good end after a bad start

tfox

Was up at the crack of dawn yesterday at some red ground I have up in Louth, spent hour and a half waiting for the fog to lift before I gave up :mad:
On way home I passed another bit of ground I have only to see all the gates locked up, after a bit of asking around I found out the old boy that lives there passed away 3 weeks ago

Anyway breakfast roll on the way home and went off do few jobs I had to do. Decided to go for a walk in the afternoon on piece of fallow ground I have near home. I'd seen a few animals on passing earlier on in the season but nothing for a while. Brought the gf with me as she's been showing quite an interest in stalking.

We walked in off the road and halfway through the second field just as we crested the hill I spied a doe and fawn. dropped to the ground and bellied up to a handy pile of scrub in the middle of the filed. I slowly crawled round the side of it to get a clear shot as there were a lot of rushes everywhere, when I spied another 2 does and 2 fawns.

One of the fawns must have spied me as I bounded into the wood and had the others on edge. The original doe I saw was still grazing away and turned sideways on, head down for a handy neck shot at bout 50 yds

In all time from walking in off the road till dropping the doe was no less than ten minutes, doesnt get much handier than that !! Gf came in very handy carrying the rifle on the drag back and being a vetinary nurse student was all hands on when I gralloched her and split the chest Just have to get her behind the rifle a bit more and get her on a deer !!

Many thanks to Mauser308 for the use of his cold room as it saved me a couple of hours round trip upto my own.

patsat

Nicely done! It's great when you get lucky after a bad morning,it turns the day from a waste into a good day!

Be careful of that girlfriend....Tack would do anything to get his hands on her! :P

Tackleberrywho

patsat wrote: »

Nicely done! It's great when you get lucky after a bad morning,it turns the day from a waste into a good day!

Be careful of that girlfriend....Tack would do anything to get his hands on her! :P

Oh Pat........................
I could never date a WestMeath woman!

patsat

Ah ur just been picky now!

Back on topic... Was out myself twice during the week and not a fresh track to be seen anywhere, stalking gets alot harder this time of year!

Tackleberrywho

patsat wrote: »

Ah ur just been picky now!

Back on topic... Was out myself twice during the week and not a fresh track to be seen anywhere, stalking gets alot harder this time of year!

After the rut it generally does.
Same with any animal, mating season is when you see most wild animals that are normally illusive

tfox

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

Oh Pat........................
I could never date a WestMeath woman!

Much rather a BIFFO eh Tack ....? :rolleyes:

bunny shooter

Tac's ideal woman

deerhunter1

tfox wrote: »

Was up at the crack of dawn yesterday at some red ground I have up in Louth, spent hour and a half waiting for the fog to lift before I gave up :mad:
On way home I passed another bit of ground I have only to see all the gates locked up, after a bit of asking around I found out the old boy that lives there passed away 3 weeks ago

Anyway breakfast roll on the way home and went off do few jobs I had to do. Decided to go for a walk in the afternoon on piece of fallow ground I have near home. I'd seen a few animals on passing earlier on in the season but nothing for a while. Brought the gf with me as she's been showing quite an interest in stalking.

We walked in off the road and halfway through the second field just as we crested the hill I spied a doe and fawn. dropped to the ground and bellied up to a handy pile of scrub in the middle of the filed. I slowly crawled round the side of it to get a clear shot as there were a lot of rushes everywhere, when I spied another 2 does and 2 fawns.

One of the fawns must have spied me as I bounded into the wood and had the others on edge. The original doe I saw was still grazing away and turned sideways on, head down for a handy neck shot at bout 50 yds

In all time from walking in off the road till dropping the doe was no less than ten minutes, doesnt get much handier than that !! Gf came in very handy carrying the rifle on the drag back and being a vetinary nurse student was all hands on when I gralloched her and split the chest Just have to get her behind the rifle a bit more and get her on a deer !!

Many thanks to Mauser308 for the use of his cold room as it saved me a couple of hours round trip upto my own.

Who did you gralloch GF or the deer:D

tfox

deerhunter1 wrote: »

Who did you gralloch GF or the deer:D

It was splitting her chest that was the hard part :rolleyes::D

landkeeper

now none of that auld guff T or i'll tell her mam and that'll put manners on ye:eek:

tfox

landkeeper wrote: »

now none of that auld guff T or i'll tell her mam and that'll put manners on ye:eek:

You wudnt dare :mad: :eek:

Mauser 308

tfox wrote: »

Many thanks to Mauser308 for the use of his cold room as it saved me a couple of hours round trip upto my own.

More than welcome T, any time. Found the chat very informative,

tfox

Mauser 308 wrote: »

More than welcome T, any time. Found the chat very informative,

Didnt think it was so late, didnt half get it in the ear when I got back with dinner at 11.15 pm :eek:

Mauser 308

tfox wrote: »

Didnt think it was so late, didnt half get it in the ear when I got back with dinner at 11.15 pm :eek:

As they say time fly's when talking about hunting. Sorry I never even offered you a cup of tea or a beer. Will give you a shout tomorrow when that other thing arrives, and will have the kettle on when you come over tomorrow:).

Tackleberrywho

bunny shooter wrote: »

Tac's ideal woman

She does make me happy in pants, not as happy as the feeling I get when I see bunnies Builders Bott!

doctor evil

Don't forget to send a condolence card, is the land closed off permanently?

tfox

doctor evil wrote: »

Don't forget to send a condolence card, is the land closed off permanently?

That reamains to be seen, the old boy's nephew stands to inherit it so we'll see how it goes. Won't go bothering him bout it at the moment just for few weeks that are left in the season.