I originally posted this in hogs and exotics but I am not getting any input so it was recommended to try here. I am sure I am not the only one on here to actually get drawn for this hunt and I am looking for all the advice I can get. With three days to hunt and a 3% success rate I want to be as prepared for success as possible.

Hay ya’ll,
After five years of applying my wife and I got selected for the Sambar Deer hunt on St. Vincent’s Island. We did the white tail hunt there a couple of years ago and had a great time so we know about the snakes, bugs, camping, unpredictable weather and will definitely be taking a bicycle this time.

Does any have any useful tips or information on hunting these beasts? I would love to hear from someone who has done it before. I know it’s a low probability hunt and would like to be as prepared as possible. I am thinking about taking my boat out for a pre-hunt scouting trip a couple of weeks in advance.

If anyone is reading this from out west, I would like to talk about Black Powder loads for elk and shot placement on an animal like this. I usually take shoulder shots on deer and hogs, it stops them in their tracks but I have never hunted anything this heavily boned, so I don’t know how wise that would be with a muzzle loader on this critter.

Thanks in advance,
Jack