M ROBSON Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Been busy stalking for the last 3 days and despite the bad weather my season has started with a bang! 8-point gold medal, IMG_0918 by mj robson, on Flickr 10-point silver medal, IMG_0926 by mj robson, on Flickr Perfect gold, IMAG0021 by mj robson, on Flickr DSC_0674 by mj robson, on Flickr DSC_0677 by mj robson, on Flickr DSC_0682 by mj robson, on Flickr Seeing plenty of really nice bucks about, I hope next week is just as good. Cheers, Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sako751sg Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Cracking week fella,apart from the weather and some happy shooters ill bet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocker3 Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 some cracking heads mark and some very happy clients i bet .well done what will the gold score ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bi9johnny Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 i dont know about deer stalking....... care to elaborate on what is a silver or gold and what points are ...what makes a beast a medal just for us who know nothing ...and what would it cost to stalk best regards john Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M ROBSON Posted April 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Thanks guys Both golds should make it by a few points but they aren't "super golds", the silver will be top end with a weight of 570g. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sako751sg Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 i dont know about deer stalking....... care to elaborate on what is a silver or gold and what points are ...what makes a beast a medal just for us who know nothing ...and what would it cost to stalk best regards john Weight and volume make up the vast number of points used to score a roe head,with length,span,pearling,coronets,colour,tine ends and regularity and quality making the rest.Sure someone will post a link to explain all.If you get your own ground it can cost next to diddly squat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verminator69 Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Top darts Mark there is some cracken heeds you got there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Well done Mark :good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOXHUNTER1 Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 What a week , some very happy clients. You really are in the heart of GOLD country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stirky Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Well done Mark, some cracking heads there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopper Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 WELL DONE , GOOD WEEK :good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M ROBSON Posted April 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Thanks guys, We had 10 Roe just 50 meters out in front of us tonight, including 4 x 6 point bucks. So we took this nice beast, another good medal. IMG_0945 by mj robson, on Flickr Cheers, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M ROBSON Posted April 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 I didn't think this week could get any better.......until this morning! 2 very old medal class bucks with WET weights of 684g and 706g!!!!! The right hand buck was shot just 200 yards away from were we shot the 10-point silver earlier in the week. DSC_0704 by mj robson, on Flickr DSC_0703 by mj robson, on Flickr Cheers, Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yds Posted April 29, 2012 Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 Some rea belters there mate, well done. Do you cull any small bucks with clients or are they just bone collectors? I have some Danes over soon they are wanting bigger bucks BUT will also shoot the smaller one also. regards john Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M ROBSON Posted April 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 Thanks John It's certainly been a great start to my season, I've had 10 bucks so far and 6 have been medal class. I tend to start my season looking for the big stuff as once you've been over the ground a few times the disturbance can push the big old bucks into hiding, it's not always the case but it doesn't take too much to upset some of these secretive beasts. I then spend a few weeks shooting yearlings with less than 4 points and more importantly big old bucks that are past it or never going to make the grade. I don't shoot many bucks in the 2 - 3 year bracket, of which we have lots. However, I will shoot anything that needs shooting due to poor condition at any time. These 2 bucks this morning are old and have very dense antler, in the fur I would have said top end silver and top end Bronze but it looks like they will each be a medal class higher than I thought. Interestingly they had larder weights of 16kg and 22kg! Hope your season goes well for you. Cheers, Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yds Posted April 29, 2012 Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 Gone well considering the rain. 17 bucks and a 3 legged doe. But only 3 x6 pointers been shooting smaller beasts in velvet. Some big bucks appearing saw 3 last week so hopefully they will stick around for the danes. My season beacuse of my eyes didn't start till the 9th so done well... Thank god I bought a Harkila pro-hunter coat and ordering the trousers now. Been kept dry as snuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocker3 Posted April 29, 2012 Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 nice one mark you are getting some big buck up there just now there seems to be alot of big bucks about all over at the moment we always get a lot of buck 40+ lb but the heads are not that big but this year they are quite big : good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M ROBSON Posted April 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 (edited) There certainly are some nice bucks showing, a keeper friend on a nearby estate has a client out this week and they have done very well with medal bucks. It's been strange though as I'm seeing a range of different behaviour on ground near together. Some big bucks are still in groups of 10+ along with other hard antlered bucks, yet others are on their own and chasing small bucks, haven't seen any propper fights yet though. The big buck we shot at 06:00 this morning was chasing a young Doe all up and down a field, they wre round and round for 10 minutes before he stood still for a shot! :blink: Cheers, Mark. Edited April 29, 2012 by M ROBSON Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocker3 Posted April 29, 2012 Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 funny you should say that mark i too have seen some big groups of deer and the buck i shot last night had another buck about the same size as him in a group of 5 deer the one i shot was out feeding at 715 pm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfowler.250 Posted April 29, 2012 Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 I didn't think this week could get any better.......until this morning! 2 very old medal class bucks with WET weights of 684g and 706g!!!!! The right hand buck was shot just 200 yards away from were we shot the 10-point silver earlier in the week. DSC_0704 by mj robson, on Flickr DSC_0703 by mj robson, on Flickr Cheers, Mark. Brilliant work Mark, that's some start Hopefully get something similar next month Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee-stroud Posted April 29, 2012 Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 Well done they are some cracking bucks and defo a great start Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les gedge Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 well done mark some top class heads good shooting.les Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M ROBSON Posted May 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 Thanks guys. Just got word back from Denmark about the first 2 bucks. They have been force dried for a few days now and were given a provisional score in Denmark of 134 & 135 cic. They might loose a another 5-10 grams but not much more so shouldn't differ too much when the propper score is given. Cheers, Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sako751sg Posted May 2, 2012 Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 Cracking heeds right enough Mark although a 10g loss could easily make a huge difference to the medal outcome.Thats 1 point for dry weight lost,and if the volume has the same 10g loss thats another 3 points gone so could be tucky.Still seeing groups too but here its usually May before they really split and maybe the bad weather has kept them in company for a wee bit longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M ROBSON Posted May 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 Dave, Volume will always be the same regardless of how much weight it looses, it's a set size and doesn't shrink when it looses weight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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