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ah sure ! · 25-09-2013 03:46PM #1

Anybody heard any roaring / whistling / grunting ? It is still early days and too warm but just wondering.

deano2882 · 25-09-2013 05:51PM

ah sure ! wrote: »

Anybody heard any roaring / whistling / grunting ? It is still early days and too warm but just wondering.

nothing yet but then again only been out for an hour other day...

sikahuntejack · 25-09-2013 07:47PM

Spoke to a farmer whos land i shoot in donard he said he heard 3 different stags whistling yesterday morning around 6 ,know a chap who shot a 8 pointer sika that was chaseing 2 does aroung a field on sunday in wicklow

greengrasscork · 25-09-2013 10:11PM

Plenty of sika bucks whistling now came across bunch of red stags on the mountain but bit early yet for them

teckel · 25-09-2013 10:33PM

I heard a couple of Sika stags whistling this morning in Wicklow. Can't wait for it to be in full flight:D

It wasn't me! · 26-09-2013 12:35AM

One on the hill giving it socks last night. Could hear him from my house.

clivej · 26-09-2013 10:56AM

It wasn't me! wrote: »

One on the hill giving it socks last night. Could hear him from my house.

Pity you couldn't give him lead

It wasn't me! · 26-09-2013 11:16AM

Be doing nothing until mid-October after the nationals. All spare time is for training at the moment!

welsummer · 26-09-2013 10:09PM

they have been starting to call for over a fortnight. Buddy of mine called in a sika picket over a week ago. It will another week before the big lads really start getting into the swing of it. Has anyone shot a stag yet with the neck swollen up .

sikahuntejack · 26-09-2013 10:34PM

my mate shot a savage sika 8 pointer at 7 this evening call him with the whistle perfect set of antlers

steyrman · 27-09-2013 12:12AM

welsummer wrote: »

they have been starting to call for over a fortnight. Buddy of mine called in a sika picket over a week ago. It will another week before the big lads really start getting into the swing of it. Has anyone shot a stag yet with the neck swollen up .

Shot this lad yesterday evening swollen neck but no smell off him clean stag

feartuath · 27-09-2013 12:21AM

sikahuntejack wrote: »

my mate shot a savage sika 8 pointer at 7 this evening call him with the whistle perfect set of antlers

Are calls illegal not to use on deer?

the scudd · 27-09-2013 06:17AM

that's a great looking animal styerman

One shot on kill · 27-09-2013 07:21AM

steyrman wrote: »

Shot this lad yesterday evening swollen neck but no smell off him clean stag

I'd say you were tired when you got that lad back to the van.

sikahuntejack · 27-09-2013 09:20AM

feartuath wrote: »

Are calls illegal not to use on deer?

He bought it off the Wild Deer as association at burr so my mate has no problem useing his one and i dont have a problem useing mine

feartuath · 27-09-2013 02:24PM

sikahuntejack wrote: »

my mate shot a savage sika 8 pointer at 7 this evening call him with the whistle perfect set of antlers

sikahuntejack wrote: »

He bought it off the Wild Deer as association at burr so my mate has no problem useing his one and i dont have a problem useing mine

They are illegal to use to hunt deer, can be used for photography etc,I'm sure they get used to call deer as near as possible for a shot and to call deer from coillte etc

One shot on kill · 27-09-2013 11:49PM

If I had one I'd prob use it to be honest lads. I seen it at the wda stand an all and sure I'm raging I didn't pick one up now.

dodderangler · 09-10-2013 12:55PM

Was training last night ( train in Dublin mountains) and sworn I heard a stag calling from one side and a stag calling from Other side.

Mauser 308 · 09-10-2013 01:52PM

I have not managed to get out much due to work commitments, but hoping to get up to Wicklow at the weekend.

I would have thought it was in full swing by now.

sikahuntejack · 09-10-2013 02:12PM

Seems a bit slow but with the weather getting colder over the next few nights it should get the rutt going, heard a stag whistling this morning but i only seen two does was up on a hill in wicklow yesterday morning heard and seen nothing.

cookimonster · 09-10-2013 02:14PM

Called a 8 pointer in last Sunday evening. He was with two hinds and we definitely peaked his interest using the whistle.
He was stinking to high heaven, well stained on the belly and his neck was massive.
I would say the ruts in in the Dublin / Wicklow area.

sikahuntejack · 09-10-2013 02:20PM

cookimonster wrote: »

Called a 8 pointer in last Sunday evening. He was with two hinds and we definitely peaked his interest using the whistle.
He was stinking to high heaven, well stained on the belly and his neck was massive.
I would say the ruts in in the Dublin / Wicklow area.

Heard a stag this morning in the carlow area, but in donard yesterday morning nothing speaking to the farmer he said its being dead quite on the hill so far. A Spot on the hill where there has always being a wallowing hole showed no signs of stags

greengrasscork · 09-10-2013 02:21PM

Was out in west cork sunday evening heard 4 different bucks whistling met 11 does all in half a mile area of wood. Will be going up the mountains to watch the reds on saturday

One shot on kill · 09-10-2013 07:03PM

Infairness it feels like a good drop in tempeture this evening.

sikahuntejack · 09-10-2013 07:53PM

Only back home was a crazy stalk was walking through a forest and i stumbled across a big old stag i hit the ground stag ran off i blew the whistle could hear the stag moveing back towards me for 10 mins he kept running through the christmas trees kicking the ground and attacking the trees with his antlers could not get a clear shot then he got wind of me i think and ran off, did not think i would see a stag in this permissions its heavily lamped too close to a road. The first wood i went to is being cut down i nearly died when i seen it only last week i went for a stalk around it

sikahuntejack · 09-10-2013 08:05PM

cookimonster wrote: »

Called a 8 pointer in last Sunday evening. He was with two hinds and we definitely peaked his interest using the whistle.
He was stinking to high heaven, well stained on the belly and his neck was massive.
I would say the ruts in in the Dublin / Wicklow area.

By any chane were you useing the nordic sika whistle

hunterpajero · 09-10-2013 08:37PM

any stir on the fallow yet?ive seen a few scrapings but no grunting yet

cookimonster · 09-10-2013 09:00PM

sikahuntejack wrote: »

By any chane were you useing the nordic sika whistle

It's a 'buttulo call' or a similar design. It belongs to the chap I was stalking with. He has had great success with it.

PL05 · 09-10-2013 09:09PM

was out last weekend saw a good few stags and sorry to say they saw me first, will have to get me act together, anyway some of them where big lads also came across a few wallowing holes in nice secluded spots. Next time i,ll make sure they dont spot me first, now that i know where they,re hanging out. They are the first decent ones i,ve seen so i,ll put the f**k up down to excitment.

sikahuntejack · 09-10-2013 09:14PM

cookimonster wrote: »

It's a 'buttulo call' or a similar design. It belongs to the chap I was stalking with. He has had great success with it.

Im useing the nordic sika call to be honest i dont like the sound of it but it seems to work

deano2882 · 09-10-2013 09:30PM

One shot on kill wrote: »

Infairness it feels like a good drop in tempeture this evening.

ya its gettin colder alrite...i seen 4/5 stags and prickets over last few days wit swollen necks and plenty doe.s round them n spotted few ruttin posts aswel...deep freeze not working so unfortunatly couldnt get one....

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