Haven't seen the little one's on the forest for a few years until Sunday just gone, yep went soft for a few minutes and couldn't resist a couple of pics.
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Monday, 8 February 2010
Roe Doe Cull
I must learn how to smile when in front of the camera!
Saturday morning was on the farm at Winchester to try and catch up with a doe. Stephen joined me as an additional spotter. We started off stalking the hedge row and game strip below the cow sheds in the near dark. Something animal like was glassed in the distance so we proceeded to close the gap hoping that it is was a roe. To our surprise it was two reynard's mating, as we again moved a little closer the game was up and they decided to move away although they did not disappear completely, the range was a little to far to take a shot at.
At this point no deer were out so we back tracked to go around the top cow shed and stalk the hedge rows around the whole field. Half way down the main wood a stop over to wait and see if anything was moving when Stephen spotted a running fox coming our way. Rifle on the stick ready, but it wouldn't stop to the squeak
so took a shot as it just reached the fence line. It looked like a clean miss until a bit of fox fur and blood spotted although no body was found, probably given it a nice scar to show off to it's mate.
Due to the shot taken we assumed that the morning's stalk was over on this field until another 100 yards walk before Stephen motioned to get down as he had spotted a deer head just above the horizon.
Eventually three deer came into view, two doe's and one buck in velvet. Time to keep the nerve as all three knew we were there. After a ten minute wait one of the doe's presented a good target and was duly dispatched.
She is now hanging in the chiller unit at home in the garage.
Spent the rest of the weekend two steps away from the loo due to catching a lovely stomach bug..........
Saturday morning was on the farm at Winchester to try and catch up with a doe. Stephen joined me as an additional spotter. We started off stalking the hedge row and game strip below the cow sheds in the near dark. Something animal like was glassed in the distance so we proceeded to close the gap hoping that it is was a roe. To our surprise it was two reynard's mating, as we again moved a little closer the game was up and they decided to move away although they did not disappear completely, the range was a little to far to take a shot at.
At this point no deer were out so we back tracked to go around the top cow shed and stalk the hedge rows around the whole field. Half way down the main wood a stop over to wait and see if anything was moving when Stephen spotted a running fox coming our way. Rifle on the stick ready, but it wouldn't stop to the squeak
so took a shot as it just reached the fence line. It looked like a clean miss until a bit of fox fur and blood spotted although no body was found, probably given it a nice scar to show off to it's mate.Due to the shot taken we assumed that the morning's stalk was over on this field until another 100 yards walk before Stephen motioned to get down as he had spotted a deer head just above the horizon.
Eventually three deer came into view, two doe's and one buck in velvet. Time to keep the nerve as all three knew we were there. After a ten minute wait one of the doe's presented a good target and was duly dispatched.
She is now hanging in the chiller unit at home in the garage.
Spent the rest of the weekend two steps away from the loo due to catching a lovely stomach bug..........
Monday, 1 February 2010
Last Day
Just a couple of pictures from the last season day. One showing Kevin holding the vixen he shot on the Sedge Bed drive and the other showing the grand total bag for the day. We only had two dogs, Cody and Buddy so the bag was to be expected as it was another cold day thus any scent difficult to find.
It won't be long before we start planning for next season with prep work to start soon, first job is to get the empty feeders back in the yard before any thing happens to them.
Plan to try and stalk a few does over the next few weeks plus try our luck on the lamping front.
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