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Errol Mason's Secrets of the Sambar, Hunt Smart

Training Course Sambar Sightings

Sambar Deer Sighting

This sambar calf was hiding from the bloodhound ‘Rascal’ in a paddock a kilometre from the nearest forest.


Sambar Deer Sighting

Tired of the click of my Nikon he wheels around in the typical explosive sambar departure.


Sambar Deer Sighting

Jason De Visser’s bloodhound ‘Rascal’ on the trail of the escaped calf.


Sambar Deer Sighting

Whilst excitedly taking photos, a course participant crawls to within 15m of this sambar hind and calf during the 18th Hunt Smart Course of 2009. His mates used their binos to observe the stalk from nearby.


Sambar Deer Sighting

This young stag was observed by all course attendees as he moved to feed.

This was the first encounter with a sambar stag for all three.

Most attendees see sambar during the course and often the deer are unaware of our presence.

For many this is their first encounter. For others it is the first time they have seen completely unalarmed sambar doing what sambar do.


Sambar Deer Sighting

Using my tripod mounted Swarovski 15X binos and Leupold spotting scope, students on my Beyond the Basics Training Course frequently watch unalarmed sambar such as these feeding.


Sambar Deer Sighting

This hind moving from bedding to feeding area at dusk demonstrated her explosive departure to Kurt Vegner, Peter Walters & Mafi Parautua


Sambar Deer Sighting

Pivoting on rear legs, she swings her front around 90 degrees then uses powerful rear hams to propel her away at high speed.


Craig Allen, John Jaensch, Paul Cavalieri and Peter Petroulas watched this young sambar for several minutes.

Craig Allen, John Jaensch, Paul Cavalieri and Peter Petroulas watched this young sambar for several minutes.


John and Ian Taylor of Heywood Victoria and Dane Harman of Mooroolbark watched this fine young sambar stag for 15 minutes. They noted that he stood tall every time I pressed the shutter even though the range finder said he was 167m distant.

John and Ian Taylor of Heywood Victoria and Dane Harman of Mooroolbark watched this fine young sambar stag for 15 minutes. They noted that he stood tall every time I pressed the shutter even though the range finder said he was 167m distant.


Mark Briese, Zoran Kricka, Dragan Tasic and Milan Prica observed this hind and her juvenile offspring as they moved from their daytime bedding area towards their evening feeding ground. Mark Briese, Zoran Kricka, Dragan Tasic and Milan Prica observed this hind and her juvenile offspring as they moved from their daytime bedding area towards their evening feeding ground.

Mark Briese, Zoran Kricka, Dragan Tasic and Milan Prica observed this hind and her juvenile offspring as they moved from their daytime bedding area towards their evening feeding ground.

 

 

 

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Errol Mason

Possessing a wealth of experience and knowledge accumulated during 30 years of hunting and studying sambar, Errol Mason truly is a Sambar Deer Specialist who possesses a deep insight into the mysterious ways of this intriguing species.


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