Better times ?

[si brown 8,486]

1 hour ago, Stavross said:

Late July out on a fresh cut field, it was baking hot, we waited for them to finish the cut and it wasn’t long before we had a visitor, shot before we lost the light, a lovely way to spent an early summers evening

we get to see some great sights...

I was out the other night looking after these, this was the moon at 10pm

I could of read the newspaper it was that bright.. mum and dad weren’t playing so I sat and watched 3 cubs playing, gave up at 1.30 as I was nacked

[Stavross 16,149]

By the time I get back at them properly the bloody cubs will be fully grown, that moon the other night was like daylight

[villaman 9,983]

Well had nice 4 hours out today shooting 

rabbits on the hills of Dorset 

[David.evans 5,323]

All good things come to those who wait

there’s no rush at this time 

take care pal 

[Stavross 16,149]

You will all be glad to know I’m running out of pictures, we are getting to the newer stuff now, a few gingers from the past 18 month 

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

9 hours ago, shovel leaner said:

This one made Platinum 

What a beauty.  Which county was that one shot ?

[shovel leaner 7,650]

9 hours ago, FOXHUNTER said:

What a beauty.  Which county was that one shot ?

All the deer in my pics apart from the CWD  are from the estate I keeper in Gloucestershire  . Most of them were shot by clients I guided. The CWD was from an estate in Bedfordshire.

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

3 hours ago, shovel leaner said:

All the deer in my pics apart from the CWD  are from the estate I keeper in Gloucestershire  . Most of them were shot by clients I guided. The CWD was from an estate in Bedfordshire.

Very lucky if you have fallow,  roe and munty to go at. Only roe for me up North. 

 

[Stavross 16,149]

On the low ground I shoot we have a lot of roe, up at the shoot on top of the north York moors we have a big head of fallow, I’m only allowed to take them from the fields as forestry manage them amongst the timber and we have an agreement that I must be selective which is only right, it’s been a long time since I’ve taken deer up there but that will change this year 

[shovel leaner 7,650]

2 hours ago, FOXHUNTER said:

Very lucky if you have fallow,  roe and munty to go at. Only roe for me up North. 

 

We used to only have fallow appear on the estate when they start putting pressure on them in the woodland and forestry next to us . But mountain bikers and public access has pushed them onto us permanently now . I keep knocking them over but they keep on breeding and showing up . The problem is that they push the roe out , and we have always had really good roe here for whatever reason they seem to produce good heads . I try to keep their numbers down as they eat a lot of pheasant food and damage cover crops . 

[Stavross 16,149]

We have had to box a lot of feeders in on the shoot, we used to put posts in the ground and strap them to them but the fallow just don’t stop until they smash them up, a least using 4 pallets they can’t get at them, since I’ve started doing a lot of the work up there I’ve saved them a fortune in feed, they used to use wooden feeders and the deer would just knock the lids off and help themselves 

[shovel leaner 7,650]

2 minutes ago, Stavross said:

We have had to box a lot of feeders in on the shoot, we used to put posts in the ground and strap them to them but the fallow just don’t stop until they smash them up, a least using 4 pallets they can’t get at them, since I’ve started doing a lot of the work up there I’ve saved them a fortune in feed, they used to use wooden feeders and the deer would just knock the lids off and help themselves 

I might try that , but I spin most of the time and the deer get on the feed rides 

[Stavross 16,149]

4 minutes ago, shovel leaner said:

I might try that , but I spin most of the time and the deer get on the feed rides 

Another thing I’ve started doing is feeding on straw under the cover of the trees, a keeper told me to do this because the fallow don’t tend to rake through it for a few grains of corn and it keeps the birds occupied, I’ve not been doing this keeping lark for very long but I’ve learnt a hell of a lot from all kinds of people involved with it

[Sausagedog 7,381]

14 minutes ago, Stavross said:

Another thing I’ve started doing is feeding on straw under the cover of the trees, a keeper told me to do this because the fallow don’t tend to rake through it for a few grains of corn and it keeps the birds occupied, I’ve not been doing this keeping lark for very long but I’ve learnt a hell of a lot from all kinds of people involved with it

Pheasants like chickens like to scratch in the earth. The damp also softens the grain. I've seen fallow raiding hoppers but not fiddling in state so much.

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

A bit vermin control .