Catching Up

[3175darren 1,100]

Caught up a little more , doe and female calf at last light , I could see a small group feeding just in the wood line and was just thinking ten minutes will be about it when a couple of fawns and a doe came out , the doe was closest to the wood with the fawns forty yards nearer to me .On the bipod the doe dropped instantly, the fawns ran back towards her then seemed to spook as the doe kicked out and stopped , just enough time to broad side the female fawn .Good reaction to the shot but she took of heading straight into the wood ..confident after seeing the strike I gave it ten minutes while I got the truck ( the quad is out of commission with a knackered rear axle ) then put the dog on a line , forty yards in it was dead but buried in bracken ..pleased no end with the dog ..IMG_2318.JPG

By now completely dark so loaded them up and took them home to gralloched

42lb & 63lb ..

thats a good end to a day, couple of deer, a follow up from a good dog, all that's needed then is a couple of beers,

[forest of dean redneck 11,669]

 

 

It's good to see someone getting into them, it's been a slow yr this yr on roe for me,

Just finished cleaning two more this evening , one was a buck fawn that I had to take because it was struggling to walk , on opening it up it has boney defect to its rib cage , I'll get some pics up tomorrow..

Here's the pics of the buck fawn , showed it to a vet pal of mine she thinks it's been hit , the ribs have knitted together and you can see were the lungs have fused to the rib cage ..IMG_2316.JPG

 

I was lined up to take a doe but this fella seemed more deserving of the round ..

Interesting post mortem .wonder how long ago it was.

[beast 1,884]

http://www.ajc.com/events/outdoors--recreation/hunters-find-dead-deer-with-bone-grown-around-arrow/MEVehTkM39n0030IFwk4aP/

[sussex 5,777]

http://www.ajc.com/events/outdoors--recreation/hunters-find-dead-deer-with-bone-grown-around-arrow/MEVehTkM39n0030IFwk4aP/

You wouldn't credit that could get over that ..unbelievable.

[3175darren 1,100]

 

http://www.ajc.com/events/outdoors--recreation/hunters-find-dead-deer-with-bone-grown-around-arrow/MEVehTkM39n0030IFwk4aP/

You wouldn't credit that could get over that ..unbelievable.

it just shows nature will find a way, it's amazing it didn't get peritonitis, or some other nasty infection, and to top that it avoided predators, fare play/ respect to it