Out for a shot last night

Sika_Stalker

Ok lads, Myself and the old fella decided to head out for a stalk last night after finishing work. So when i got back to the house it was straight to the gun room to get the rifle and bino's.
jumped into the jeep and off we went.
After an hours drive we finally got to our hunting ground at 6 in the evening. Anyway i got out of the jeep gathered my gear and off i went.
From where the jeep was parked i only had a light 15 min walk to get into position. When i finally got to the rocks i was going to lay up by for the evening there was not even a bird moving about.
Well i sat there for about an hour and the only thing that i was able to see was a hawk flying about me keeping an eye out for diner just like myself.
Another 20 minutes past and all of a sudden a large sika stag got up in front of me about 60yard away, he must have been there all day just laying down in the tall grass. The stag then started to walk away from me and as i was getting into position with the bi-pod down he looks back, all i was able to see was his head, neck and backside. The stag was now about 100 yards away and i just had the cross-hair on the bottom of the back of his neck. I knew that he could see me so i decided to squeeze the trigger. As the crack from the 25-06 echoed around me i could see the stag go straight down. great job done, for now that is.
I walked over cautiously but that deer was never going to get back up.
when i had the clean up was finished i then started to drag the stag down to the road which was about 180yards down hill from me, i got about half way down when all of a sudden 3 spikers started to cross the road about 220 yards away, droped the stag and went back to get the rifle and made my way to try and get into a suitable shooting position.
Bi-pod down and the cross-hair was placed right on to the side of the 2nd spiker still at 210yards the bullet flue striaght to its target and down goes the deer straight away right ithe middle of the forest road, the other 2 spikers scamppered back into the forest.
And well thats about all the action that happened to me last night.

stevoman

great hunting! always nice to get a kill!

Vegeta

Thanks for sharing SS and nice job on the 2 clean kills.

whitser

jaysus sika, that little teckle of yours must hate going out with you. he doesnt get the chance to do anything;)

Sika_Stalker

whitser wrote: »

jaysus sika, that little teckle of yours must hate going out with you. he doesnt get the chance to do anything;)

all that little fella just wants to do is get out and about but to be honest he was really happy just sitting in the back of the jeep with the deer.
And thanks for the comments lads feel free to add your own hunting storys as the season goes on as i will be.

whitser

i've 1 more sunday at home,then its tally ho and away we go! i'l give hunt reports any any good day out.

Sika_Stalker

whitser wrote: »

i've 1 more sunday at home,then its tally ho and away we go! i'l give hunt reports any any good day out.

Best of luck and lets hope it makes good reading

Jonty

fairly hectic shooting there SS.

fish slapped

Nice one SS, where as I spent 2 hrs laying up with me .223 waiting for mr mink to show his face and seen nowth, well nowth but pheasents! always the way, come nov. wont see sight nor sound of em.

riflehunter77

Good man sika stalker its great to hear stories like these, it beats my rabbit shooting stories anyday. Hope you have some more great evenings over the season. Safe and happy shooting ....

jwshooter

what gr bullet you shooting in the 25.06 sika ,i loved mine but the barrel was a bitch would only shoot sako 117gr well and there like hens nuts to get .

Sika_Stalker

i found winchester 90gr and 115gr very good
but the Federal premium 117gr sierra gamekings are my choice of bullet

hazza

Hi Sika,
That sounds pretty exciting hunting. Went out myself last night as well but never got to see anything. Still it was pretty special to hear a sika stag whistling for the first time.
Went out again this morning and saw a nice sika hind. Had her in the sights but no headgear no shot.......Alway next time.
Hope to hear more stories like that it will give novices like me encouragement to get out more.
Hazza

kerryman12

Sounds like a good trip Sika

heading out this evening after work - hopefully we will see something.

regards

eoinkildare

sounds like great shooting ss. what part of the country are you in (roughly)? i'd say it was tough dragging the two of them back!

eoin

Sika_Stalker

Eoin i'm in the real south of the country and to be honest the second one landed falt in the middle of the forest road so it wasnt to bad, i just wish it would have been the big fella and not the spiker

Deer Hunter DL

nice story S/S , we were out last evening just for a look no gun with us seen a nice red stag 4 pointer about 30 yards then her ran on till about 120 yards perfect shot he stood for ages and no gun:o , there was a much bigger stag roaring at the same time in the forest next to us the rutting is just starting now here in donegal

kerryman12

Went out of a walk last night, It was a new area for me so I was sure waht to expect.
We were moving into position around 8 - so it was a little early didnt expect to see anything yet. Went through a gap and there at the other side of the field (approx 150 yrds) was a you fallow spiker. Slowly moved to a shooting position took the shoot. WE both agree he was hit, he looked kind of stunned watching him through the scope - staggered forward and then the head dropped etc. He was moving for cover so the question was to shoot again or not - I decided not. So we waited about 15 minutes to give him a chance to lie up and expire.
After that we went up but no sign of him. Two of us spend about half an hour looking, by now it was dark. Your man wanted to go but I was determined so off we went for the lamps and another 40 minutes of search produced nothing. I was disgusted, walked away wishing I had a dog to track him.
Haven the cup of tea later the buddy said he would go back in the morning. He called me at work around 10 to tell me he had found him about a quarter of a mile from where he was shoot.

regards

Sika_Stalker

wooo wooo wooo
are you shooting fallow in kerry????
i know there are some but to be honest i wouldnt shoot one.
any how it sounds like you shot it in the gut id say take the rifle back to the range.
also far play on ye finding it there are still alot of people around that wounldnt bother

kerryman12

No he was shoot in west Waterford not Kerry.

I was pissed with the shoot placement I have to say. It wasnt a gut shoot but belly. The height was good I was off about 4 inches to the right. Now I took him on the left side so he could just have moved at the last moment - maybe I am making excuses here!!!!!!

The last time I was at the range I was happy with the setup and the rifle hasnt recieved any knock's since, but you are correct for piece of mind I want to check it myself before I go out again.

REgards

Sika_Stalker

well lads i was out both saturday morning and sunday evening down in kerry again. Saturday morning was unreal the deer are really starting to move in this area. So some lovely Stags but seeing as my chiller is full i didnt need the meat hence i didnt take a shot but the fella that was with me shot a lovely stags,


I also saw alot of these few animals moving in the cutting in front of me



This was the tower i was in all morning from 6 to about 10

Vegeta

Quality stuff there Sika, some great posts here.

BigAl>>

Nice story SS........................just wishing it was me telling it.lol. Not been out in ages.

kerryman12

SS Thats some lovely ground you are shooting over.

Happy days

Sika_Stalker

kerryman12 wrote: »

SS Thats some lovely ground you are shooting over.

Happy days

lets just hope they keep coming:D:D

DR6.5

Was out over the weekend, shot this six point sika, he was in a group of 15 animals, 12 stags and hybrid doe, calf and yearling, great stalk on the hill, saw a lot of animals mostly stags about 50 stags and 12 does and calfs.

Sika_Stalker

Some nice animals there DR6.5

tiny-nioclas

Where abouts in west waterford where you shooting in kerryman,(i taught ye'd beat Tyrone :rolleyes:) i havent been out in a week im waiting for my zeiss scope to come in the post, as soon as its mounted im gonna lash into it.

kerryman12

I'll PM you tiny, dont mention the way ok - I just dont want to talk about it.

Really though, fair dues we were beaten by a better team their can be no complaints.

Great picture DR 6.5 sounds like a good stalk.