Another Injured Doe

[sussex 5,777]

Over the last few weeks I've only managed to get a few does all from high seats so their was no write up , you can only say I shot this from a seat so often ! but tonight whilst getting to the seat I spotted a small group of about a dozen does & fawns at the bottom of a field I was making for .I could see just their heads over the crest of the field , going left to right , as I watched them it was clear the last one in the line was in trouble .As she walked her head (all I could see of her) was moving in a circular motion ,obviously lame ,I got down flat & crawled forward to a mound about 40 m in front of me ,covered in old bracken it would give me the height & cover to view the field & hopefully a chance to sort out the doe , having made the mound with out being spotted , soaking wet I watched the does settle in the middle of the field ,6 or 7 were laying down , the rest stood in a fairly tight group amongst them was what looked like a yearling standing on three legs ....it was several very cold wet minutes before she was clear , more down to the others moving than her , but the little she did move it was painfully obvious she was in big trouble , the 6.5 covered the 183 m to the target in the blink of an eye & she dropped... the back leg was smashed to pieces & she must have been in severe pain ...one for the dogs not the chiller ..cleared up & in a seat several more deer moved through the field in the evening but nothing that I was able to add to the cull ...tomorrow's another day ..

 

 

 

[Rob58 1,600]

Nice write up rich and a good shot well done mate.

[RossM 8,119]

Needs must mate, top job.

[seprim 32]

Well done Rich - poor thing must have been in agony.

 

 

Andrew

[hutchey 147]

Ouch, that must have been painful! Well done guys.

[glogin 87]

Well done thanks fr sharing

[The one 8,481]

Better for the deer taking them out