Down to the dog ....

[sussex 5,777]

Out on the doe’s again this morning , mild ,damp with a very slight north westerly ..working through the lower wood and bank we had only been going twenty minutes and the dog stopped , nose in the air ,stretching her head up she was almost lifting her front legs , a clear sign she could sent the deer . A full ten minutes we stood there , she never moved forward but just kept her head high scenting all the time , I for the life of me couldn’t see them or it ..finally I see the head of a deer poking out from behind a tree , no distance 40 metres at most it just stood motionless another five minutes went by and it never moved a muscle, very slowly I opened the sticks and shouldered the rifle , a second later it folded ...no wonder it never moved , it was almost dead on its legs , 

Dragging a broken back leg it had worn the skin of its foot , a hole partially healed over in its haunch that was festering and it’s rear end rotting away , it was also blind in one eye ...probably the most satisfying round I’ve fired this year ..left as fox food .

The morning produced another two cull beasts in better condition...

[walshie 2,804]

Glad you ended it's suffering mate.  The other 2 look decent enough. 

[The one 8,475]

best ending for her doesnt look like she had long left 

[Rabid 1,936]

If I ever get that bad, drop one in me as well please, must have been bloody agony living like that, to wear the fur and skin off, what a state.

 

them other two look good, one looks real big, bet you never dragged that very far !

Hows the dog coming on mate, she was just a pup when we were out, sounds like she's getting a good all rounder now.

[sussex 5,777]

23 minutes ago, Rabid said:

If I ever get that bad, drop one in me as well please, must have been bloody agony living like that, to wear the fur and skin off, what a state.

 

them other two look good, one looks real big, bet you never dragged that very far !

Hows the dog coming on mate, she was just a pup when we were out, sounds like she's getting a good all rounder now.

Will do Rob ,I dragged that a tidy way ..............with the quad ..

The dogs come on a treat mate ,  she’s a pleasure to have out , not quite as layed  back as the old lab but that was never going to be ..your see when your down ..

[delswal 3,819]

8 hours ago, sussex said:

Will do Rob ,I dragged that a tidy way ..............with the quad ..

The dogs come on a treat mate ,  she’s a pleasure to have out , not quite as layed  back as the old lab but that was never going to be ..your see when your down ..

I will give ya £200 for that little old dawg lol....................nice work, and nice to see folk putting their trust in the dog 100% 

[Yokel Matt 918]

Two nice carcasses for the game dealer looking judging the shots on the keepers. That poor doe looked in a desperate condition, good work.

[sussex 5,777]

9 hours ago, delswal said:

I will give ya £200 for that little old dawg lol....................nice work, and nice to see folk putting their trust in the dog 100% 

£200 ...cracked it ..you old boys up there know when to chuck your hand deep into your pockets . All the talk of you northern boys being hard to part with a pound are clearly wrong ..I’ve got some left over Christmas wrapping , and a sticky label I’ll get her in the post today .......Cheers Del 

[delswal 3,819]

18 hours ago, sussex said:

£200 ...cracked it ..you old boys up there know when to chuck your hand deep into your pockets . All the talk of you northern boys being hard to part with a pound are clearly wrong ..I’ve got some left over Christmas wrapping , and a sticky label I’ll get her in the post today .......Cheers Del 

Don't forget to chuck bit of food  in 

[sussex 5,777]

44 minutes ago, delswal said:

Don't forget to chuck bit of food  in 

Years supply , bedding , lead , whistle , any vet bills and I’ll come up and hoover up when she moults ...

[Outback 1 26]

We would want the postage in the £200 .......Good effort with the doe , was it traffic damage ? 

[sussex 5,777]

15 minutes ago, Outback 1 said:

We would want the postage in the £200 .......Good effort with the doe , was it traffic damage ? 

That goes without saying mate ,  , yes the Doe was rta , we get quite a few over the year as our boundary is an A road ..they tend to gravitate to the very bottom of the valley which I suppose is the natural thing to walk the path of least resistance ..

[green lurchers 16,628]

nice one 

[delswal 3,819]

11 hours ago, sussex said:

Years supply , bedding , lead , whistle , any vet bills and I’ll come up and hoover up when she moults ...

Moults????? keep the auld thing, I've changed my mind.

[sussex 5,777]

55 minutes ago, delswal said:

Moults????? keep the auld thing, I've changed my mind.

I new your arms weren’t long enough to reach the bottom of your pocket , proper old Yorkshire man ...