ratcherman

Well haven't been on here in ages so decided to have a catch up and see how the boys are doing on the fox's. It's hard not being able to get out now with the lock down as I have farmers on the phone every week to cull fox's. Had a look out on a small bit of land before the lock Down as the farmer had seen a pair of fox's about and they had killed a goose. So a quick call to my mate to see if he fancied a look out and he jumped at the chance. We got set up on the first stand and set the caller away Jack rabbit was the call of choice and boy did it pay off 4 in the bag. On to the second stand and the action never stopped another 2 in the bag I missed and seen another 3 but no shot fair to say there's one or two about farmer was over the moon with the 6 shot in under 2 hours I let my m8 shoot on the night and he still didn't smile miserable *** lol Can't upload photo of 2nd stand

Well done a good night and a good result

Yes mate we are on a good roll at the minute long may it continue lol

The head greenkeeper said to shoot them and any other vermin on the course aswell as they are having problems with poachers coming on lamping the course with dogs so only doing what we have been asked lol

Well done mate a cracking day out

Well done mate nice varied bag

Well done m8 another in the bag

Haha Jeff that is his quota for this year going to have to take the rifle off him and give him the lamp lol

What a cracking night Jeff great result

Well done m8 a good weekend and a lovely bit of ground to shoot over

Well done m8 good shooting

Yes mark comes the bad back malarkey aswell so I normally drag them

Well done m8 that's a cracking picture looks like it was took by a professional lol

well done a cracking write up and a great buck aswell and a fox doesn't get much better than that

Well I decided to have a look out on the first day of the bucks to try my luck. The first bit of ground to try was a small wood which is very hard to stalk as its so dense but set of nonetheless, stalked very slowly through the wood, glassing as I went but seen nothing in all the usual hotspots. Decided to check one last little bit before I left, a small clearing in the wood. As I got there, glassed through the trees and spotted a young 6 point buck in velvet, head down, feeding with the doe alongside. Got up on sticks and waited for the deer to move broadside then dropped it on the spot at about 50 yards. After gralloching and loading the deer into the truck I then headed off to a second piece of ground to check for any signs of a buck present there. After walking round the farm for about 15-20 minutes, I walked through a gateway that had fresh slots in the mud. Slowly stalked into the field and just caught a glimpse of a deer on the top of the hill feeding. I froze on the spot and checked through my binos to see a nice clean 6 point buck happily feeding, but there was no shot to be had as it was skylined. As I froze watching it a doe appeared, sighted me and took off barking, which then alerted the buck, which then ran round the field in circles barking and stopping to try and wind me. After a couple of minutes he ran out the field through a gap to which I followed the direction he took off in. As I got to the gap I checked the next field to where the buck and doe were just head down feeding again, lifted the rifle onto my sticks and waited for a shot to arise. After about 3 or 4 minutes, the buck walked forward broadside and I dropped him on the spot at 100 yards. All in all a cracking start for me to the buck season and a memorable evening stalk.