First Muntjac

[steve0146]

I just got back from an evening with John (pikey251), who advertises his high seat deer stalking in the shooting available page.

 

I had an excellent time and managed to get my first Muntjac. We got up the high seat around 6.30pm ish i think, and there was lovely roe buck standing in the field right by it! After a short while, a muntjac trotted across the field to our front but was too far away and on the brow of the hill. About 15 mins later, a Roe doe and young buck appeared to our left and spent a good long time slowly feeding and making their way across right in front of us. After watching the two Roe for about 40 mins, we spotted a Munty by a pheasant feeder. It was quickly joined by another, but they were too far away. I lost sight of them and thought they had disappeared ,but John's eagle eyes noticed that they had moved down the wood toward us, and had spotted them in a bit of cover. Taking aim on the little deer was easy enough but keeping the rifle steady was proving a challenge as this was my first time and nerves were getting the better of me. As I pulled the trigger, I knew I had hit it a bit to the left but it went down all the same. After waiting a while, we approached the deer and we could see its head was still up, so John expertly finished it with a well place neck shot. The other Muntjac had not gone too far away and was barking loudly in the wood behind us, not too impressed with me shooting his girlfriend!

 

In total, we saw around 3 Muntjac, 20 or so Fallow, and I lost count of the Roe. Never seen so many deer, but good to see someone finally managing them.

 

I had a brilliant time in a beautiful part of the country. Thanks to John and his dad and hopefully see you in August for the Fallow!