groach1234 Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 (edited) Well this was Friday and the one day my dad had set aside to go stalking so I went along to see him shoot his first stag with the intention of me being out on Saturday. However Saturday had been set aside as a family day so it was up to Niall to take my dad out so it was Stevie’s time to shine and to take me out with grant as the ghillie. Anyway as it was to be my dads only stag they headed off to where the stags tend to be a little larger and i was off to Corrie vatoc once more but this time it was to be the other side of the corrie. Well, first off we had to go to the shop to fill up the argo as it was running low on fuel and Niall had taken the mud ox. After this we were off to the hill. We parked up the navara and set off in the argo a little way before stopping and setting off on foot. We slowly walked up and around the ridges to avoid winding some hinds that had been spotted on the tops and spotted some deer a way off although it was unidentifiable as the heat haze was being picked up by the telescope. Anyway we worked our way towards the deer and it turned out they were stags. So we had a quick lunch and then were off again. Now as I mentioned earlier it was Stevie's time to shine and shine he did. When he came up to see where the stags were he quickly had to duck back down because as we had been making our way towards them, they had been making their way towards us. This had resulted with him popping up behind a boulder on the top of a ridge and seeing a stag less than 10 yards away. We dropped back down and around to another ridge but as they had moved a little closer they were still only 40 yards so it was down once more to the next hill and it was one. This group of stags was a cracking group of stags with a couple of really good young stags of 12 points+ and only 5 or 6 in age and this is where the stags are smaller anyway there were 2 switch stags within the group one of which Stevie said was one of the biggest switches he had come across so it was his card that was up. So, Finally I was settled into position at about 80 yards and this stag was going to play ball. There would be no waiting for 2 hours for him to stand (although I wouldn’t have minded so much as it was a very sunny day) as he had decided to stand up almost instantly. He presented broad side and I raised the cross hairs and squeezed the trigger at which point the stag lurched forward and up and over the hillock he had been stood on and another switch ran from behind this hillock. Now that through me a lot because as far as I was aware I had hit him square on the engine room but Stevie said not to worry as it was a different switch and that mine would be lane just on the over side of the little slope and would be stone dead as he was. Anyway grant had just been sent for the argo and there stag was gralloched who had under closer inspection just before he stood had revealed he was a 5 pointer (the 5th point was concealed by the angle) when he when the radio came alive with the sound of Niall’s voice and he said my dad had also had a successful stalk and got a nice 8 pointer. So it was back to the larder (he weighed 195 pounds) and as both mine and my dad’s stags were in velvet but hard antler the velvet was stripped off and they are being colored up to the same extent, as my first stag was so they look right together. It was a great way to round off what has been one of the most enjoyable weeks of my life and I was leaving very content knowing that that last deer had had both his lungs and heart hit in a textbook shot just behind the shoulder. Sorry about the image i had to adjust exposure in photo shop as i was in the shade. George Edited August 17, 2010 by groach1234 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Good write up, great piccy. The hat's a bit of an over kill though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groach1234 Posted August 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Good write up, great piccy. The hat's a bit of an over kill though Its a necessity B) G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckyshot Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Sounds like an excellent way to spend the week, well done George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgunspud Posted August 18, 2010 Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 What a week well done... What rifle did you use please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchieboy Posted August 18, 2010 Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 You have supplied some great write ups and photos, thanks for sharing your holiday with us! The stag in the photo looks good but I have to agree with another of the comments - You should either get a license for that hat or start smoking a big apline pipe mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted August 18, 2010 Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 nice shooting, that hat does remind me of being let loose at a horse trials with a friends husband, who was french and very camp and just moved to the country. Took two seconds to convince him it would be ideal for walking the dog in £135 later he was very proud of it and his wife was going to kill me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groach1234 Posted August 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 What a week well done... What rifle did you use please? Tikka t3 Stainless Synthetic in 6.5x55 with Wildcat P8 sound mod and Schmidt and Bender 8x56 on top and of course the harris bipod shooting 156 grain Norma alaska soft points. George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groach1234 Posted August 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 (edited) You have supplied some great write ups and photos, thanks for sharing your holiday with us!The stag in the photo looks good but I have to agree with another of the comments - You should either get a license for that hat or start smoking a big apline pipe mate! nice shooting, that hat does remind me of being let loose at a horse trials with a friends husband, who was french and very camp and just moved to the country. Took two seconds to convince him it would be ideal for walking the dog in £135 later he was very proud of it and his wife was going to kill me Ease off with the having a go with the hat haha I like it and it served its purpose as on one day my ears got cold so i dropped the flaps . G Edited August 18, 2010 by groach1234 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted August 18, 2010 Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 did the stalker manage not to laugh when you dropped the flaps how do you find the rifle to carry? I tried a heavy barreled T3 the other day and was seriously heavy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groach1234 Posted August 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 (edited) did the stalker manage not to laugh when you dropped the flaps how do you find the rifle to carry? I tried a heavy barreled T3 the other day and was seriously heavy Nothing was said but i bet they were laughing inside. I walked 9 miles up and down hills one day with the rifle on my back with with the mod on in what was to be honest a cheap and crappy slip and not up to the job and i was like a mountain goat up the hills. Then again, i am a spritly young fellow and an older chap such as your self might not find it so easy That'll teach you to mock my hat G Edited August 18, 2010 by groach1234 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeonblasterian Posted August 18, 2010 Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 Well done and a nice write up.Try a mickey mouse hat it would suit you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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