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..........