starting deer hunting???

brieny1000

hi all
i am getting my permission letters for my 1st deer hunting licence at the moment. i have bought a sako 75 varmint 243 and i plan to do the hcap course during the year. just looking for info, books,stalking info,sex id,do's and dont's etc. i am totally green to deer hunting as it is all game and vermin shooting i have been involved in so all info would be appreciated
thanks
paul:):)

jwshooter

hi paul ,
you have made the first steps into the most interesting and rewarding way of life .
get your self the best pair of bino you can afford and a handy camera .
watching deer with good binos you will get lost in time and learn a lot about them .
i was very lucky when i started i fell in with the right group men that love there deer and pride them selves on doing things right .
there is so many lads happy to shoot deer out the window of a jeep and then talk shxt in the pup about it .
you will learn a lot from the hcap manual its a good read but there is a lot of shxt in it also .

Trojan911

jwshooter wrote: »

hi paul ,
you have made the first steps into the most interesting and rewarding way of life .
get your self the best pair of bino you can afford and a handy camera .
watching deer with good binos you will get lost in time and learn a lot about them .
i was very lucky when i started i fell in with the right group men that love there deer and pride them selves on doing things right .
there is so many lads happy to shoot deer out the window of a jeep and then talk shxt in the pup about it .
you will learn a lot from the hcap manual its a good read but there is a lot of shxt in it also .

Have to agree there, it is a great experience. I too was lucky enough to know the right people & get invited into a syndicate last year, and this was mainly because my attitude was right. It can be very rewarding & you can learn a lot. I still need to do a HCAP & will probably sort it this year.

Go for it, is my advice.....

clivej

Looking to start myself this year as well. I have to get permissions sorted THAT's the bigest problem, I have been asked to join a syndicate and will go down that route if I have to.

HOW do you go about getting permissiom from farmers that have deer problems???????? Is that the million $$$$$ question?

Gun will be a Tikka T3 lite stainless with composit stock OR the Tikka T3 varmint stainless (better looking stock, bigger mag), both with the shortened barrel. In 308.

jwshooter

clivej wrote: »

Looking to start myself this year as well. I have to get permissions sorted THAT's the bigest problem, I have been asked to join a syndicate and will go down that route if I have to.

HOW do you go about getting permissiom from farmers that have deer problems???????? Is that the million $$$$$ question?

Gun will be a Tikka T3 lite stainless with composit stock OR the Tikka T3 varmint stainless (better looking stock, bigger mag), both with the shortened barrel. In 308.

hand them a ball of cash

k_d

I have been thinking about gettin into deer also for next year clive, been out a few times with a guy who stalks regualary. it is good crack.

I have a good few farms for foxing, Last week i called into a farmer with about 80 acres that i had seen a few foxs cross into. Got chattin to him and he asked me when i was leaving, "do you hunt deer, having a massive problem this year with them"
Great i thought, told him it was near end of season and i didnt have licence but would hopefully have it next year, asked him would he give me permission for licence, no problem was the answer, Happy days i though.

called back the other eve and mentioned gettin his folio number for the application, Youd think i asked him for his wife or something, no chance he was givin it but still said im welcome to come shoot deer when i get the licence!!

odd.

Jonty

jwshooter wrote: »

hand them a ball of cash

sounds like an irish solution for an irish problem. I hope you weren't serious

No6

I too am a beginner, I have been out a few times with a guy who really knows his stuff. In areas with a lot of deer most farmers are quite happy to have him shoot them and will call him when there are deer on their land. The best way to get permsion letters from farmers is to go out with someone local who knows the area and get introduced to the farmers. All I have to do now is sort out some cash (difficult at the moment!!) buy a gun, scope, etc get licences and hopefully be ready for next season. So speaking of a gun what caliber gun would you reccomend for a starter stalker on a very tight budget!!!

clivej

No6 wrote: »

I too am a beginner, I have been out a few times with a guy who really knows his stuff. In areas with a lot of deer most farmers are quite happy to have him shoot them and will call him when there are deer on their land. The best way to get permsion letters from farmers is to go out with someone local who knows the area and get introduced to the farmers. All I have to do now is sort out some cash (difficult at the moment!!) buy a gun, scope, etc get licences and hopefully be ready for next season. So speaking of a gun what caliber gun would you reccomend for a starter stalker on a very tight budget!!!

308 as there's plenty of ammo to choose from and at a reasonable price. The gun will cost the same and is not depend on the calibre.

jwshooter

deer are worth money some farmers attude is to work away ,but not so much now .
when i started i hunted in the glen of emal on a hill for noting a leg of ham now and again .
the hill now is making big money .
if its worth having its worth parting with a few euro for .
the farmer that says work away he will refuse no one and thats getting dangerous things moving in low light often get shot at thats a fact .

40 Watt

Paul one element of deer stalking that takes a bit of getting used to is the gralloch, hanging and butchering of a carcass into useable venison. I have been stalking for several years and watched/learned from my elders (they told me it was custom for the new recruit to gralloch everyones deer). I recently bought a twin pack of DVDs from the British Deer Society website. The DVDs take the story up from approaching the dead deer, all the way up to butchering and cooking. I found the disease recognition piece excellent and how to get the best cuts from the beast. From memory they are stg£39 so not exactly cheap but as its fallow and not a whitetail from colorado it is applicable.
Plus it will give you something to do while waiting for the next season.