activeviii Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 I should have been doing other things today, but it was cancelled due to snow. I was ready to go and NJC was already over the farm, so I grabbed the 6.5 and drove over to the farm. not the nicest of drives but worth the effort. I was just driving down the lane to the farm when I noticed a wire bouncing across the road and then tighten. I stopped the truck to clear the road when i looked towards the other end of where the wire was going. on the end was a fallow buck looking rather worried. I grabbed the rifle off the floor and chambered a round. opened the window and dropped the Fallow with a head shot. not wanting to risk more harm or damage with the heart shot. I left the deer where I fell and went up to the farm to grab Neil, the land owner was there as well, so he also joined us. We could not work out where the wire was from or how long he had been dragging it all around. he is a little on the thin side, I don't know the larder weight yet but as soon as i can get him up on scales i will. Just a shame it wasn't a happy end to its life, but there was no way I was going to try and untangle this lot and try a release. I think the instant humane dispatch was the correct thing to do in this case. All the best Phil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elby Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 Excellent. Good animal to take and stop it suffering Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpowder Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 Another humane act by a firearm owner. That looks like copper wire which has been through a fire and annealed it looks too soft for galvanised. Blackpowder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
activeviii Posted January 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 We could not work out where it was from, the farmer thought, at first, it was his electric fence wire around the pens but a check showed it was all still there. Neil wound up a good 50 meters that was being dragged behind and there must have been 10 meters on the head and around the legs. It was very soft galv wire, no copper in it. my thoughts are is is the type one would use on a fruit cage to hold the netting up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchieboy Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 Whatever sort of wire it was you did the right thing to aleviate his suffering. Well done mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 Good effort and good pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyrapid177mk2 Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 Nice one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caeser Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 That was the right thing to do. You'd never have been able to get that wire off without, either damaging the beast or even yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet1747 Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 Must have took some time to get in a tangle poor thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yds Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 Excellent. Good animal to take and stop it suffering +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camokid Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 poor thing i would have dropped him on the spot too fair play to ya you did him a good turn .real shame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YORKIBOY Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 Take my hat of to you also for ending the poor fellows suffering ,looks like galvenised bird proofing wire maybe slightley heavier gauge. Good job you came along when you did mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisheruk Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 Job well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
activeviii Posted January 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 it was as if it was to happen the way it did. the pheasant shoot was cancelled just as i was about to leave the house but i said the farmer/keeper that i would still pop over and have a walk for a chance in the snow. i phoned Neil to say it was canceled but he was almost there. The drive was brown trousers in the snow but i was behind a low loader with a gert great tank on the back and a few wide load vans behind it. 60mph all the way. after i had shot the beast i went and got Neil from where he was waiting at the farm, he had done a good deed and dragged the poor postie out the snow, he had driven past 30 minutes before and didn't see the wire, he had no rifle with him, so it must have crossed after he passed. no idea why i looked where i did but i like to think it was fate. just made 3 loaves of liver pate so hope the gods are with me again as its my first try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown Sauce Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 Nice work mate, saved its suffering any longer and filled the larder. Could do with an outing on the pigeons again at some point, that is if you'll have me??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 We could not work out where it was from, Judging by the first picture it's off the roof of a tastefully decorated Yuletide themed council house, circa about a month ago? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
activeviii Posted January 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 Nice work mate, saved its suffering any longer and filled the larder. Could do with an outing on the pigeons again at some point, that is if you'll have me??? Get this month out the way and see what happens. I'm trying to knock the fallow back at the moment, not been done in a very long time, some right poor specimen crawling around at the moment. more looking and waiting rather that shooting. 1 in 4 trips at the moment. Judging by the first picture it's off the roof of a tastefully decorated Yuletide themed council house, circa about a month ago? Judging by the first picture it's off the roof of a tastefully decorated Yuletide themed council house, circa about a month ago? that would be the face on head shot, looks low but i wanted to take the brain on the way thought. downwards slope so bleeding out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 thats a good one to put into the game dealer rather than eat yourself, odds are its been struggling for a while and that never helps the meat. We had one last year where a farmer had obviously had a tangle with a reel of baler twine and dumped it, that effectively tied a fallow buck to a tree for I don't know how long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
activeviii Posted January 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 thats a good one to put into the game dealer rather than eat yourself, odds are its been struggling for a while and that never helps the meat. We had one last year where a farmer had obviously had a tangle with a reel of baler twine and dumped it, that effectively tied a fallow buck to a tree for I don't know how long You read my mind lol. thats just where it went Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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