nice evenings stalk

[gossy 3]

as it was a really nice sunny evening i decided to go for a stalk. throughout the week i had been thinking about a stalk that i could do that would be focused on field edges as this is where the deer seem to be showing themselves at the minute. stuffing thereselves with lush grass.

 

i decided to take a route through an area of my permission that i had never stalked before so had no idea what i may find. within five minutes of starting i could see two deer in the distance so i stalked closer and saw that it was a two does one of which had a kid next to her in the long grass. i decided at this point that whatever the outcome it had been well worth it because it was lovely to see the doe with a kid.

 

but anyway i carried on constantly scanning the area with my binos but didnt see anything other than the backend of a fox getting to cover before i could get a shot at him. at the end of my stalk i decided that i would take a detour and just check out a large field that had been cut the week before not realy expecting to see anything but you never no... i poked my head over the bank and saw nothing so i stood up in the corner of my eye i noticed a bit of movement which i quickly realised was a big buck not 40 yards away from eating grass in a small dip in the field amazingly he hadnt noticed me so i set the rifle up on the bipod and fired putting a perfectly placed bullet behind the front leg the buck dropped instantly dropping out of sight but all i could hear was him thrashing in the long grass so i gave him 5 minutes and walked over. it turned out to be an old buck but none the less very big for this area. i think that if i had got to him whilst he was in his prime he would have been something very special. but none the less it was a great evening and a nice trophy. and very lucky that i took that detour.

 

hopefully this pic will work

 

 

[johnbhoy 1]

well done mate. thats a cracker u got there

 

atb

[J Darcy 5,871]

Tha's a good head mate!! Looks like its been clean for a while too....

[Yokel Matt 918]

He is a real beauty mate, lovely head on him - fair play to you.

[N E poacher 4]

big buck that mate, got a good size head on him.

[outdoors kid 1]

nice one mate

[bullxryno 21]

nice lookin buck there mate!

[gossy 3]

cheers all he did have an acceptionally large head for my area and good colour which would suggest he had been clean for a while however there where a few strands left in between a few bits of pearling. he also had a weird shape head almost like a v as the antlers had no curve to them.

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Cracker that mate

[gossy 3]

thought i would add some pics of the finished trophy that ive just finished cleaning up. put it on a simple homemade plaque and it looks a treat.

 

 

[crazymackem 5]

nice rack [bANNED TEXT] well done :clapper:

[wboulter 3]

nice buck that mate

[mj robson 8]

Well done.

 

He looks a real old boy!!

[lurcher lass 9]

stunning mate, well done

[beagle1812 0]

Beautiful buck, amazing that he didn't see you. Nice mount too.