Gonna Shoot a Wabbit Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 Dear all, Had a fabulous morning out with Jason. My cousin who is new to stalking and has listened with unhidden jealousy to my exploits on roe and reds in scotland was badgering me to arrange a muntjac stalking trip near his home in boston, lincolnshire. We have shot together for a couple of years now and in that time he has served his apprenticeship under my wing and he has progressed with his .17hmr on rabbits and hares into a safe and reliable rifleman. i remembered reading the glowing reports on here that jason got so contacted him on here and arranged the trip. We arrived at jasons in the dark with fingers crossed the weather forcast would be accurate. well sunday dawned dry and bright with very little wind,( the weather gods smiled on us). And as we split up i wished my cousin luck as i climbed into jasons rangey. We spotted a few deer on the way to the stalking ground and after recieving my instructions on shot placement etc off we went. Classic stalking here as the woods are coming alive and the dawn chorus is in full voice... wonderful stuff! We start our stalk walking slowly and glassing often and it wasn,t long before jason spotted a deer deep in cover, alas too hidden to offer a clean shot so we moved on. A little farther round the wood a buck popped out from the undergrowth and stood quivering looking at us, some 60yds away. As his head went back down to feed i brought the rifle to bear on the sticks and just as i am about to squeeze off the shot he moved and before i could reposition the rifle he was away into the undergrowth.... with the adrenalin thumping i reslung the rifle and we moved on. We skirted the outside of that wood and carefully made our way onto a new ride and upon glassing the top end a pair of deer are out feeding some 180yds away Woo HOO!!. So we carefully start the stalk. We only went some 30yds before an unseen doe popped out of the undergrowth some 90yds away and made her way to us... She stopped and lowered her head to feed allowing me to bring the rifle to bear, alas she is stood wrong looking straight at us. The crosshairs are thumping now in time with my heartbeat as i bring a measure of control to proceedings and with a calming deep breath watch and wait for her to turn broadside on. After watching for what felt like an hour but was probably less than a minute she turned broadside on and at 60yds your humble scribe made no mistake and a well placed heart and lung shot bowled her into the grass. Woo Hoo! My first Muntjac, Jason made short work of the gralloch and we headed back for a celebratory cup of tea. Alas no such luck for my cousin who had seen plenty of deer but none had stood for him. So with the muntjac in the bag that is 4 of the 6 species of deer in our fair isle accounted for, Red , fallow, roe and muntjac. We intend to book again with jason in an effort to get my cousin his first deer and myself perhaps one of the Chinese water deer. Thoroughly recommend jasons set up whether experienced or not, many thanks sir! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfowler.250 Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Nice write up I'm going out with him in a few weeks and really looking forward to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olly321 Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 good write up and good shooting mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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