3 Sika in 10 min !!

tfox

Was out in Wicklow today, no joy in the morning, after lunch went off down one of the tracks when a hind sticks her head up and looks right at me bout 60yds out. Nice neck shot off the sticks and she drops on the spot !!

Out of the rushes her calf takes off at high speed for the boundary of our let which is a river, I take off after him and get myself down on a rock just as he's bout to hop in2 the national park far side of the river, quarter on chest shot dropped in just at the fence !!

Give him couple of mins then head over, gralloch him and tie him up like a handbag and start heading back to the first hind, just as I cross the river another hind pops out of the edge of the wood and stands staring at me, felt obliged and dropped her too

Was more than happy with 3 deer so spent rest day watching deer in the national park

One shot on kill

never knock a gift horse

great shooting

stick shooter

very good shooting fair play.

poulo6.5

Great job tfox. You make it sound easy. Best I ever managed is 2 at a time.

4gun

hat-trick...well done:D

tfox

poulo6.5 wrote: »

Great job tfox. You make it sound easy. Best I ever managed is 2 at a time.

Well I nearly went home after getting nothing in the morning but thought I better stick it out :rolleyes:

Once pulled up at bit of ground I have, climbed gate, 50 yds down hedge buck stands out, shot him, back to the Landrover, in all bout 15 mins Didnt really feel like stlaking though when its that easy

Tackleberrywho

I could have shot 3 once but I stopped @ 2 as there was only 2 of us.

Fair play on three, a lot of meat for the next few months

You have good days and bad.

I had a stinger of a day today.

Cut to bits with Torns, wrecked my Knife and got no deer, so enjoy the Trio

Hondata92

Nice shooting tfox

Just wondering though is that the guts in can see hanging out of the deer, if so why

tfox

NO they were gralloched on the spot, that's the lungs and heart hanging out. Cut them off this morning and the dogs got a very fine breakfast

Sometimes I use it as bait for foxes, aswell as the hides and heads, draws them in very well

welsummer

> could have shot 3 once but I stopped @ 2 as there was only 2 of us.

Now , i seem to be able to control myself a lot better when that red mist comes down over my eyes. Back 30 years ago when i was younger and dummer... size and distance from the car, never came into it, till i was standing over the animal , saying to myself ...NOW WHAT WILL I DO

ssl

Great work! There'll nobody going hungry in the tfox household!!

Antoennis

Great shooting well done.:-)

Anthony
www.ishootandfish.ie

MacraPat

Great stuff keep up the good work!

tfox

They'll keep friends and family happy for a while, everyone always looking for a bit. Gonna make bunch of sausages and burgers for myself on the off chance that we might have a half-day of moderate sunshine this summer when I can wheel out the bbq between the showers

fallowbuck

Not a bad idea, you can look back on that day with a big smile . by the way nice shooting lad, leave some for next year tho.;)

tommyboy26

tfox wrote: »

NO they were gralloched on the spot, that's the lungs and heart hanging out. Cut them off this morning and the dogs got a very fine breakfast

Sometimes I use it as bait for foxes, aswell as the hides and heads, draws them in very well

what is gralloched?

poulo6.5

tommyboy26 wrote: »

what is gralloched?

It's the process of removing the innards of the animal. Ie. Guts and so on

Tfox left the PLUCK in the animal. Ie the hart, lungs & liver.

tfox

fallowbuck wrote: »

Not a bad idea, you can look back on that day with a big smile . by the way nice shooting lad, leave some for next year tho.;)

Ah I doubt I'll be back down there again this season.

Covered the beasts in mutton cloth this evening just to keep the dicky-birds off them !! With temp this low wasnt worth putting them in the cold store cause it doesnt kick in neway, better off out with fresh air circulating.

sean raff

big well done there tfox ,no call for the gym tonight

tfox

sean raff wrote: »

big well done there tfox ,no call for the gym tonight

I was up at 5 yesterday morning, got home bout 8pm, having climbed the mountain twice !! Wouldve given anything to stay in bed this morning and not have to go to work

MacraPat

Reminds me of the film "Wee Geordie" starring Bill Travers as Geordie. Geordie is accompanying his father on a deer stalk. His father shoots a fine pricket only to take a bad turn (heart attack or similar). Geordie Throws the pricket over his shoulder and carries his ill father to safety. Only in your case you were carrying more deer :P

fallowbuck

tfox wrote: »

Ah I doubt I'll be back down there again this season.

Covered the beasts in mutton cloth this evening just to keep the dicky-birds off them !! With temp this low wasnt worth putting them in the cold store cause it doesnt kick in neway, better off out with fresh air circulating.

tfox were can then clothes great idea ?????????????

fallowbuck

sorry phrased that wrong were can them clothes be got nice and tidy looking to .....

tfox

fallowbuck wrote: »

sorry phrased that wrong were can them clothes be got nice and tidy looking to .....

Well I've always called it mutton cloth, in scotland where I was born if you bought your leg of lamb from butcher came wrapped in it. Also called cheese cloth or muslin, its a woven net-like tube, lets air through but stops flies and birds picking at it etc.

For some reason motor factors stock it, but I've no idea what for Cost me €10 a roll in Gerry Hickey's in Mullingar, a roll would be enough to cover 5 animals, can also be washed and reused Like i said it's tubular and stretches out over the animal, I think it's mighty stuff

T223

tfox wrote: »

They'll keep friends and family happy for a while, everyone always looking for a bit. Gonna make bunch of sausages and burgers for myself on the off chance that we might have a half-day of moderate sunshine this summer when I can wheel out the bbq between the showers

D'ont 4get 2 keep the locals in mind when having that BBQ T ,if i smell them from my house won't b impressed if i did'nt get the invite.

fallowbuck

thanks for the info , ill get some during the week:cool: