rem 55 grain but comment replies are saying .270.
WTF?

[@letshuntdinner]

so long as gun go bang, deer fall over... all is good haha

[@nigelevans5639]

Oh yes midges, not pleasant
What range was the shot ?
Cheers

[@letshuntdinner]

About 130m in the end, he had wandered in quite close but couldn't get a shot with all the little trees and rushes in front.

[@callumhepworth-smith6376]

I thought the legal max for deer in Scotland was 100gr 243????

[@letshuntdinner]

No legal minimum or max in calibre but restrictions on bullet weight minimums with energy and velocity for roe and larger deer.

[@E6EES]

In Scotland for roe deer it’s 50 grains with a muzzle energy of not less than 1000 ft lbs and a muzzle velocity of not less than 2450 ft/sec.