Great day after deer

ssl

Went out on the 28th dec with a mate of mine in Tip. Browning 12 bore couldn't make it so it was just the two of us. We set out late around 10am. We stalked gorse, native woodland and fields but no joy. It was dry, little wind but there was rain about. We agreed that if we came across deer we would be catching them by surprise so we put our magnification down as low as possible. 
We were walking through pretty much our last field, it was long 400yds which was raised in the middle. As we approached the middle I spotted a deers head pop up at the far wall against a woodland. We dropped to the ground got our bipods down. It and 4 others jumped the wall and ran the length of the field. We were trained on them all the way. They were 4 does and a calf. They ran up to the wall when my mate  gave a call of a calf. With that the lead doe stopped and turned broadside to us at 150yrds. Big mistake. My mate took her behind the shoulder with a 168 gr Hornaday tap .308 from his Sako 85 stainless synthetic, ASE mod. She dropped dead so quick it didn't startely the rest of the herd. They just moved away from the wall towards the middle of the field where i took a standing shot at 120 yards at the biggest doe pictured below. First time using 165gr remmington accutip .308. She dropped dead on the spot. The other 3 then ran into rushes at the edge of the lake out of sight.



We made the guns safe and ran towards the area to see could we get another.We couldn't believe what happened next. 7 more deer came from the wood which the first group came from. We didn't hear any shots but something deffinitly spooked them all to come out. We ran to the middle of the field to get a line of sight from a prone position. My mate took a shot at a calf 220 yards and hit it in the front haunch. It was down but required a follow up shot.  I took a high shoulder shot at the nearest doe to it and dropped it dead. 
We gralloched the deer and left to get the jeep. On our return we seen some birds near one of the carcasses. A crow, magpie and a gigantic bird hover a few feet above which must have been a sea eagle. Black with some grey tips on its wings. Absolutely massive. The photo is of a large crow at the same altitude as it. Nice to see.

 
We put our success in getting 4 deer down to the BT ammo. The deer are killed so quick that the rest of the herd aren't startled. 

Happy Hunting. 

oats 2

the farmer will def be happy. thats a good cull.great shooting.best ammo on the market imo.

tfox

ballistic tipped....?

with an exit hole like that they must be exploding tips :eek:

well dobe guys, some days it just works out well

tomcat220t

Cracking mornings stalking .
Good ammo + good shot placement = Bang/Flop:cool:

kildare.17hmr

Great report and pics, fair play lads

crackcrack30

Supposed to be two paired up on lough derg, bit of history i think, i dont know how far theyed travel inland?

clivej

Thats what I like to read a good days stalking and an even better result.

Well done lads, many more to come.

Tackleberrywho

I hope to get a few more deer.in the next fee days, was working today and yest.


I've only shot males so far this year. I know of one herd of 14 so I might get a few calves or the odd doe over tbe next few days.


Great to see Deer in good numbers.
I've seen good healthy numbers this year.

The weather is promised cold, so Hanging in a shed is an option for those without a cooler too.

Well done SSL

podge.243

Great morning's work done there ssl well done:cool:

ssl

crackcrack30 wrote: »

Supposed to be two paired up on lough derg, bit of history i think, i dont know how far theyed travel inland?

This field was on the shore of lough derg. Powerful looking bird. I'm glad it wasn't flying off with the calf tho

browning 12 bore

great days hunting there lads i was raging i was not able to make it but hopefully another day we will see what happens there good report there lad well done

virminhunter

that was a great read and good photos to boot, well done ssl:)

One shot on kill

That's a fair size hole

Good story thanks

bazza888

well done looks like you had a great day!!was the crow picking at the eye of the deer in the 1st picture?

ssl

browning 12 bore wrote: »

great days hunting there lads i was raging i was not able to make it but hopefully another day we will see what happens there good report there lad well done

For sure before the seasons out

ssl

bazza888 wrote: »

well done looks like you had a great day!!was the crow picking at the eye of the deer in the 1st picture?

I didn't see it happen but I recon it was him alright. If I had cought him at it and I had the .22, there would have being an extra photo in my post

The Big Fella

Great shooting there ssl, ya cant bate the cz.;)

ssl

The Big Fella wrote: »

Great shooting there ssl, ya cant bate the cz.;)

Both my rifles are CZ. I think there the buisness.
Blooded my ASE NS-3S North star mod on that hunt, can't fault that either

FISMA

ssl wrote: »

We agreed that if we came across deer we would be catching them by surprise so we put our magnification down as low as possible.

+1 - can't tell you how many times I have forgotten to kick the magnification down and one pops up inside of 50ya and I'm on the high side of the magnification.

Happened so often that I practice a 50ya and 70 yard shot on medium magnification with both eyes open.

Hate the see through rings.

Wish I had my iron sights in Eire.:(

daithi55

@SSL is there a tag on one of the deers legs

patdahat

looks like guts

ssl

daithi55 wrote: »

@SSL is there a tag on one of the deers legs

patdahat wrote: »

looks like guts

It's guts alright