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| Tweet Topic Started: 21st April 2010 - 01:54 AM (55 Views) | |
| 1543martin | 21st April 2010 - 01:54 AM Post #1 |
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'Vermin Dropper'
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Myself and my mate were invited over to a lad we knows land,and,after a right sh1tter of a day at work looking after offenders one of which was a right ass**le I was really looking forward to it.As we pulled up into the layby next to the bottom field of his permission,we found him sat down at the bottom of the 5 bar gate with his bino's locked on his face,as we got out he said that he was watching a large Buck that was couched down under a hedge some 200+ yds away,well we all had a good squint at him,and,it was plain to see that he was a decent Buck,and,a plan of action was talked through.It was decided that I would get this stalk(thanks lads)so,we headed up the lane to the right hand side of the field,and,that gave me the opportunity to come in from the top which would give me a lot more cover to get a bit closer.I got to a point where although I could of got closer to the Buck unfortunately there was a Doe under the next hedge that we hadn't been able to see from the gate.She was looking straight at me,and,I thought that she would shoot off at any moment,so,I got down on my ever dwindling belly,and with the rifle set up on the bipod I inched sideways as slowly as i could,the Doe never took her eyes off me for a second,I had to sidle over a lot further than I thought I would before I could actually see the Buck,but,finally I get to a position that gave me a view of him chewing the cud,but,it was just his head.I would of liked to get across a bit more,but,the Doe was starting to look a bit more flighty,so,I decided to take a head shot(I'm not a trophy hunter to be honest)I settled down to get the breathing right,and put the crosshairs on the lowest part of his head that I could see(the rest was covered by a bramble bush)and I slowly but surely squeezed off a round,he just slumped onto his side and did a little bit of sideways bicycle and then he was still.I recocked the Remmy and waited,the Doe at this point still hadn't moved an inch,I got up to walk down to the Buck,and the Doe just casually got up and ambled off into the next field,and I noticed my compadre's coming across the lower part of the field with a congratulatory doff of the hat.The Buck was partially cleaned off and was an old boy with quite thick coronets,but,the skull wasn't going to lend itself to a wall hanging after a 100grainer had been through it..........![]() ![]() We set off around the rest of the lower part of the permission to search for another Buck as there was about an hour or more light left,unfortunately though it wasn't until we started our nocturnal lamping foray that we saw the next Bucks,two four pointers in velvet that our host will no doubt get a bead on later in the season when they are cleaned off.It didn't get a lot better either on the lamp to be honest,and,after walking up hill and down dale and calling in one fox to the lamp only for it to disappear through a hedge never to be seen again we decided to call it a night,and,as we headed back a flickof the lamp round the field found a really good Buck at the top of the hill and thrashing the hedge,he was probably a more mature Buck too as he was pretty much cleaned off.Still,it was an enjoyable evening and a big thankyou to our host for his hospitality.........cheers mate........Martin. |
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| slimwilly | 21st April 2010 - 07:13 AM Post #2 |
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Don't take the pith
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So Martin,,more deer , less belly maybe more beer needed, or are you getting out too much and losing weight ? Nice buck ,how old is older ?, I will be getting out on the foxes soon as the cubs should be out in a few weeks. |
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| john robbo | 21st April 2010 - 10:13 AM Post #3 |
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well done martin. Slim we were out this morning and filmed a vixen with 2 cubs sun bathing. we stalked as close as we could 270yrd i told the client to aim 8 inch high and 1 1/2 inch left for wind (.270 with 140's) and he let rip taking 1 cubs head off and then killing the vixen sat behind (2 for 1) a good morning. Will post video later. |
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| 1543martin | 21st April 2010 - 10:46 PM Post #4 |
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Slim,I was diagnosed with Diabetes a month ago,and have been trying to lose weight since.....2 stone at the moment,and,I must admit I feel a lot better for it too. Martin |
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| slimwilly | 22nd April 2010 - 07:02 AM Post #5 |
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Don't take the pith
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Well done Martin , kepp up the good work,you will be running around soon
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| Hw60Sniper | 22nd April 2010 - 07:08 PM Post #6 |
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Well done Martin that was good going ,Im supposed to be going for my first every stalk on saturday, ill be glad just to get a chance at it ,getting a shot of will be a bonus. On a side note I look forward to seeing that video Jr. |
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