Brace this morning with Martin .

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Set out at first light to get to a bit of ground i have before meeting Martin at 9 am.Very still with another overnight frost but surprisingly quiet underfoot .

Walkd up the track to the first fields and saw a fox cross a gateway two feilds over .I got my back to a bush ,rifle on sticks and squeaked .The reaction was instant and charlie trotted in perfect to about 50 yds where i stopped him and shot him through the chest.

Stalked on but glassed only two seperate 4 point bucks [where were they 2 months ago! ].Met Martin and off we headed to another farm i have .Martin was to get the first over a low hedge at 160 metres off sticks!A big doe full of fat and in tip top condition

Left her after the gralloch where she fell and moved on .Covered a lot of ground before seeing another deer ,well three actually ,all mature does .They jumped up from a hedgerow presenting a long shot off bipod to which i dropped one at 187 metres.

Another heavy doe full of fat.

The farmer drove in the field just after the gralloach and we had a bit of banter with him before we heading back on the long walk to the truck .Martin ,bless him has a brocken rib but steadfastly refused to let me carry my beast in the roe sack he carries .Despite many oooo's and aaaa's he made it to collection point while i dragged the other .Pity the lads up North wernt made the same as that,lol, then they wouldnt moan about the recent few inches of snow theyve had .[incoming]

[brno17 5]

ok then i'll bite, snow ! snow ! it aint weather we have here just now mate its a fkin condition, you southern boys dont know your born, still its to get up to +1 degrees here tomorrow so ive looked out the shorts and t shirt i,m looking forward to seeing some grass again.

 

Martin, i'd have stuck the two beasts in the sack and let Dropper carry it mate, he looked like he enjoyed it in your post from last year when he tried out his new roesack. hope the ribs are feeling a bit better though mate.

 

atb

alan.

[wireviz 8]

[i am with you on that one BRNO Well done FD and Martin here is my place today no deer to be seen but hey it looks cool

 

[Hywel 53]

Good going guys Fill that freezer...

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

[i am with you on that one BRNO Well done FD and Martin here is my place today no deer to be seen but hey it looks cool

 

Spectacular pic there mate .

[Yokel Matt 918]

Fair play you two - have to meet up soon for a chin wag and soon

[HiLost 32]

nice one mate well done

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

Now now mate , you know you have it easy down South . All the game down there is semi - tame not like the quarry up North

 

You are tripping over deer and they have nowhere to hide except a few hedgerows

 

Quarry up North is well educated and has to keep its head low to survive.

 

Anyway have you got nothing better to do than shoot deer while some of us have to go to work Not that Im extremely jealous of course mate :kiss:

 

Anyway dont shoot them all and save some for me

[ArchieHood 3,692]

Peters and Lee strike again Its been a long time since your last excursion, usual result

[martin 332]

ok then i'll bite, snow ! snow ! it aint weather we have here just now mate its a fkin condition, you southern boys dont know your born, still its to get up to +1 degrees here tomorrow so ive looked out the shorts and t shirt i,m looking forward to seeing some grass again.

 

Martin, i'd have stuck the two beasts in the sack and let Dropper carry it mate, he looked like he enjoyed it in your post from last year when he tried out his new roesack. hope the ribs are feeling a bit better though mate.

 

atb

alan.

 

 

Alan,very suspiciously that 'Roe sack' that FD carried them two Bucks for me has never seen the light of day since mate.....

[martin 332]

Fair play you two - have to meet up soon for a chin wag and soon

 

 

Hey bud,how's it going,are you allowed out yet?

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Now now mate , you know you have it easy down South . All the game down there is semi - tame not like the quarry up North

 

You are tripping over deer and they have nowhere to hide except a few hedgerows

 

Quarry up North is well educated and has to keep its head low to survive.

 

Anyway have you got nothing better to do than shoot deer while some of us have to go to work Not that Im extremely jealous of course mate :kiss:

 

Anyway dont shoot them all and save some for me

I have other people doing the work for me mate as you know .Some of us had the forsight when younger to let others graft while we do the more demanding work of stalking and fishing etc.You too could be an entrepreneur if you tried

Ps if you wernt so hard on the deer and let them get their whole body out the wood then maybe you would shoot more.

[martin 332]

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[wboulter 3]

nice shooting