Friday /sunday afternon

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Friday evening last, i was invited to try for a muntie buck on a patch a mate has ,a patch incidentally that has produced no fewer than 7 gold muntie heads .We arrived to find the farm hands mowing silage fields on the lower ground but our destination was the slopes that surround this place,slopes that scream mutjac from all corners .Areas of trees and thick hedges interspersed with the obligatory bramble patches so beloved by this little deer and all on chalk downland .We could glass the slopes from the farm but my host said we needed to get a move on as it was now 8pm already .The tactic here i was told was to wait in a area with a good glassing view and spot a muntie to stlk into as trying to stalk around the brambles resulted in bumping too many .The light was fading when finally a buck showed trotting along a sheep trail between covers .Last light seems to be my thing this year with more shot in the witching hour than at any other time .He never stopped moving and we moved to maybe intercept his travels something that only pays off 50% of the time here apparently .We got to a gulley inline with the bucks trial and waited with me on sticks .The time ticked by and nothing with my mate glassing all the while .He then spotted another buck up above us ,a big lad in velvet and suggested i try for him instead .

I could see him with the naked eye,staring straight at us but probably still unaware .He turned to graze and i moved around 90 degres for the shot .Engine room at roughly 70 yds and down he went .Got to him to find an old lad with tattered ears .I would of liked to have seen him in antler but it was explained that big muntie bucks are fiercly territorial with or without antler and a change here was long overdue .He had snapped off tusks to prve this point .

 

Sunday afternoon i was out with rabbitcontroller off the site ,a keen young man that dosnt mind a bit of leg work .We went to a place to wait for a few rabbits as id seen a few odd colours here lately .I had the .22 and the .243 incase a buck showed .What rabbits did show were vere nervous and ran from hedge to hedge ,never stopping .I glassed the low fields from our vantage point and saw a pair of deer enter a field on the boundary of this place and about 500-600 yds away.I studied awhile to see if they were staying and decide on a stalk to see if one was a buck ,unidentifiable from afar .Two fields lower and yes there was a buck with a doe ,a 4 pointer .Over the boundary here there are horses that we could see from the hills and i decided to eventually take the shot myself to avoid any mishaps from a novice .We stalked to a field gate tht gave us a veiw of the deer but only the doe was visable now .She made for the hedge and sat down in the long grass out of view making the approach easier .When we were only 40 yds off rabbitcontroller spotted the doe ,not where i thought she bedded but further up the hedge and no sign of the buck .She was looking up the hedge so i was able to get close the planbeing to bump her that would raise the buck .This worked a treat with her only going a short distance before the buck got up a bit further and ran to join her .I was now on sticks with a good soil background and dropped him on the spot a 4 pointer.

The next pic shows the hill we were on when the deer were spotted........

......and why you dont keep a dog and bark yourself ,lol.Well done rabbitcontroller mate .

The farmer here is a staunch organic man with meadow mixes sown annually in different fields for hay as shown here in the next pic.Propper old style farming .

[gav243 1]

welldone goodlooking deer i wish i had muntjack where i stalk

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Me too hence the late start time .Had to travel a bit .

[RabbitController 4]

He had a big pair of bollocks rubbing on my head!! :sick:

 

over all good day and good shot!

its RabbitController should change it to FoxController now.

[Yokel Matt 918]

He had a big pair of bollocks rubbing on my head!! :sick:

 

 

Who... Foxdropper :sick:

 

Last buck I carried for him had me covered in keds :sick: Good going fellas - brilliant

Edited May 30, 2011 by Local

[martin 332]

Well done lads,and you do have a few Munties over there FD just don't show very often do they.

 

Martin

[john robbo 30]

Nice write up and Photos, (I believe you cos of the pics(LOL)).

Joking aside I like your roe they have good spans don't they.

I was at my nursery this morning and missed a possible Silver, it was a neck shot at 129m's. Further than I would normally take a neck shot but he had twigged me and was stood facing me in uncut silage.

They do massive damage to the manicured trees and there is a shoot any buck policy around there.

I don't take clients here its not very big and near to some dwellings so its the only place I have to myself.

I blame my poor posture I had to shoot through a slit in the foliage and couldn't stand nor kneel, semi crouched off my sticks.

The shot felt very good (on) or I wouldn't have taken it..... Bang - he was still just stood there looking at me, I realised my balls up and never shot again. I had by then got a wee flutter.

He will keep I might go back tomorrow.

See I'm not beyond telling my own shit (it happens eh?)

Edited May 31, 2011 by john robbo

[tommydeer 2]

Nice write up and Photos, (I believe you cos of the pics(LOL)).

Joking aside I like your roe they have good spans don't they.

I was at my nursery this morning and missed a possible Silver, it was a neck shot at 129m's. Further than I would normally take a neck shot but he had twigged me and was stood facing me in uncut silage.

They do massive damage to the manicured trees and there is a shoot any buck policy around there.

I don't take clients here its not very big and near to some dwellings so its the only place I have to myself.

I blame my poor posture I had to shoot through a slit in the foliage and couldn't stand nor kneel, semi crouched off my sticks.

The shot felt very good (on) or I wouldn't have taken it..... Bang - he was still just stood there looking at me, I realised my balls up and never shot again. I had by then got a wee flutter.

He will keep I might go back tomorrow.

See I'm not beyond telling my own shit (it happens eh?)

 

Same old John...........if you dont miss you dont shoot enough deer.

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Nice write up and Photos, (I believe you cos of the pics(LOL)).

Joking aside I like your roe they have good spans don't they.

I was at my nursery this morning and missed a possible Silver, it was a neck shot at 129m's. Further than I would normally take a neck shot but he had twigged me and was stood facing me in uncut silage.

They do massive damage to the manicured trees and there is a shoot any buck policy around there.

I don't take clients here its not very big and near to some dwellings so its the only place I have to myself.

I blame my poor posture I had to shoot through a slit in the foliage and couldn't stand nor kneel, semi crouched off my sticks.

The shot felt very good (on) or I wouldn't have taken it..... Bang - he was still just stood there looking at me, I realised my balls up and never shot again. I had by then got a wee flutter.

He will keep I might go back tomorrow.

See I'm not beyond telling my own shit (it happens eh?)

They do have good spans mate ,sometimes too wide .Bad luck on the sliver mate but he will still be around i'm sure .